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ALBUM REVIEW: Sammy Brue honors, but does not imitate, Justin Townes Earle on 'The Journals'

ALBUM REVIEW: Sammy Brue honors, but does not imitate, Justin Townes Earle on 'The Journals'

In “Let’s Get Lost,” off his latest album The Journals, singer/songwriter Sammy Brue sings about a man who has never taken a chance. Over the languid swing of his unaccompanied guitar he describes the man’s gray, unenviable existence. In the song–and in life–Brue, a professional

ALBUM REVIEW: Stillness Is the Sweet Spot on The Paper Kites’ ‘If You Go There, I Hope You Find It’

ALBUM REVIEW: Stillness Is the Sweet Spot on The Paper Kites’ ‘If You Go There, I Hope You Find It’

ALBUM REVIEW: With ‘Valentine,’ Courtney Marie Andrews Offers Her Most Entrancing Sequence Yet

ALBUM REVIEW: With ‘Valentine,’ Courtney Marie Andrews Offers Her Most Entrancing Sequence Yet

ALBUM REVIEW: Britain’s James Hunter Recharges Classic Soul Sounds on ‘Off the Fence’

ALBUM REVIEW: Britain’s James Hunter Recharges Classic Soul Sounds on ‘Off the Fence’

ALBUM REVIEW: Langhorne Slim Reinvents Himself With ‘The Dreamin’ Kind’, Embracing Fuller Sound

ALBUM REVIEW: Langhorne Slim Reinvents Himself With ‘The Dreamin’ Kind’, Embracing Fuller Sound

ALBUM REVIEW: Folk-Music Vets Celebrate Lives Well Lived in ‘Together Again’

ALBUM REVIEW: Folk-Music Vets Celebrate Lives Well Lived in ‘Together Again’

ALBUM REVIEW, What We Missed: Austin Quintet Ulla Makes Magic with Traditional Sounds of the British Isles On ‘Ulla II’

ALBUM REVIEW, What We Missed: Austin Quintet Ulla Makes Magic with Traditional Sounds of the British Isles On ‘Ulla II’