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ALBUM REVIEW: Across ‘About the Winter,’ Barbaro Weaves Big Messages From Small Details

ALBUM REVIEW: Across ‘About the Winter,’ Barbaro Weaves Big Messages From Small Details

Minneapolis-based Barbaro mines life’s most intimate and seemingly mundane moments in an attempt to extrapolate larger lessons about life itself and the nature of our fragile existence. Songs like “The Lil Sweaters” and “Apples to Apples,” from their newest album, About the Winter, are illuminated by minutiae like red,

ALBUM REVIEW: Nathan Graham’s Debut Confronts Uncertainty With Courage

ALBUM REVIEW: Nathan Graham’s Debut Confronts Uncertainty With Courage

ALBUM REVIEW: Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed Applies Soul Appeal to a Wide Range of Covers on ‘Hits and Misses’

ALBUM REVIEW: Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed Applies Soul Appeal to a Wide Range of Covers on ‘Hits and Misses’

ALBUM REVIEWS: Chris Shiflett’s ‘Lost at Sea’ Is a Satisfying Soundtrack for the Wayward

ALBUM REVIEWS: Chris Shiflett’s ‘Lost at Sea’ Is a Satisfying Soundtrack for the Wayward

ALBUM REVIEW: Rod Picott Steers Through Darkness on ‘Starlight Tour’

ALBUM REVIEW: Rod Picott Steers Through Darkness on ‘Starlight Tour’

ALBUM REVIEW: The Shindellas Pioneer Joyful New American Soul on ‘Shindo’

ALBUM REVIEW: The Shindellas Pioneer Joyful New American Soul on ‘Shindo’

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Coyote,’ Dylan LeBlanc Sends Voice and Lyrics Into New Frontiers

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Coyote,’ Dylan LeBlanc Sends Voice and Lyrics Into New Frontiers