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ALBUM REVIEW: Sam Doores and Riley Downing Bring Solo Strengths to Recharged Deslondes on ‘Ways & Means’

ALBUM REVIEW: Sam Doores and Riley Downing Bring Solo Strengths to Recharged Deslondes on ‘Ways & Means’

In the five years since the last album from The Deslondes, two members of the fivesome, Sam Doores and Riley Downing, have spread their wings as solo artists. And whatever lessons were learned amid that hiatus are evident on the band’s reunion release, Ways & Means. More so than

ALBUM REVIEW: Laura Veirs Looks Forward on ‘Found Light’

ALBUM REVIEW: Laura Veirs Looks Forward on ‘Found Light’

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Lavender Days,’ Caamp’s Best Shade Is Keeping It Simple

ALBUM REVIEW: On ‘Lavender Days,’ Caamp’s Best Shade Is Keeping It Simple

ALBUM REVIEW: With Honesty and Wisdom, Tim Heidecker Looks Back on ‘High School’

ALBUM REVIEW: With Honesty and Wisdom, Tim Heidecker Looks Back on ‘High School’

ALBUM REVIEW: Goose’s ‘Dripfield’ Plants Seeds for More Signature Live Jams

ALBUM REVIEW: Goose’s ‘Dripfield’ Plants Seeds for More Signature Live Jams

ALBUM REVIEW: With 'The Spur,' Joan Shelley Accesses Another Creative Plane

ALBUM REVIEW: With 'The Spur,' Joan Shelley Accesses Another Creative Plane

ALBUM REVIEW: Peter Rowan Bridges Genres and Generations on ‘Calling You From My Mountain’

ALBUM REVIEW: Peter Rowan Bridges Genres and Generations on ‘Calling You From My Mountain’