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How Son Volt Got Back on Track With the Searching 'American Central Dust'

How Son Volt Got Back on Track With the Searching ‘American Central Dust’

Released 10 years ago today, Son Volt’s ‘American Central Dust’ found Jay Farrar asking questions – and being OK when he didn’t always get answers.

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James Booker – Classified: Remixed and Expanded (2013)

James Booker’s tortured ingenuity was never given its due, partly because he mixed such a dizzying degree of elements into his sound and partly because of his legendary erraticisms. You May Also Like: Birth of Booker T. and the MGs has an intriguing backstory: ‘I only found out later theRead More

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Allen Toussaint – Songbook (2013)

Allen Toussaint’s languid, reverie-filled piano introduction to “Southern Nights,” a No. 1 hit he gave to Glen Campbell, is worth the price of admission to his new live set Songbook all by itself. You May Also Like: A side-stage Svengali, Allen Toussaint found musical salvation in Katrina Lee Dorsey –Read More

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George Thorogood – George Thorogood and the Destroyers; Move It On Over (1978-79; 2013 reissue)

George Thorogood’s rough-hewn sound has become so ubiquitous — from classic-rock stations to an endless parade of movie soundtracks — that it’s difficult to remember just how nervy these two albums once sounded. You May Also Like: Sylvester – ‘Step II’ (1978; 2020 reissue) James Taylor – ‘One Man Band’Read More

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‘Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective’ (2013)

‘Skydog: The Duane Allman Retrospective’ hurtles along with the same restless, furiously creative impetus as its subject.

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Little Feat – ‘Rooster Rag’ (2012)

Little Feat finds a welcome new focus on songwriting, versus the rangy but sometimes ultimately unsatisfying jam-based structures of more recent outings.

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Something Else! sneak peek: Jay Farrar, Yim Yames take on lost Woody Guthrie material