Listen closely to the 13 songs on Dar Williams’ My Better Self (2005) and you can hear an echo of the heart’s cry of…
Derek Webb, The Ringing Bell (2007)
“What would you do / If someone would tell you the truth / But only if you torture them half to death.” Derek Webb,…
The Wailin’ Jennys, Firecracker (2006)
This trio hails from Canada, and features female vocalists and instrumentalists who are fine musicians as individuals, and extraordinary as bands. Their tight vocal…
The Be Good Tanyas, Hello Love (2006)
This trio hails from Canada, and features female vocalists/instrumentalists who are fine musicians as individuals, and extraordinary as bands. Their tight vocal melodies, accomplished…
The Avett Brothers, Four Thieves Gone–The Robbinsville Sessions (2006)
It is difficult to summarize the Avett Brothers’ music in a single phrase, for the simple reason is that there is nothing else like…
Greg Graffin, Cold as the Clay (2006)
Better known as the singer/songwriter of the punk band, Bad Religion, Greg Graffin’s earliest musical memory involves singing with his family. Here Graffin joins…
Bruce Springsteen: We Shall Overcome–The Seeger Sessions (2006)
On this album Springsteen joins an astonishingly accomplished group of folk musicians to play a set of traditional songs, including “My Oklahoma Home,” “Old…
Zero 7, The Garden (2006)
Social Implications If I were to say to you, Zero 7, what would you think? Perhaps an ad pertaining to cars and their acceleration…
Oakenfold, A Lively Mind (2006)
Social Implications “I’m an infant in the ‘artist’ world, weaned and ready to blossom.” Not typically the words you’d expect to hear from a…
The Music of Grizzly Man
Music for the Wild For thirteen years Timothy Treadwell chose to live among the grizzlies deep in the wilds of Alaska. Treadwell filmed the…