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Musical Elective of the Month

This month’s Musical Elective is Gomez. Gomez is a British indie rock band featuring five blokes who either met in or around Southport, England or at Sheffield University. In the music business for...

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Musical Elective Of The Month

After a brief summer hiatus, August’s Musical Elective of the Month is Guster. You probably first heard of Guster in 1999, courtesy of the breakthrough single “Fa Fa” off their third studio album Lost...

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Musical Elective of the Month

The Musical Elective of the Month is 7 Worlds Collide: The Sun Came Out. Neil Finn is one of the great, under-appreciated singer/songwriters of the last 30 years. A New Zealand native, Neil came of age...

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Musical Elective of the Month

The Musical Elective of the Month is Justin Townes Earle. His music encompasses blues, country, folk, and acoustic rock and he sometimes appears to be channeling a young Hank Williams or Woody Guthrie....

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Musical Elective Of The Month: March 2010

After a lengthy “sabbatical” focusing on the birth of our daughter, I am back at the turntable, offering up a Musical Elective Of The Month. I was reminded of not offering up a recent musical...

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Musical Elective of the Month: April 2010

After seeing a tremendous show in Madison, Wisconsin last Sunday evening with opening act Tift Merritt and headliner Amos Lee, it would be inappropriate not to give both artists kudos by recognizing...

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Musical Elective of the Month: May 2010

The Musical Elective Of The Month is Tift Merritt. Tift is a 35-year-old singer/songwriter who grew up in North Carolina, but is now based in the Big Apple. Her music is in the alt-country vein,...

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Musical Elective of the Month: June 2010

Gaslight Anthem is an up-and-coming, New Jersey-based rock band. The band has two albums under its belt, including Sink or Swim (2007) and The ’59 Sound (2008). It has been embraced by Bruce...

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Musical Elective of the Month: September-October 2010

The Musical Elective of the Month is Crowded House. Those of you who know me well, you know that Crowded House is my all-time favorite band, going on almost 25 years dating back to my high school...

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Musical Elective of the Month: October 2010

This month’s Musical Elective is Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. Now, it’s not often that I get to trumpet a band that hails from my adopted hometown of Burlington, Vermont (I’m technically a...

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