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Brett Callwood

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Jill Sobule Was a Badass Who Had You Laughing Even as You Sang Along

Tracy Bonham remembers a Joe's Pub show featuring insanely catchy and satirical songs.

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Listening to The Carpenters’ ‘Gold’ While Lying On a Blue Shag Rug

Country-soul artist Vanessa J. Moore was schooled by Karen Carpenter’s rich, velvety, raspy … simply perfect vocals.

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Transfixed by Sergiu Celibidache and brought to tears by Leontyne Price

The Best Gig I Ever Saw: The Powerhouse pianist Awadagin Pratt told us about two transporting performances.

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The Brilliance of Aimee Mann’s ‘I’m With Stupid’

My Favorite Album: NYC indie-folk singer and songwriter Robert Scheffler delves into intricate sonic layers of the 1995 gem.

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WYLDLIFE Got Hives at Webster Hall

The Best Gig I Ever Saw: Dave Feldman of NYC punk-glam-rockers WYLDLIFE remembers an aughts show that was worth getting sick for.

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Leah Nawy was Cut Loose By Fiona Apple

The New York-based Taiwanese-American artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist tells us about her love for Apple’s “Fetch the Bolt Cutters.”

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Back in the Day John Cage and Sun Ra Sent Coney Island to the Cosmos

The Best Gig I Ever Saw: Arad Evans of NYC-based avant-rock supergroup The Whimbrels travels back in time to a transporting John Cage/Sun Ra gig.

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Talulah Paisley Jetted Off to Liz Phair’s Guyville

My Favorite Album: Brooklyn-based artist Lyris Faron, the front-woman for the experimental rock band Talulah Paisley, and former member of Sloppy Jane and T-Rextasy, revisits “Exile In Guyville.”

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Bedridden Didn’t Sleep On Her New Knife

The Best Gig I Ever Saw: Jack Riley, singer with Brooklyn-based indie rock band Bedridden, told us about a SXSW experience with Her New Knife.

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When Swervedriver Produced a Shoegaze Behemoth

My Favorite Album: Eric Richter, singer and guitarist with ’90s-aughts NYC band Antarctica (plus Christie Front Drive and now Suburban Eyes) told us about beautiful, swirling production values.

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