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Tom Jones | Praise and Blame

Lost Highway (2010)
Is it possible that Tom Jones, at age 70, is only now using everything he's got to his best advantage?
By JEFF TAMARKIN  |  July 28, 2010
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Finding even better days

Gypsy Tailwind show power and Grace
Gypsy Tailwind have been a slow build. Though Halo Sessions was one of the best local albums of 2008, it seems no one really heard it until 2009, thanks largely to the radio success of "So Lonely," a single whose melancholy bounce was heartbreakingly honest: "I'll tell you a secret: I drank myself to sleep last night."
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  June 17, 2009
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Gossip=Truth

Ray LaMontagne on his new Gossip in the Grain
On LaMontagne’s new Gossip in the Grain (RCA), he’s having a lot more fun.  
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  October 09, 2008
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Make like a leaf

Fall into local music (and other ironic urgings)
Fall appropriately takes the baton (sorry, Olympics still on the mind) from a stand-out summer of music in Portland.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  September 10, 2008

Portland scene report: June 13, 2008

Sibilance
As you get excited for the new Jerks of Grass album, be on the lookout for Joe Walsh.
By PORTLAND PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF  |  June 11, 2008

Push all the livid out

Cambiata side project Daro go more alt-country than alt-rock
Just when you thought it was safe to slag all those pesky young people with a reputation for laziness, here comes Sean Morin.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  February 06, 2008
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“Savannah” would be better

Joe Farren would just get in trouble in Atlanta
Why does the six-minute-plus final track, “Go On,” full of nothing but guitar, vocals, and a little harmonica, seem like our first introduction to the real Joe Farren?
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  August 29, 2007
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Mistakes were made

But Joshua Madore has produced a fine debut, nonetheless
The Portland music scene has a case of the single white males.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  May 02, 2007
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Tie me up, tie me down

Melissa Ferrick takes stock
It’s always an inspiring moment when an artist goes independent, breaks from the major-label corporate structure, and joins the brave new world of DIY.
By BRETT MILANO  |  January 03, 2007
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What’s the frequency, Kevin?

Subject Bias explains, And This Is Why You Can’t Have Nice Things
For all his strengths as a songwriter, it’s Kevin Ouellette’s talent for finding excellent musicians to work with that really impresses.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  October 04, 2006
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On the racks: August 29, 2006

Tego Calderon, Bob Dylan, Ray LaMontagne . . .
. . . plus Method Man, Motorhead, and Pete Yorn
By MATT ASHARE  |  August 30, 2006
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Fade to Black

All roads lead back to Ray LaMontagne
Ray LaMontagne is a pretty funny guy. But it’s a subtle humor.
By SAM PFEIFLE  |  August 23, 2006

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