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Mississippi John Hurt

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Chasing Trains (and a Sense of Belonging) with Son House, Charlie Patton, and the Country Blues

    ​I've come to understand that if you geek out over particle acceleration or cryobiology or creating special powders from a pig's bladder for the purpose of re-growing fingertips, then you're spared from ridicule as your infatuation largely benefits the species. However, if your thing is War of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Eliot Rose Makes Sense of Cosmic WTFs Tomorrow at Hotel Utah

    Aaron Caley​Due to some great clerical error in the cosmos, this guy is famous and Eliot Rose isn't. Yet. The Oakland-based (via Portland via Romania via New Haven) micro-fi troubadour has been hitting new strides repeatedly since the early aughts, making spellbinding, eloquent songs out of unusua ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    The Devil Makes Three at the Independent

    ​Santa Cruz's The Devil Makes Three, a trio consisting of two guitars and standup bass, plays a refreshingly contemporary, riotous, and punk-tinged amalgamation of folk, country, and ragtime. While their sound may be partially derived from dated genres often wrongly associated with tame performanc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2008

    Night Day: Calendar Picks for 5/1

    ​Santa Cruz's The Devil Makes Three, a trio consisting of two guitars and standup bass, plays a refreshingly contemporary, riotous, and punk-tinged amalgamation of folk, country, and ragtime. While their sound may be partially derived from dated genres often wrongly associated with tame performanc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2008

    Ramsey's Roots

    ​Santa Cruz's The Devil Makes Three, a trio consisting of two guitars and standup bass, plays a refreshingly contemporary, riotous, and punk-tinged amalgamation of folk, country, and ragtime. While their sound may be partially derived from dated genres often wrongly associated with tame performanc ... More >>

  • Music

    February 27, 2008

    The Dodos' Foot-Stompin' Chemistry Detonates Staid Duos

    ​Santa Cruz's The Devil Makes Three, a trio consisting of two guitars and standup bass, plays a refreshingly contemporary, riotous, and punk-tinged amalgamation of folk, country, and ragtime. While their sound may be partially derived from dated genres often wrongly associated with tame performanc ... More >>

  • Music

    November 21, 2007

    The Devil Makes Three

    The Devil Makes Three (Milan)

  • Music

    October 31, 2007

    ZZ Top Returns for Your "Tush"

    The Devil Makes Three (Milan)

  • Culture

    August 16, 2006

    You Spin Me

    The ethnomusicologist and the flack tell a beguiling tale of influence

  • Music

    June 25, 2003

    Pine Valley Cosmonauts

    The Executioner's Last Songs Vol. 2 & 3

  • Music

    January 8, 2003

    Man of La Mantra

    The psychedelic folk of wandering minstrel Devendra Banhart

  • Music

    December 5, 2001

    Sound Advice

    Grandiloquent pop, fetching dogheads, and primordial ambience

  • Music

    July 26, 2000

    A Brand-New Case

    With the new wave Plimsouls (and Plimsouls reunion) behind him, Peter Case is returning to his folk roots

  • Music

    April 19, 2000

    Peter Case

    Flying Saucer Blues (Vanguard)

  • Music

    November 12, 1997

    Reviews

    Flying Saucer Blues (Vanguard)

  • Music

    May 22, 1996

    Recordings

    Flying Saucer Blues (Vanguard)

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