June 2012
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This July marks the hundredth anniversary of humanitarian balladeer and social crusader Woody Guthrie’s birth. In his journeys across this molted country, Guthrie developed an acute sense of music’s place as a weapon of advocacy. Culture was, to the prolific songwriter, an honorable site of strength and possibility. In the inherent authenticity of music, the voices of the neglected,...
May 2012
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In the last night of his May residency at the Echo tonight, Baron Von Luxxury offered up free copies of his new disc The Last Seduction.
Neo-Disco magician, guitar strummer, white afro owner and remix sage—BVL has a lot going for him. His free flowing major melodies and finely crafted vintage synth mids dance a frenetic waltz before the looming figure of huge, punchy bass and drums.
The...
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