In the early days of the COVID pandemic, retail clerks, day-care staff, public-transportation employees, and many other workers learned what coal miners have known for a very long time: that the authorities who deem their labor essential don’t necessarily feel the same way about their lives. Freakwater and the Mekons have each sung folk ballads […]
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Jason Molina’s long dark blues
Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. front man Jason Molina produced a prodigious catalog of stark and heartbreaking music. Then he disappeared.
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 1/21: Freakwater, Fresh Meat’s Cleave, and “Yuck!”
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, January 21, 2013
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Best shows to see: Catherine Irwin, How to Dress Well, Dave Douglas, and more
Catherine Irwin, How to Dress Well, Dave Douglas, and Braid are among this weekend’s Soundboard highlights
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The long-overdue return of Kelly Hogan
Kelly Hogan releases her first new album in 11 years on June 5.
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Freakwater
Along with Alice Cooper, Freakwater has the distinction of recording one of the finest dead-baby songs of all time. But that’s probably where the similarities between the two end.