Jim Allen
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The acoustic guitar hotshot's solo debut taps into '70s Britfolk while adding a poetic modernity.
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The '80s Hoboken hero who's helmed The Individuals and Bar/None Records makes a belated return to band life.
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After nearly 50 years of songwriting, John Prine has released a book, Beyond Words, full of photos, handwritten lyrics and notations full of typical cockeyed humor and Zen-like poetic observation.
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The alt-country singer shares a vibrant love letter to the album that marked Gram Parsons' golden moment with The Byrds in 1968.
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If Buddy Holly is somehow still capable of hearing the sounds emanating from this mortal plane, there's a good chance he's sporting a broad grin upon encountering "Tip My Heart."
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Chapman's appealingly leathery, lived-in voice takes a backward glance at a long line of memories that are part of a "thread that can't be broken" running through all of our lives.
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Parenthood gives the husband-and-wife Americana duo the will to rock on an album that's informed by both birth and death.
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On his striking, sparsely produced solo album Lighthouse, the Southern California legend declares his love for New York City.
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Kayla Cohen brings an airy but mysterious psych-folk feel to the fore, and this fanciful account of alfresco domesticity certainly feels like a slice of vintage Laurel Canyon balladry.
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The Dead brings together the blues, the Bible and a dramatic tale of passion and power in an electrifying, unreleased performance.