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Ani Difranco's Latest is Overproduced

C-Ville Weekly | October 8, 2008

Red Letter Year is a string of songs that, more often than not, sound heavy instead of layered, muddy instead of nuanced, and bury Ani's trademark percussive finger picking and vocal flexibility.

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Tags: Ani DiFranco, Red Letter Year

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Shannon Worrell Lays On the Nostalgia on Her Latest Albumnew

The thing about nostalgia is that it's deliciously indulgent, like turtle cheesecake, and Worrell's record is comparably rich. The Honey Guide is thick with string, twang, and image-heavy writing, and the elements that make it perfect for certain occasions are the same elements that make it a little too much for everyday listening.

C-Ville Weekly | Laura Eve Engel | 10-29-2008 | Reviews

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T-Model Ford Makes an Unannounced Stop Through Townnew

T-Model Ford is an old Mississippi Delta curiosity and a holdover from the early days of Fat Possum Records, an Oxford, Mississippi label originally formulated as a platform for a dying breed of blues — old, mostly African-American men with inscrutable relationships with their out-of-tune guitars.

C-Ville Weekly | Andrew Cedermark | 03-10-2010 | Music

Tags: Fat Possum Records, blues, T-Model Ford

Is the Madonna on 'Celebration' Compilation a Material Girl, or a Beautiful Stranger?new

Oh, remember when Madonna promised to lead us through the wilderness with a witty, ambitious combination of disco sex appeal, businesswoman savvy and cardinal danger? Remember when she had her own cheekbones?

C-Ville Weekly | Cathy Harding | 10-09-2009 | Reviews

Tags: Celebration, Madonna, pop music

Danny Schmidt Saves the Best for Lastnew

If the only stupid question is the one not asked, then Danny Schmidt, a Charlottesville expatriate and a founding father of the local folk scene, is thumbtack sharp, a songwriter with the curviest question marks.

C-Ville Weekly | Brendan Fitzgerald | 03-25-2009 | Reviews

Tags: Danny Schmidt, Instead the Forest Rose to Sing, folk music

Shannon Worrell Lays On the Nostalgia on Her Latest Albumnew

The thing about nostalgia is that it's deliciously indulgent, like turtle cheesecake, and Worrell's record is comparably rich. The Honey Guide is thick with string, twang, and image-heavy writing, and the elements that make it perfect for certain occasions are the same elements that make it a little too much for everyday listening.

C-Ville Weekly | Laura Eve Engel | 10-29-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Shannon Worrell, The Honey Guide

'Death Magnetic' is a Return to Form for Metallicanew

The band's 10th studio album, produced by Rick Rubin, was hailed as a return to Metallica's speed metal days long before it was released in September. And it is.

C-Ville Weekly | Scott Weaver | 10-01-2008 | Reviews

Tags: metal, Metallica, Rick Rubin, Death Magnetic

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Ani Difranco's Latest is Overproduced

C-Ville Weekly

More by Laura Eve Engel

Shannon Worrell Lays On the Nostalgia on Her Latest Albumnew

More by C-Ville Weekly

T-Model Ford Makes an Unannounced Stop Through Townnew

Is the Madonna on 'Celebration' Compilation a Material Girl, or a Beautiful Stranger?new

Danny Schmidt Saves the Best for Lastnew

Shannon Worrell Lays On the Nostalgia on Her Latest Albumnew

'Death Magnetic' is a Return to Form for Metallicanew