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Blitzen Trapper
Blitzen Trapper’s songs sound as if they were written 35 years agoby Steve Miller, while he was living…
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Ghostface Killah
Hurry home so you can rub my big belly and kiss it, Ghostface Killah raps on Babe, the…
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Alela Diane
lived in, with a catch in her throat on the high notes. At first blush, I took her…
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Times New Viking
Ah, Times New Viking; they havent changed a bit. Born Again Revisited may be the Ohio trios fourth…
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Seattle Bookfest
Revived in a somewhat different form than the old Northwest Bookfest after a six-year hiatus, this two-day event…
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August: Osage County
Originally produced by Chicagos Steppenwolf company (which is now touring it around the country), August: Osage County takes…
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Dan Corson
The next best thing to James Turrells Skyspace at the Henry is Dan Corsons temporary installation Grotesque Arabesque,…
Music
CD Reviews: Blake Lewis and Josh Ottum
Josh Ottum Like the Season (Cheap Lullaby) Josh Ottum, formerly of Friends for Heroes, is all over the…
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Ed Viesturs
To assess the risks in climbing a mountain whose name is partly a number, lets consider these numbers:…
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Zastrozzi: The Master of Discipline
Based on one of Shelleys early novels, George F. Walkers interpretation of Zastrozzi is a darkly comic one.…
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Brandi Carlile
When Brandi Carlile sings “The Story,” the title track from her 2007 album, her voice strains and pulls.…
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Spiral Stairs
Now that news of the Pavement reunion is out of the bag, theres an electric buzz of excitement…
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Cori Chandler-Pepelnjak
Cori Chandler-Pepelnjak recalls being mesmerized the moment she laid eyes on the girl smoking on the steps of…
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Monsters of Folk
With Jim James, Conor Oberst, and M. Ward in the fold, Monsters of Folk includes three of the…
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Vortexhibition Polyphonica
We’re at Opus 3 of this ongoing dialogue among the Henry’s curators, meaning some works from the permanent…
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Psycho
REET! REET! REET! REET! Adam Stern conducts Bernard Herrmann’s music–perhaps the greatest film score ever–to accompany these Halloween…
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Ben Folds
Ben Folds comedic approach to songwriting may have won him the adoration of college fans, but his most…
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Running the Numbers
Charts and graphs can only get you so far. To communicate the effects of global warming, overconsumption, and…
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The Fresh and Onlys
For a band not even two years old, the Fresh & Onlys have had a phenomenally fruitful year,…
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Timothy Egan
Having been through the Gifford Pinchot National Forest many times, having swung a Pulaski doing trail maintenance work…