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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The alt-country godfather embraces his outlaw country roots.
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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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Lowe's lived-in baritone is an ideal vehicle for this unreleased country nugget. All six of the albums that the new-wave and power-pop pioneer cut between 1982 and 1990 will be reissued this summer.
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A heartland rock hero teams up with Carlene Carter for some down-home spirituality.
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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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A neo-trad country stalwart turns cosmic cowboy for a heady journey into the myths of the American West.
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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.