Articles by Brent Hagerman

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  Congos

  Lion Treasure

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Lion Treasure gets off to a bumpy start with a poorly recorded and somewhat annoying onstage introduction of the Congos. It also has badly...

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  Lucky Dube

  The Other Side

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Probably African reggae's biggest star, South Africa's Lucky Dube has built his considerable reputation by recording socially conscience co...

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  Women Ah Run Tings

  Dare to Be Different

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  How many all female reggae bands can you name? Women Ah Run Tings deserve to get noticed simply because they are making great music in a ge...

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  Johnny A.

  Get Inside

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  There's an ocean of guitarists out there and in order to rise to the top an axe wielder needs to either have big teeth or undeniable style....

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  Patty Griffin

  Impossible Dream

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  For someone who attracted comparisons to Tori Amos and Alanis Morrisette early on, Patty Griffin's career has moved in a much more rootsy d...

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  The Mountainside Band

  The Mountainside Band

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  When Dave Clark isn't instigating free jams behind the kit of the Woodchoppers Association he is strumming the six-string in front of the M...

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  Underground Divas

  The Underground Divas

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2004

  If the Stones composed an entire album of songs that sounded like "The Girl With Far Away Eyes" and "Dear Doctor,” and maybe got John Prine...

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  Dubfreque

  Dubfrequency

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2004

  Vancouver's reggae fusion band, Dubfreque, has released their debut album, Dubfrequency, after three years together. Setting out to explore...