Articles by Brent Hagerman

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  Glamour Puss

  Wire & Wood

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  Blues fans will have mixed reactions to Glamour Puss's new album. New Brunswick-based GP offers the kind of rock solid sound many blues lov...

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  John Millard and Happy Day

  Citizens Awake!

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  The most prized attribute a musician can possess is originality. John Millard is nothing if not an original. He's got to be the only banjo...

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  Swift Years

  Démo!

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  What do you get if a Hungarian gypsy lands in the Deep South and joins a Celtic band playing mandolin? Montreal's Swift Years. This trio (m...

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  Dambrots

  Especially Not Love

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  The Dambots are a New York acoustic pop duo with flair for provocative cover art (Especially Not Love boasts a hot pink cover). Too bad the...

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  Ben Taylor Band

  Famous Among the Barns

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  The question with celebrity progeny is how far from the tree did the apple fall? Ben Taylor had two pretty substantial trees to drop from (...

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  The Waterboys

  Universal Hall

  PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2003

  The songs on Universal Hall have grown out of experiences at spiritual communities such as Scotland's Findhorn and Iona — places where song...

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  Chris Bottomley

  Knotty Bits

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  Bottomley has been strutting his bottom-heavy bass around the country since his stint with Toronto's Tulpa in the 1980s. Knotty Bits is his...

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  Kana

  Entre Frères…

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2003

  Reggae is huge in France, much bigger than here. With acts like Linton Kweisi Johnson touring regularly, and the large influx of African re...