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Article: Nebraska songwriter goes wild as part-time rock ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 14, 1989 ;     700+ words ...When Charlie Burton was a college student in the late '60s, he learned a couple of rock 'n' roll lessons that aren't taught in school. As part of his work-study program at Antioch College, he found himself working at a record store in Ann Arbor, Mich., and establishing himself as a rock critic in

Article: Ellsworth songwriter goes deep on her third album
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  February 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Four years ago, when Laurie Jones released her second album, "Better Days," she and her band hit the road. They toured. And toured. And when they got done, they toured some more. "We played our guts out," said Jones, who is in her 30s. "I think the whole process taught us a lot, but we almost

Article: Singer-songwriter goes new ways with 'Hestia'
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  January 16, 2009 ;     641 words ...When Heather Kropf started to record her latest album, she had more than enough new material available. But, because the songs didn't quite fit the album's "quieter, simplified arrangements," she decided to re-record a few compositions from previous albums that fans had long requested. "I felt like

Article: Rodney Crowell // Country songwriter goes beyond ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 30, 1988 ;     700+ words ...NASHVILLE It's not surprising that country singer Rodney Crowell wears a blue denim jacket with a sequin depiction of John Wayne shining across the back like a full moon over Texas. Crowell's steadfast songwriting is as direct as the Duke. The jacket was a gift from Crowell's father-in-law - a duke

Article: Tanya Donelly grows up The songwriter goes from ...
The Boston Globe;  October 10, 1997 ;     700+ words ...She was temporarily directionless after the dissolution of her alternate pop foursome Belly, adrift with a record to finish and no songs to fill it, but amid all this, Tanya Donelly discovered that where she's going is more important than where she's been. Donelly is free from what she terms a

Article: What's playing in Tracy Chapman's ear? The ...
O, The Oprah Magazine;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Though Tracy Chapman is famously shy in public and soft-spoken in interviews, her songs are fierce, brave, and beautiful anthems or lovers, activists, the heartbroken, the downtrodden, and anyone who's making a road-trip mix Her latest CD, Let it Rain (Elektra), delivers her trademark one-two punch

Article: WORLD WAR I TO WORLD WAR IV: A ...
Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT This paper analyses the idea that the world has not only experienced World War I and World War II but has also fought World War III and is currently waging World War IV. Socio-political and economic factors are applied ...