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Sunday July 24, 2011

First Listen: Richard Buckner, 'Our Blood'

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First Listen

First Listen: Richard Buckner, 'Our Blood'

July 24, 2011 • The nine songs on Our Blood provide an excellent crash course in Buckner's unlikely combination of gifts, most notably his ability to sound bone-tired and weather-beaten at the same time his songs shimmer agreeably.

Thursday October 9, 2008

Songs For A Drab And Unfulfilling Existence

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Songs For A Drab And Unfulfilling Existence

October 9, 2008 • As you sit in your bleak, gray cubicle and wrap up those third-quarter reports, be sure to take a moment, sweep away the ashes of your dashed dreams, don a pair of headphones, and listen to this five-song playlist as you plod grimly through this waking life.

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