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August 15, 2005
Miss Independent

Liz Phair doesn’t need your stinking “indie cred.” She’s not nostalgic for her bad-girl years. And she’s back with her best album yet.

August 15, 2005
Influences: Brian Wilson

The lost Beach Boy's favorite things—Phil Spector, Arthur Koestler, and Celine Dion's legs.

August 15, 2005
Suspicious Package

Lincoln Center’s latest attempt to rebrand the classics threatens to gum up the Mostly Mozart Festival.

July 25, 2005
Stumbling Into Grace

Emmylou Harris is building her legacy. And when she returns to town this week, she’ll revisit her past as a New Yorker—when she sang for her supper and waitressed on Wall Street.

July 18, 2005
Heart Strings

For blues-tinged chanteuse Lucinda Williams, even a two-week love affair can yield a new song. Or five.

July 4, 2005
Saved

Remember Michelle Shocked? (You know: the punk-bluegrass artist with the big mouth.) She’s back—sane, sober, and rueful after years in the wilderness.

May 23, 2005
Influences: Moby

If Flannery O’Connor had been 20 when I was 20, I probably would have proposed to her.

May 16, 2005
Page Boys

Nerdy found-sound duo the Books faces its biggest conceptual change: playing live.

May 16, 2005
Overheard: What the Audience Really Thought about Elvis Costello

He played “Pump It Up” hotter than I’ve seen in his whole career, which I’ve followed since 1978.

May 9, 2005
Influences: Joni Mitchell

The folky songsmith discusses great artists and synchronicity. Just don’t call her a poet.

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