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June Carter Cash

Wildwood Flower (Dualtone)

By Laura Bond
Sep 18, 2003

Wildwood Flower's liner notes are reason enough to recommend the final recording by June Carter Cash, who died from complications of heart surgery in April. Penned by stepdaughter and songwriter Rosanne Cash, they eulogize Carter Cash as a unique and loving mother and musician who for nearly 40 years nurtured...
Morbid Angels

Cephalic Carnage finds redemption in the sewers of the death metal underground

By Laura Bond
Oct 3, 2002

On stage, Cephalic Carnage's Zac spends most of his time swinging his head and guitar, sweating, screaming and abusing listeners with the brutal bombast that issues from his instrument. But today, sitting in his publicist's office almost 2,000 miles from his home in Denver, there is little evidence of that...
Let It D

With its HBO show off the air, Tenacious D no longer rules the idiot box. Now the rotund duo just wants to rule the world.

By Laura Bond
Oct 18, 2001

No one was very surprised when Tenacious D -- the duo composed of vocalist/guitarist Jack Black and guitarist/backing vocalist Kyle Gass -- finally made it big. It was clear early on that the D had something special, even if the meager audiences that showed up for weekly open-mike appearances at...
Brave New World

DeVotchKa's cultural collisions make for fascinating art

By Laura Bond
Aug 16, 2001

Chicago is a city known for neighborhoods with unique little names that distinguish one from the next; among them can be found the artist/hipster/Hispanic mishmash of Wicker Park and the ethnic, working-class potpourri of Lincoln Square. There's also Uptown, a cultural blend as overrun with students from nearby Loyola University...
Moment of Truth

A Goonie no more, Corey Feldman is searching for his soul as a rock musician

By Laura Bond
Dec 7, 2000

Looking back on it now, the film roles Corey Feldman played in the late '80s and early '90s might have been some kind of predictor of the trouble he was to face in the years ahead: He played the attention-seeking cutup in The Goonies, the volatile, ear-mangled son of a...

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