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Townes Van Zandt News

Inside the Dude's Stoner Soundtrack (Rolling Stone) What is Lebowski's musical legacy? A Bob Dylan rarity, some Creedence and an angry Glenn Frey The Decade of the Dude Lebowski on the Web When they were working on The Big Lebowski, Joel and Ethan Coen already had some music in mind for the soundtrack: Kenny Rogers' "Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was in)," the Gipsy Kings' cover of "Hotel California" and plenty of Creedence ... Blake Thomas (Isthmus) Like a lot of heavy-hearted guitar strummers, Blake Thomas has a jones for the late Townes Van Zandt and his sweet, fatalistic brooding. But unlike a lot of the amateurs who probe Van Zandt's wounds, Thomas makes plain in every other line that he's done his own share of losing, too. That's not a prerequisite for piquant, believable country and country folk, but lord knows it helps get you ... LUCAS STAGG SETTLES INTO NEW SCENE (Guelph Mercury) Even though Lucas Stagg's new album Great Big Gone contains several specific Toronto references, he's not ready to completely cut ties with his hometown yet. Jennifer O'Connor Sings Her Own Tune (The New York Sun) Jennifer O'Connor has been compared with and held up against so many chanteuses of the 1990s ? especially Liz Phair ? that it's become a disservice to all parties involved. Surely it's possible for a woman to sing passionately and intimately about her life without having to be equated with another woman simply because of a lazy implication that female experiences are all the same. "I do find it ... Five alive! Old is new again with these Austin musicians (Austin American-Statesman) Belleville Outfit, Ruby Jane, the Dedringers, Dustin Welch and the Fireants putting a fresh spin on tradition.

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