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Critic's Choice
By Danny Alexander
If he had done nothing more than write the 1970 Ray Price hit "For the Good Times," Kris Kristofferson would have earned a place in the great American songbook. But he has also...
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Critic's Choice
By Elliott Johnston
Of the artists on Chicago-based "insurgent country" label Bloodshot Records — an indie that has nurtured modern Americana faves such as Ryan Adams, Neko Case and Split...
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Critic's Choice
By Richard Gintowt
Lawrence songwriter Rusty Scott first appeared on the local scene with an appearance at KJHK 103.7's 2007 Farmer's Ball, after which he landed a track on the station's Farm...
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Critic's Choice
By Richard Gintowt
The Cherry Tree Parade is kind of all over the map, but that isn't such a bad thing for a young band finding its footing. The Kansas City group's self-titled debut EP is out...
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Cafe
By Charles Ferruzza
Why should Broadway be the only place to make good money on revivals? When the economy stinks, theater producers bring back hits from happier times. New productions of Hair,...
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Film
By J. HOBERMAN
Kevin Macdonald's Washington thriller is a bellows designed to puff up the most beaten-down reporter's chest. Compressed from the highly regarded BBC miniseries first telecast...
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Film
By ELLA TAYLOR
Lovely to look at but too slow to get lost in, Jan Troell's new movie is a tribute to still photography filtered through a portrait of working-class life wracked by war and...
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Stage
By Alan Scherstuhl
A corollary to Anton Chekhov's rule of plots, which holds that a gun seen above the fireplace in Act 1 must be fired in Act 3: Any stage set depicting a white-walled home of...
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