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41. Critic's Choice

    Kris Kristofferson

    By Danny Alexander

    Published: April 16, 2009

    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...

42. Critic's Choice

    Wayne "the Train" Hancock

    By Elliott Johnston

    Published: April 16, 2009

    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...

43. Critic's Choice

    Rusty Scott

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: April 16, 2009

    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...

44. Critic's Choice

    The Cherry Tree Parade

    By Richard Gintowt

    Published: April 16, 2009

    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...

45. Cafe

    The Coyote Grill returns to the prairie at Town Center Plaza

    By Charles Ferruzza

    Published: April 16, 2009

    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,...

46. Film

    State of Play

    By J. HOBERMAN

    Published: April 16, 2009

    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...

47. Film

    Everlasting Moments

    By ELLA TAYLOR

    Published: April 16, 2009

    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...

48. Stage

    With The Borderland, the Rep props up shabby, worn-out material

    By Alan Scherstuhl

    Published: April 16, 2009

    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...