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Sol Russh

They may look like models, but they can sing

By Marli Guzzetta
Mar 25, 2004

On the phone, Michelle Russo is a salt-of-the-earth Italian girl, the daughter of a detective with a little bit of Jersey in her voice. In person, she¹s the beautiful blond whom snowbirds go clubbing in South Beach to see. And she can sing too. Russo is half of the pop-rock...
Ani DiFranco

Educated Guess (Righteous Babe)

By Marli Guzzetta
Mar 11, 2004

Ani DiFranco might be the Johnny Cash of her generation -- an innovative and independent musician haunted by heartbreak, indignation, and talent. After Evolve admitted DiFranco's personal need to do just that, she "suited up for the long walk back to [her]self," a recrudescence she documented on this album. Absconding...
Blood, Bites, and Brazil

Keeping bossa nova fresh, free, and lawless: Mosquitos

By Marli Guzzetta
Jan 15, 2004

In the photo gallery on the Mosquitos' website, a single picture footnotes the raison d'être for the group's self-titled debut, a bossa nova/indie-pop love child that's earning praise from the drinkers of cool drinks and the hipsters with stirring hips. From a bird's-eye view, we see one Juju Stulbach, a...
The Power of Cat

Hoping she doesn't break down this time around

By Marli Guzzetta
Dec 18, 2003

Offering plangent, precious folk and candid outbursts of fragility, Chan Marshall, a.k.a. "Cat Power," is a musician of infinite nakedness. Ten months ago, she unveiled her most recent release, You Are Free. The stripped-down album includes vocals by Eddie Vedder, drumming by Dave Grohl, and is considered by many to...
Legends Live!

Ron Isley revisits the Burt Bacharach catalog with Here I Am

By Marli Guzzetta
Dec 11, 2003

There are few embellishments on the cover of Here I Am: Isley Meets Bacharach. There are neither gold lamé suits nor tuxedos, no silk sheets, and no flashy stage shots. Burt Bacharach and Ron Isley are merely wearing sweaters and smiling in front of a chess board, a testament to...

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