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RODNEY CROWELL: Closer to Heaven (1)
“I ditched it,” Rodney Crowell says, sitting in his home studio and explaining what happened to a full album of brand new songs, written by a Hall of Fame songwriter, sung by a Grammy-nominated singer and produced by a guy who has helmed projects for luminaries including Rosanne Cash, Bobby Bare and Guy Clark.
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The 2009 Grammy Nominations (0)
More often than not, the flood of end-of-year best-of lists that dominate magazine centerfolds or the trophies dolled out to a handful of lucky artists tell more about the judges than the music itself. For the Grammy Awards - despite their efforts to reach across the aisle to all kinds of world, classical, children’s music and even polka - show a strong predilection for the money-making staples of radio-bred pop rock, r&b and down ‘n dirty rap.
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ROY ORBISON > The Soul of Rock and Roll (1)
The sheer length and breadth of this four-CD, 107-song box set is undeniably impressive. Not only does it go all the way back to a 1955 recording Orbison made as part of the Wink Westerners, it ends with a live performance of “It’s Over” from his very last concert in 1988-and you can’t get any closer to the end of the line than that.
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RODNEY CROWELL: Closer to Heaven (1)
“I ditched it,” Rodney Crowell says, sitting in his home studio and explaining what happened to a full album of brand new songs, written by a Hall of Fame songwriter, sung by a Grammy-nominated singer and produced by a guy who has helmed projects for luminaries including Rosanne Cash, Bobby Bare and Guy Clark.

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