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Broken English (Nettwerk Records). Review by James Mann.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Beth Hart offered a healthy serving of blues in Orlando, and Michelle Wilson was there to savor the sweet experience.

“Ring Spiel” Tour ‘95 (Columbia Records). Review by James Mann.

An unplugged evening with Eddie Vedder full of conversation, confessions, and two hours of music is a damn fine way for Jen Cray to spend the night.

Merri Cyr tries to catch lightning in a camera lens in this re-issue of her 2002 scrapbook of intimate reflections on legendary musician Jeff Buckley. S D Green wonders if Buckley was ever really here at all.

I’m Not There: Original Soundtrack (Sony Records). Review by Matthew Moyer.

Liza Hearon talks to Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein about women in rock, Eddie Vedder and watching 13-year-olds make out in front of the stage.

I’ll Wake You In the Morning (Self-released). Review by Gail Worley.

Liza Hearon talks to the man with the plan – The Dismemberment Plan, that is – in this provocative conversation with Travis Morrison.

Music From and Inspired By the Motion Picture (V2). Review by Brian Broccoli.

In 1993, three boys were tried and convicted for murder – not based on physical evidence, but on the grounds that they were ‘Satanists’ because they listened to heavy metal and read books by Stephen King. Despite a national outcry and an Academy Award-winning documentary on the case, the boys are still in prison. Supersuckers’ frontman Eddie Spaghetti put together a compilation to help Free the West Memphis Three, and recently discussed the compilation and the case with Sean Carswell.