Billy Altman

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CD Review: Sarah Jarosz, Sierra Hull
Billy Altman  |  May 18, 2011  |  0 comments

Given the ubiquity these days of performers whose acts seem to rely as much (or more) on technology as on talent, fans of genres like Americana can be forgiven for fretting that fretboards could soon wind up on the endangered species list.

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Music Disc Reviews
CD Review: Shelby Lynne, and Reference CD Review: Allison Moorer
Billy Altman  |  Apr 03, 2008  |  0 comments
Shelby Lynne: Just a Little Lovin' Lost Highway
Music ••½ Sound ••½
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CD Review: Suzanne Vega
Billy Altman  |  Sep 02, 2007  |  0 comments
Beauty & Crime Blue Note
Music •••• Sound ••••
Ever since she first appeared in the mid-1980s, Vega has reflected in her music the boo
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Music Disc Reviews
CD Review: The Magic Numbers
Billy Altman  |  Jul 24, 2007  |  0 comments
Those the Brokes Astralwerks
Music ••½ Sound ••½
How you react to the Magic Numbers' second CD probably depends
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CD Review: Wilco
Billy Altman  |  Jun 03, 2007  |  0 comments

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Joe Ely & Joel Guzman: Live Cactus!
Billy Altman  |  Jul 30, 2008  |  0 comments
Rack 'Em
Music •••• Sound ••••

Rather than wondering what's in the water, it's probably more fitting to wonder what's in the wind that m

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Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Billy Altman  |  Feb 28, 2011  |  0 comments
 
Roc-A-Fella
Music •••• Sound ••••

 

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Audio Video News
Keep Austin Weird: Billy Altman's SXSW 2012 Diary, Day One
Billy Altman  |  Mar 14, 2012  |  0 comments

"Keep Austin Weird" is a catch phrase that adorns many a T-shirt in this Texas town that for well over two decades has hosted the South By Southwest music festival.

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More Fun in the New World: Billy Altman's SXSW 2012 Diary, Day Four
Billy Altman  |  Mar 17, 2012  |  0 comments

I've been attending the South By Southwest music festival for many years, but I can't ever recall ever hearing the particular sound I encountered late Friday night at Stubb's: squealing. And I mean the kind of squealing that means only one thing – female hormones on the march. 

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MUSIC REVIEW: Audioslave
Billy Altman  |  Oct 05, 2006  |  0 comments
Revelations Epic/Interscope
Music •••½ Sound ••••
On its third album, Audioslave sounds well settled into life as th
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