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Independent Women

Out singer/songwriter Chris Pureka has been peddling her brand of moody folk music for nearly 10 years. Think Mary Gauthier,…

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Playlist: The Very Best of Dixie Chicks

No one need be embarrassed by this stellar collection of hits recorded by this Grammy-winning trio. Contains lead tunes like…

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Home is Where the Heart Breaks by My Glorious

Disturbing cover art aside, this European power threesome is Gossip-y when it rocks hard, and Red Hot Chili Pepper-y when…

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Pulse by Toni Braxton

The queen of the heartbreak ballad doesn’t stray from that winning formula here with “Yesterday,” a powerful duet featuring Trey…

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Love and Its Opposite by Tracey Thorn

Formerly half of the alt-pop duo Everything But the Girl, Thorn’s crystal-clear vocals wrap themselves around the lyrics of this…

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On the fast track with Joey Guerra

He’s here, he’s there, he’s everywhere! So imagine my surprise when pop music writer Joey Guerra tells me that he…

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Bitch and Blasted

Bitch, the classically-trained violinist turned multi-instrumentalist-poet-rocker, is as blunt as her stage name—a name chosen to reclaim a word that…

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Letter to Heaven: Songs of Faith and Inspiration by Dolly Parton

Somehow, when Dolly goes gospel, it doesn’t come off as holier-than-thou or judgmental.

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Something to Live For by Barbara Carroll

You don’t play the Oak Room’s Sunday brunch at New York City’s famed Algonquin Hotel by being a second–rate performer.…

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The Essential Carole King

It’s hard to imagine what rock-’n’-roll would be without the doo-wop, finger-popping influence of Carole King. This double-disc retro package…

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