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Hallelujah Revisited

Posted on November 21, 2016 by marcbeaudin

I remember vividly the first time I heard Leonard Cohen. It was in my room at Squatemala, an anarchist compound of Victorian mansions and carriage houses built by long-dead lumber barons. Over the decades, it had gone feral with broken … Continue reading →

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The Sinners Hit Strong, Eponymously

Posted on June 13, 2009 by marcbeaudin

During a recent trip to the old stamping grounds of mid-Michigan, I was given The Sinners CD. I tried listening while driving back and forth to poetry gigs, friends’ cookouts and mom’s house, but the stretches of time were too … Continue reading →

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Hotshot’s Boy Done Grow’d Up: The Panderers, "Hotshot’s Boy" EP

Posted on February 8, 2009 by marcbeaudin

You can hear the roots buried firmly in this coal-miner/tobacco farmer’s son as Scott Wynn and the Panderers hit you fast and strong with the five songs that comprise Hotshot’s Boy. The liner notes explain that Wynn’s “one-eyed, 8th-grade educated” … Continue reading →

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