Letters: What Do You Think?

by | May 6, 2010 | News

The Chicken Connection I’d like to thank Maureen Turner for writing an insightful and measured article (“Poultry Politics: Is the Valley ready for urban chickens?”, April 22) on a local topic that is so intrinsically linked to the national...
Nightcrawler: Mountain Men

Nightcrawler: Mountain Men

by | May 6, 2010 | Music

Think Tim Eriksen’s new solo release, Soul of January Hills, is a little too minimal, with its 14 voice-only tracks? Well then, wait a couple weeks. The Valley native best known for his Grammy-nominated work on the Cold Mountain movie soundtrack will follow it...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | May 6, 2010 | Music

Sitting Next to BrianThe Wrong Tree EP(Rub Wrongways) Back again at the helm of his mystic, swirling ship, Brian Marchese sometimes seems adrift in the doldrums of identity on his latest, The Wrong Tree. Remaining are his psychedelic Brit-pop and California surf...

Art in Paradise: Turn Off, Tune Up, Unplug

by | May 6, 2010 | Music

The arrival of the solidbody electric guitar back around the middle of the 20th century didn’t do the acoustic guitar any favors in the reputation department. Les Paul’s solidbody innovation did a tremendous lot to enable early rockers to invent what it...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | May 6, 2010 | Music

Of God and ScienceBlack Rabbit(Detach) From the beginning, two elements are going for Albuquerque’s Of God and Science: big, droning washes of ambient sound, and a relaxed, hypnotic groove. The bass slides easily in, but the last element to arrive, the vocal...