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We went to six shows in one night to prove a point

Anymore, Friday nights in Lawrence are pretty outrageous. There are just so many events happening at once. This wasn’t even a Final Fridays art walk,

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Review: Jasper – “Jasper” EP

by Nathan Cardiff A crunchy country opener kicks off the debut EP from Lawrence trio Jasper. “Down The River” sets the bar high for four

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Photo Gallery: Split Lip Rayfield / Julian Davis and the Hay-Burners / Chicago Farmer

Words and photos by Leroy Pristach The venerable Split lip Rayfield played to a packed house at the Bottleneck Saturday night, but that’s nothing out

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Photo Gallery: Murder By Death / Tim Barry at the Granada

Murder By Death is one of those bands with an incredibly dedicated fan base. Some of those longstanding fans have been watching the live show

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Photo Gallery: Murder By Death / Tim Barry at the Granada

Murder By Death is one of those bands with an incredibly dedicated fan base. Some of those longstanding fans have been watching the live show

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The King and Queen of Audience Interaction: Destroy Nate Allen

Here’s the thing about Destroy Nate Allen: you can’t just watch them perform. The Kansas City-via-Portland duo are loud, boisterous, and completely unavoidable (as many

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Freight Train Rabbit Killer is the stuff of nightmares

The nice thing about the Folk Alliance is that it extended to every subgenre possible in folk music. Irish folk, Swedish folk, speed metal bluegrass

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Folk Alliance kicks off in Kansas City

“Would you like a song where someone’s mean to someone else, or where someone’s dying?” That question, smirkingly posed by Curtis McMurty, is sometimes the

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Terribly Intentional: Nicholas St. James to celebrate his true form at album release show

In October of 2014, Nicholas St. James performed in front of a large crowd in the theatre of the Lawrence Arts Center. The folk artist

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Album Review: Nicholas St. James – “Theatres”

by Nathan Cardiff I realize it’s only February, but the most fascinating musical moment of this whole year might be a kazoo solo. That’s right;