Down South, Singing the Indie Blues
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Twenty-seven years and 16 features after they began their mutual career, John Sayles and Maggie Renzi are still making movies.
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Written and directed by Andrew Bujalski, this wonderful independent film wonÂt save or change your life, but it may make your heart swell. Its aim is modest and true.
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Robert Plantâs worldly hard rock, Alison Kraussâs limpid update of rural traditions and T Bone Burnettâs rangy Texas twang, all on one album.
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Country auction are drawing customers from far-off country towns into a swirl of barbeque and homemade pies and twangy music.
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From the creators of the political satire sensation "This Land" comes a sequel set to the tune of "Dixie."
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From Hawaii to the Philadelphia suburbs, community sings, or singalongs, draw together the average-voiced and bring old songs into common memory.
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"Ballast," the Southern-set  drama by Lance Hammer that won two awards at the 2008 Sundance  Film Festival, has been picked up by IFC.
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At a time when the viability of  many record companies seems less than certain, three new labels  are launching in the Christian community.
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Music is still a big force in pop culture, but the music businessâs own comeback attempt is falling flat.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Students at Salem College, a small liberal arts school for women in Winston-Salem, N.C., have studied the songs of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.  Now they're delving into country singer Martina McBride's catalog.
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A new documentary sets Toots Shorâs rise and long, sad decline against the backdrop of 20th-century American social history.
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Sure,  Melissa Etheridge is used to singing in front of thousands of people. It's just that Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg aren't usually in the audience, at least not all at once.
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Independent film has a certain cachet, bringing to mind uncompromising, unkempt artists plumbing their genius to bring cold, hard truths to the corner cinema. Or maybe it brings to mind guys dressed as film canisters panhandling in L.A.
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There's more than one championship-caliber team in the Southeastern Conference. And Sylvia Fowles is showing the league has more than one star.
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Jazz, Pop, and Country all make an appearance in this week's roundup of new releases.
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In the past year, projects by Alan  Jackson, the Del McCoury Band and Alabama are the most  high-profile examples of established country and bluegrass  artists doing exceptionally well with gospel albums.
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As summer ends, the fourth quarter looms and the fragile hopes of record executives head south, to Nashville. This season is already off to a good start.