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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Virtuosity is now a virtue in the indie world, and many of its most interesting proponents are women.
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The breezy vocal harmonies and classic rock sound of Dr. Dog, an obscure Philadelphia band, are sure to attract a rabid cult of indie-rock fans.
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âVince Vaughnâs Wild West Comedy Showâ imagines itself a contemporary equivalent of rootinâ- tootinâ traveling entertainments like Buffalo Billâs Wild West Show. Thatâs a tall comparison to draw.
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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.
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ItÂs not often that the background score of a film makes a lasting impact on music listeners of this country.
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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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John Sayles, the independent filmmaker who wrote and directed "Matewan," will be a featured guest at the 20th annual West Virginia International Film Festival next month.
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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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The Saul Levine films playing at the New York Film Festival proudly sing the subterranean blues with an underlying sense of protest and subversion.
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Collectively, independent record labels are a sleeping giant waking up and demanding its due. Think many Davids versus a few Goliaths. Commentary by Eliot Van Buskirk.
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Interesting documentary looking at the music business.
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New releases from Foo Fighters, Twista, Iron and Wine, Keyshia Cole and the Weakerthans.
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The sound was never exactly polished, but it had plenty of soul, and the Memphis sound created at Stax Records has found its own special place in the history of American music.
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That's the way they do things down South, nice and   gentleman-like.
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Indie distributor Magnolia  Pictures is looking to make some quick cash on two indie  comedies, releasing them nearly simultaneously on cable and in  theaters and DVD stores.
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Charlie Manuel's thick Southern drawl, down-home charm and folksy nature make him an odd fit for gritty Philadelphia.