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"A Mighty Wind" Is Blowin'! (East Bay Express, June 11, 2003)
"Talk To Her" & Celso Fonseca (East Bay Express, May 21, 2003)
Marisa Monte & Os Tribalistas (East Bay Express, March 19, 2003)
Amandla! A Revolution In Four-Part Harmony (East Bay Express, March 19, 2003)
Tandy's seductive new country (East Bay Express, March 5, 2003)
New sounds from ancient lands -- Asian pop gets twisty (East Bay Express, February 26, 2003)
L.Kay's Best of 2002 List... (it's in there somewhere!!) (East Bay Express, November 27, 2002)
Charlie Christian, Venuti & Lang box sets (East Bay Express, November 27, 2002)
Canti Di Malavita - Mafia Music From Calabria (East Bay Express, November 20, 2002)
Dixie Chicks & Elizabeth Cook - Real Hillbilly Fillies (East Bay Express, October 1, 2002)
Dale Watson & Guy Clark (East Bay Express, September 25, 2002)
Fairport Convention - Now & Then (East Bay Express, September 11, 2002)
Abe Schwartz & Yiddish Music in America (East Bay Express, August 7, 2002)
John Vanderslice, American Four-Tracker (East Bay Express, July 3, 2002)
Don Tosti and the Pachuco Boogie! (East Bay Express, June 6, 2002)
Hickory Records & Old-Fashioned Bluegrass Goodness (East Bay Express, May 29, 2002)
Clinic - England's new coolest band (East Bay Express, April 4, 2002)
Ba Ba Ba Ba BLOG - Dr. Frank of the Mr. T Experience goes online (East Bay Express, March 27, 2002)
Alan Jackson & The Future Of Country Music (East Bay Express, February 20, 2002)
The Webb Pierce tribute album (East Bay Express, January 30, 2002)
Mondo Melodia (East Bay Express, January 16, 2002)
Dona Ivone Lara "Nasci Pra Sonhar" (East Bay Express, January 9, 2002)
Dick Gaughan and Nic Jones (East Bay Express, January 9, 2002)
Bill Jones... is really a GIRL!! (East Bay Express, December 5, 2001)
Rolando Laserie & Miguelito Valdes (East Bay Express, November 11, 2001)
Patsy Montana - a real cowboy girl (East Bay Express, October 31, 2001)
Patriotic War Songs (East Bay Express, October 17, 2001)
The Billie Holiday Holy Grail (East Bay Express, October 17, 2001)
David Grisman - Mandolin King (East Bay Express, October 10, 2001)
Garage Rock - The Four Corners and the Greenhornes (East Bay Express, September 26, 2001)
Belle & Sebastian play SF (East Bay Express, September 5, 2001)
CAMBODIAN ROCKS & other foreign garage rock (East Bay Express, August 29, 2001)
Bob Wills is still The King (East Bay Express, August 15, 2001)
Three old albums by The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (East Bay Express, August 1, 2001)
Hick Heaven! - Buck Owens, Ira Louvin and Ernest Tubb reissues (East Bay Express, July 3, 2001)
Francoiz Breut - French indie chantuese (East Bay Express, June 8, 2001)
Caetano Veloso tackles the history of slavery (East Bay Express, May 18, 2001)
Los Lobos & Los Super Seven (East Bay Express, May 4, 2001)
George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" (East Bay Express, April 6, 2001)
Bom! The acoustic samba revival is on! (East Bay Express, March 16, 2001)
Nic Jones & John Wesley Harding (East Bay Express, March 9, 2001)
Charles Sawtelle -- sweet bluegrass (East Bay Express, March 2, 2001)
Local Yokels: Red Meat & The Crooked Jades (East Bay Express, February 23, 2001)
Local music -- the Amoeba Music compilation! (East Bay Express, February 2, 2001)
Some new Dwight Yoakam & some old Charlie Rich (East Bay Express, January 26, 2001)
A fab new Faron Young retrospective (East Bay Express, December 29, 2000)
Robert Crumb - jazz archivist and French banjo player (East Bay Express, December 22, 2000)
Gilberto Gil & Brazilian forro - (East Bay Express, December 1, 2000)
Mark Olson & Victoria Williams - (East Bay Express, November 24, 2000)
Chris Knox - (East Bay Express, November 17, 2000)
Laurie Anderson - (East Bay Express, November 10, 2000)
Damien Jurado - (East Bay Express, October 20, 2000)
Emmylou Harris - (East Bay Express, September 29, 2000)
Cool New Bluegrass! - (East Bay Express, September 22, 2000)
Bebel Gilberto & Joao Gilberto - (East Bay Express, June 30, 2000)
Holly Golightly & Thee Headcoatees - (East Bay Express, June 23, 2000)
Stacey Earle & Suzzy Roche - (East Bay Express, May 26, 2000)
Beachwood Sparks - (East Bay Express, April 28, 2000)
Caetano Veloso's "Orfeu" - (East Bay Express, April 7, 2000)
Ghazal - (East Bay Express, March 24, 2000)
