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4 items by Benjamin Friedland

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  Okkervil River Bring "Sheep" | ARTICLE

  In contrast to his impassioned wailing at the helm of Austin-based rock band Okkervil River, Will Sheff speaks quietly and gently. He's saving his voice, he says, for the stage. Okkervil are currently in the midst...

  April 5, 2005 12:00 AM ET
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  Persuasions Singer "Shines" | ARTICLE

  Jerry Lawson is best known as providing the buttery lead vocal for the flagship doo-wop-cum-gospel-cum-soul-cum-beep-bop a cappella group the Persuasions. But after forty-one years, twenty-one albums, tours with Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder, and chronic under-appreciation ...

  April 20, 2004 12:00 AM ET
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  The Burden Brothers Walk On | ARTICLE

  If Dallas rockers the Burden Brothers seem familiar, well, they are. A collection of Nineties rockers -- singer Vaden Lewis of the Toadies, drummer Taz Bentley of Reverend Horton Heat, bassist Casey Orr of GWAR, guitarist Casey...

  April 13, 2004 12:00 AM ET
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  Jackson, Sharpton Attack Industry | ARTICLE

  Fueled by Michael Jackson's recent accusations that the record business treats black artists unfairly, Reverend Al Sharpton and his National Action Network held a summit and press conference today at their headquarters in Harlem, New York City, to reveal the group's...

  July 9, 2002 12:00 AM ET