Los Lobos (Shout Factory!, 2010) Former Secretary of Labor Linda Chavez, among others, has argued that current levels of immigration from Mexico are somehow...
Music
My Room in the Trees The Innocence Mission (Badman, 2010) On the Innocence Mission’s most straightforward folk album yet, Karen Peris sings of seasons...
The Gaslight Anthem (Side One Dummy, 2010) If your idea of rock and roll requires three-chord guitars, bass and drums, and a dead-earnest sense of commitment...
The Living Sisters (Vanguard, 2010) Nearly eight years ago in a cramped, dimly lit room illuminated by a few strings of white Christmas lights, I first became...
Natalie Merchant (Nonesuch Records, 2010) In those last few brick-and-mortar record stores still out there, you may find Leave Your Sleep in the...
American VI: Ain’t No Grave Johnny Cash (American Records, 2010) As the world knows from the bio-pic Walk the Line (20th Century Fox), Johnny Cash was no...
Crows (Rykodisc, 2010) Allison Moorer Last night I warned a college writing class against assuming that the "speaker" of a poem was in fact the poet...
Christmas in the Heart Bob Dylan (Columbia, 2009) Post-Modernism or Nostalgia? Commonplace or Avant Guard? Success or Failure? Even a cursory listen to Bob...
The Avett Brothers (Sony, 2009) The Avett Brothers are a sibling pair from North Carolina that for several years has been building a reputation as bluegrass...
Yo La Tengo (Matador Records, 2009) First off, Yo La Tengo is not a salsa band. They're not even Hispanic. They are white, artsy-bohemian types in their...
