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Waxed - Record Review from Issue #74 March-April 2008

Mars Arizona – Hello Cruel World

According to the title of Mars Arizona’s latest release, the current state of affairs in the world is looking rather bleak. Though the album is filled with songs of struggle and sadness, Hello Cruel World is a bright spot on the Americana landscape. The San Francisco-based singer-songwriter duo of Paul Knowles and Nicole Storto manages [...]

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Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #59 Sept-Oct 2005

Mars Arizona – Passenger side

As our phone interview takes place, Paul Knowles is in the passenger seat of a car that’s somewhere between Collinsville, Illinois, where he’s just visited his daughter and granddaughter, and Athens, Georgia, home of the next night’s gig. Behind the wheel and fielding the occasional question fragment that’s deflected her way is Nicole Storto, the [...]

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