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Artist: Paul Thorn

Waxed - Record Review from Issue #53 Sept-Oct 2004

Paul Thorn – Are You With Me?

The land of southern soul is a strange, murky place. It’s steamy and dark, although often dimly lit. Window shades are permanently pulled (the better for telltale silhouettes), the bedding is always rumpled, one end of a phone call is always in a public booth, and only the odd men out use front doors.
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Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #42 Nov-Dec 2002

Paul Thorn – No, Mas!

For a guy who grew up in the hometown of Elvis, was washed in the Blood of the Lamb, went six rounds with Roberto Duran, received pointers from Howard Finster, made three sterling discs of gospel-fueled R&B and southern countrified soul and has toured with Sting, John Hiatt, Jools Holland, Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler and [...]

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Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie - Southern (Rural Rhythm, 2010)
Bill Emerson and Sweet Dixie - Southern (Rural Rhythm, 2010) Bill Emerson is a legendary banjo player with roots stretching b… […]
This is what the work used to be (part one)
Back when ND was a print magazine and it was my job to try to sort through the hundreds of CDs which came my way each month so as to find the next Whiskeytown, I used to have days when I'd listen to fragments of things I'd never heard of. I could clear a shelf of 100 CDs in a good afternoon, probably finding one thing really worth finding in all th […]
Both Sides Then - Mitchell, Taylor and Ochs at the 1970 Amchitka Benefit Concert
I have been listening recently to the Amchitka concert CD (www.amchitka-concert.com) that got its long overdue release late last year. This live double disc documents the historic October 16 1970 show that launched Greenpeace. Money raised from this Vancouver, British Columbia benefit concert was used to buy a boat (later named the Greenpeace) that served to […]

What makes a band a band?
Watching the Super Bowl halftime show my mind wandered and wondered: Could Pete Townshend tour as the Who, could Roger Daltry? Probably not. Could Mick and Keith tour as the Stones? Maybe. Where the Pogues really the Pogues if Shane MacGowan wasn't in the band. With Son Volt's revolving cast of characters were they ever really a band? […]
Josh Turner!
Josh Turner's new album, Haywire, comes out in a few days. Check out this site, it has an interview with Josh and a sneak peak of his album, with full performances of some songs, including Why Don't We Just Dance!!! http://soundcheck.walmart.com/josh-turner […]
TOP 3 ALBUMS FOR YOU PERSONALLY AND WHY
I'm a music geek. Seriously. Okay... now that we've gotten that out of the way... Top 3 favourite albums. (In no particular order) 1. U2 - Joshua Tree -- The only album from U2 that allows me to say I love every song (except one... kinda :P). U2 loves to experiment and that trait has lead to some interesting albums ("No Line On the Horiz […]