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...Both candidates have that problem of connecting with rural voters," says Jerry Wamser, a lawyer and state Republican Party activist. "Neither of them is exactly down-home folk...
...Martha's Vineyard, Mass., WMVY streams the Newport Folk Festival live. If you're looking for something to do in Taos, N.M., head over to KTAO for a Solar Center beer and a show. And if you want the latest news in Reading, Pa., check out WEEU...
...marsupials. Rather, he was a danger man who celebrated the bad boys of the animal kingdom-ugly spiders and crocs, snakes and sharks. Kids imbibed the childlike exuberance of the loud man in shorts and his taste for adventure; he was more like them than their parents-buttoned-down folk who worked in offices or crafted rules to keep them in their box. Of course, Irwin offered an escape. And the messages he passed on, regardless of the means he used, were positive ones about preserving wildlife habitat and living with delight...
...DYLAN is more plugged in than he has been since he amped up at the Newport Folk Festival more than 40 years ago. Modern Times, Dylan's latest album, beat out new releases by Jessica Simpson and Christina Aguilera, making the folk-rock icon the oldest living artist ever to launch an album at No. 1. Notoriously reclusive, Dylan lately even seems to be enjoying his public, publishing a memoir, deejaying a show on XM Satellite Radio and endorsing a Broadway musical. "They say, 'Dylan never talks,'" the singer told Rolling Stone. "Well, what the hell is there...
OUTSIDER DJ SHADOW IN THE SMALL pond of sampled instrumental electronic music, DJ Shadow (Josh Davis) isn't just the big fish; he's the only fish. Perhaps recognizing that the water is getting a little brackish, Shadow varies the formula on his latest with a folk ballad, a soul jam and a delicate guitar symphony as emotional as a telenovela. (¡Qué dramático!) His more conventional hip-hop tracks pose no threat to commercial radio, but they're perfect platforms for Bay Area rappers Keak Da Sneak and Lateef the Truth Speaker to say the things Shadow...