Blues on line

Mai Cramer brings her own roots to the web
by Brett Milano

Music talk

More on Haitink's Mahler and Jordan Hall's new acoustics
by Lloyd Schwartz

Rough as silk

Dwight Yoakam finally makes a masterpiece
by Stephanie Zacharek

Jingle-bell rockers

Plus jazz, blues, and other tunes for tinsel time
by The Phoenix music critics

Gathering nuts

For Squirrels: A lesson in surviving tragedy
by Matt Ashare

Movin' on

At 74, composer Chico O'Farrill keeps pushing the envelope
by Ed Hazell

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TOM McKINLEY/MIROSLAV VITOUS
John Coltrane, STELLAR REGIONS
Saturnine, WRECK AT PILLAR POINT
Various, 500 MILES TO GLORY
Monica, MISS THANG
Lars Vegas, NERVADA
Leo Kottke, LIVE
Various Artists, THE MOON REVISITED
Jim Lauderdale, EVERY SECOND COUNTS