Stephen M. Deusner
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- Sep 14, 2026
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- Jul 17, 2026
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Valerie June: Brighter Blue EP (opens the original)
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“I’ll Fly Away” may be one of the most-sung songs of the 20th century. Written by a gospel composer named Albert Edward Brumley nearly 100 years ago, it’s been performed by congregations of various denominations and recorded by artists working in nearly every genre imaginable. It was originally a hit with gospel groups, including the Selah Jubilee Singers in the 1940s and, much later, the Staple Singers, but it’s been popular with country singers (George Jones, Alan Jackson) and blues artists (R
The Cramps: Gravest Gravy (opens the original)
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Lux Interior couldn’t just go in cold. He had to get himself worked up to sing. Back in 1977, when the Cramps first worked with Alex Chilton at Ardent Studios in Memphis, he would disappear for a while, churn himself into a frenzy, then storm into the studio, slamming doors and hurling chairs along the way. It was destructive, but it resulted in an intensely feral performance. Such a ritual is captured at the end of “Rocket in My Pocket,” one of the studio outtakes collected on Gravest Gravy. As
Will Sheff: Extra Mile (opens the original)
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In “Devastation,” the second song off his second solo album, Will Sheff quotes Otis Redding for at least the second time this century. “This is my lover’s prayer,” he sings, and it’s impossible to think he doesn’t grasp the reference (Redding released “My Lover’s Prayer” in 1966) or that Sheff didn’t intend it. The great Southern soul singer appeared in one of Okkervil River’s first great songs, 2002’s “Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas,” and he shows up again here in a song abo
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