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  • The gifted Tift

    Tift Merritt always believed she would be a writer before a musician, and her skills as a storyteller are very much in evidence in her finely crafted songs. She talks to Tony Clayton-Lea .

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  • Can the white girl sing soul? Yes, as long as we pay for it

    THE MUSIC industry has a long and inglorious past when it comes to the subject of race. The term "cover version" - to take just one example - actually means "to cover up the race of the original singer". It was invented when early black rock'n'roll songs were covered by white artists, the thinking being that the song would sell more to a predominantly white record-buying audience if it was sung by a white person.

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  • Sweet 'n' sour times

    CD CHOICE: THIRD  by PORTISHEAD.

  • Rock/Pop

    New Bloods, Alaska in Winter and Giveamanakick among this week's reviews.

  • Jazz

    Ray Commiskey looks favourably on this week's trio of albums.

  • Electronica

    Jim Carroll says atmospheric composer Susumu Yokoto's new offering is worth a listen.

  • Soundtrack

    Jocelyn Clarke listens to John Powell's soundtrack to the newly released film by Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss.

  • Roots

    Joe Breen reviews the latest offering from Willard Grant Conspiracy.

  • Traditional

    Siobhán Long is impressed with a new release in the traditional English style.

  • Opera

    The latest release on the Harmonia Mundi label .

  • Classical

    Michael Dervan reviews four new releases.

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