Just four minutes into its most recent release, Richmond’s Broken Hips hit a stride that most bands struggle and search for over the course…

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  In a reductive sense, there a couple of categories in which you can shuffle and sort your standard lot of CD re-releases. The…

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Though one may snicker at the suggestion that the central cultural reference point for the Wingdale Community Singers — the mostly acoustic trio of…