Mon Jul 7 '08 9:48 am
The Headmaster of British Rock Returns!
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NickLowe
Somewhere in London a musician carries the keys to the musical
kingdom. In his Technicolor sonic scope are all kinds of sounds,
from rock to country to soul to pop. Nothing is off limits, as long
as it has a groove and goodness based in reality. The musician
has been performing for 40 years, but is as fresh today as the
first time he stepped on stage. There are no tricks or short cuts
here. Far from it. His songs are as solid as the earth, yet carry
no lingering hype or heaviness. The musician is NICK LOWE,
the headmaster of British rock, and his new album, At My Age,
is such a cause for certain celebration that fans and neophytes
alike should mark its June 26 release as a date to remember.
Maybe most interesting of all, At My Age was really an album
that almost didn’t happen. “It’s a record that I never really
started,” Lowe says. “What normally happens in recent...
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