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This appeal to American sensibilities seems to be connecting with audiences eager for spiritual experiences. At a kirtan at the Moksha Yoga Center in Chicago, musicians played mandolin and acoustic guitar. An altar was set up with candles, fruit and a picture of Jimi Hendrix, who did not practice kirtan but, according to chant leader Debi Buzil, "embodies the music and embraced God." The chants' Sanskrit lyrics were projected on the wall via Powerpoint. When Moksha held its first kirtans four years ago, 10 people would show up; today the sessions regularly draw 80. "This is the most happy-producing...
...started playing in the '60s, yes, for money. I grew up in the middle of this world in Greenwich Village. I played with Arlo Guthrie in his band. We went to the same high school. I started on the mandolin, then I played the guitar...
Berkeley’s voice resembles Nick Drake, while Weinstein’s voice is scratchier and reminiscent of Tom Waits. Whereas Berkeley’s richly textured songs throw together mandolin and cello, Weinstein takes more influences from jazz; Norah Jones even sings a track on his first album. Both say they got lyrical inspiration from the people they met and the classes they took at Harvard...
...ensure that Up! relates to as many lives as possible, Twain decided that it had to be a double CD. Both discs contain the same 19 tracks, but one was recorded with the snare hits and techno zooms preferred by pop fans, whereas the other is sprinkled with mandolin and slide guitar for the country folk who first made Twain a star. A third disc, with what she calls "an Asian, Indian vibe," replaces the country disc in Europe and other parts, but everybody gets two CDs. She's gonna getcha either...
...like being the funniest guy in Belgium. Until recently, their breaches of country etiquette had the harmless air of cheerleaders caught smoking under the bleachers; they were rascals, but lovable rascals. After all, they moved tons of records, and their music was built around traditional country instruments (dobro, fiddle, mandolin) that they played themselves. But then the Chicks went from rascals to rebels: they sued their record company in the ugliest financial squabble in recent country history. "Now," says Maines, "I realize that until this whole thing with Sony, we were complete wusses...