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On the Beat: David Menconi on music

News & Observer music critic David Menconi's random (and we do mean random) musings about all things related to music and culture of the "popular" variety.

Tift Merritt takes another picture

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Former local Tift Merritt will be back in her old hometown this week to play a Friday night show that will probably be very much like her new solo live album, "Buckingham Solo" (Vella Recordings). But Merritt's most interesting project right now is actually a photography exhibit, based on photographs she took in France while writing the songs that became last year's "Another Country" album. Opening Friday evening at The Mahler in Raleigh, "Other Countries" will be on display throughout May.

For details, see the story in Sunday's paper; and for more on "Another Country," see this feature from last year.

ADDENDUM (7/9/09): A new song, about Kurt Cobain.

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"Buckingham Solo"

Really love "Buckingham Solo."

Would love to see Tift's photography show.

 EnJOY!

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About the blogger

David Menconi has been the News & Observer's music critic since 1991. Before that, he spent five years at the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo. He has a masters in journalism from the University of Texas and a B.A. in English from Southwestern University. You can find more of his writing here.

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