"Harry Smith " was an artist whose activities and interests put him at the center of the mid twentieth-century American avant-garde. Although best known as a filmmaker and musicologist, he frequently described himself as a painter, and his varied projects called on his skills as an anthropologist, linguist, and translator...."

"Image: Kim RuggJohn Allyn Smith Sails - Okkervil RiverSloop John B - The Beach BoysHiste Up the John B Sail - AnonymousI guess I shouldn't be surprised that at least half of the reviews I've read of "John Allyn Smith Sails"--and Okkervil River's album The Stage Names (Amazon, eMusic)--have identified..."

"Georgia, Georgia - Elliott SmithAmanda Cecilia - Elliott SmithColor Bars (live) - Elliott SmithThe Big Fact about Elliott Smith is that he was a sad bastard. Possibly the saddest bastard of them all. Deviate from this script, and you have to answer questions you'd really rather not because you might..."

"Wow, it's been rather quiet around here lately. Sorry for the lack of updates to anybody who reads regularly. Six weeks though(!), time flies and all that. Anyway, I've been busy with work (dull), trying my hand on a new online radio station, as well as working with some great..."

"Alice Smith is an exciting NYC-based singer/ songwriter sure to incite overwhelming approval in this post-Winehouse-obsessed landscape when she re-releases her praised indie debut For Lovers, Dreamers and Me this fall through Epic. Like Winehouse (other requisite critic comparisons include Nina Simone, Norah Jones, Fiona Apple, Patti LaBelle, Jill Scott..."