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Matt Russell is a singer-songwriter, and Climbing, his debut, is a wonderful record...
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When the winners of this year’s New Jersey Hall of Fame are announced, it must surely be a given that Bruce Springsteen is an inductee. With Climbing, Matt Russell has produced an album of sparse beauty that the Boss himself would be proud of...
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Matt Russell is a stunningly good songwriter, and Climbing is a beautiful collection of songs. The album was recorded last year in an empty apartment while Russell was in the process of moving from Chicago...
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Russell’s voice wavers on the subdued opening title track not unlike Soul Asylum frontman Dave Pirner did way back in the days of “Runaway Train,” but breathier, with a quality to it that could be called world weariness if the guitar underneath it wasn’t so sweetly toned...
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The dissertation is 191 pages long. It has a blue cover. It sits on a white bookshelf in his living room, wedged amid collections of Plato, Homer and Aristotle.
The shoe company has 170 employees. It is based in Teaneck. It manufactures footwear for baby boomers.
The CD has nine tracks. Its album art features the meandering silhouette of a tree and its branches. It hits record stores on February 6.
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