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Can’t Live with it, Can’t Live without it

A writer’s view of a favourite artist’s best and least favourite album

Ron Sexsmith July 2007
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Ron Sexsmith

January 21, 2026 Jonny Brick 1

When I went to see Ron Sexsmith in London’s Islington a few years ago, his friend Nick Lowe was in the audience. The Jesus of Cool acknowledges a fine writer of popular song when he hears […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Ryan Adams

January 7, 2026 Peter Thompson 6

Ryan Adams is one of the most talented and indeed prolific singer/songwriters of his generation, with a rich canon of work to support this assertion. Despite his undoubted talent Adams has had some well publicised issues […]

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December 23, 2025 Dean Nardi 1

A couple of guys from college and I attended one of the Doobie Brothers’ shows back in the early ‘70s, and we couldn’t help but be fixated on this huge banner which stretched from one end […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Nick Lowe

December 17, 2025 David Jarman 0

I must admit to approaching this assignment with some trepidation, it feeling just a touch disloyal to be dissing even one album by a favourite artist, especially having decided I’d pick my all-time favourite, Nick Lowe. […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Calexico

December 10, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0

Next year, Calexico will have been around for 30 years, which I find hard to believe. Core members John Convertino and Joey Burns first met in 1990 through their mutual friend Howe Gelb, when Convertino was […]

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