The young Canadian drummer Harry Vetro has followed his debut album as a leader, Northern Ranger, with a shorter CD of four tracks. The new album has a similar title, Eastern Stranger, but perhaps that won’t create confusion among Vetro devotees. – Doug Ramsey
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The twenty-five record albums that changed my life (11)
It wasn’t until I sat down with this album from my father’s collection that I started to grasp that its star was far more than just a charming but old-fashioned minstrel-show entertainer with a wall-to-wall smile. And I had no idea in 1969 that I was destined to spend much of my middle age thinking and writing about him. – Terry Teachout
Seattle Area Libraries Boycott MacMillan E-Books Over New Policy
In response to a new policy on e-book purchases imposed by Macmillan Publishers and effective Nov. 1, King County Library System will be boycotting the publisher’s upcoming e-books, declining to purchase any new Macmillan books in that format. Seattle Public Library will not be boycotting, but warns readers that they may notice long delays in obtaining new Macmillan e-books. – Seattle Times