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Barbara Manning, "Super Scissors" (Rainfall Records)

High influential indie rock vet from 1980s gets reintroduced on 3-CD set

Vic Chestnutt, "North Star Deserter (Dig)" (Constellation)

Georgia innovator pairs with Montreal experimentalists

Peter Case, "Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John" (Yep Roc)

New originals in the spirit of street-corner blues vet

Robert Planet and Alison Krauss, "Raising Sand" (Rounder)

Unlikely collaborators, great results

Nick Lowe, "At My Age" (Yep Roc)

Songwriting master returns to form