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Caroline Herring's fourth album Golden Apples of the Sun is her most intimate and mature to date.

A.A. BONDY, When the Devil's Loose : Bondy's second solo disc's like that quiet guy in English class who's more interesting than jocks grabbing attention for themselves because he knows who he is, and what he isn't. Songs here mine similar value from humility.

Kate Wolf had the kind of unvarnished voice that could easily go in one ear and slip out the other.

Kate Wolf had the kind of unvarnished voice that could easily go in one ear and slip out the other.

Outlaws of Illwits . 9 pm Saturday -- $5 cover. John Craigie 8 pm Sat. $5 Jeff Stoval Mary Shapiro and Patricia Morrison noon Wednesday July 1 : free.

W hen I'm singing, I have a picture in my head of what I'm singing about," explains Mavis Staples, "because I can remember what was happening when I was first singing it, as we marched.

Kate Wolf's life as a folk singer and songwriter was relatively short, but its effects on the world of folk music have lived on long beyond her passing from leukemia in 1986.

"[Kate Wolf was little known beyond the California folk-music circuit, but in that community she was royalty," roots-rocker Dave Alvin wrote in the liner notes to his 2006 album , which included a gorgeous cover of Wolf's "Here in California." "Her gentle, disarming music was as deceptive as this song.

Kate Wolf was a welcome presence in the late '70s and mid-'80s folk scene. Her blend of folk, country and pop helped pave the way for artists like Nanci Griffith and Mary-Chapin Carpenter.

SOURCE: conqueroo LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Kate Wolf was a welcome presence in the late '70s and mid-'80s folk scene.