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Michael Elliott is a contributor to the pioneering roots music authority No Depression. His music writing has also appeared in PopMatters, Albumism, Americana UK, and The Bitter Southerner. Michael spent close to thirty years in radio as operations manager, music director, program director, and disc jockey in a variety of formats. He has interviewed and produced profiles on musicians as diverse as Isaac Hayes, Charlie Daniels, Delbert McClinton, Johnny Rivers, and Little Richard. He lives in Raleigh, NC where he and his wife, Elizabeth, volunteer for the NC Reading Service, a nonprofit radio service that delivers content to the blind and visually impaired.

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While everyone’s giving their take on ‘Foreign Tongues’ (find links to reviews at the end of this piece), I’m revisiting my favorite Jagger work outside of the Stones…

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This piece was originally published elsewhere on the 30th anniversary of ‘Wandering Spirit,’ in February of 2023.

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