To answer an obvious question, "How Lowe can you go?'' the answer was "very'' for the likes of the Pretenders, Elvis Costello and Carlene Carter.
The Pretenders and Elvis Costello are in the long line of artists Nick Lowe dabbled with, and sassy Carlene was Nick's one-time bride. She traces her family roots back farther back in time than ground zero of the birth of country music, via her grandmother Maybelle of the Carter Family - who, as an aside, also worked with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, who are headlining the Edmonton Folk Music Festival on Sunday.
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