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February 22, 2012
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Kurt Wagner in front of some of his paintings.
Kurt Wagner, the singer-songwriter who heads up the 20-year-old Nashville collective Lambchop, says his group "never really gave a damn." Even so, its new album, Mr. M, is the result of years of Wagner carving out a life for himself as a musician and — sometimes — a painter.