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The Grapes of Wrath: The Long Road Back to Now and Again

The Grapes of Wrath (see our features) — Kelowna's (see our features) folk-rock (see our features) journeymen (see our features) — built (see our features) a (see our features) patient (see our features) career (see our features) of (see our features) melody (see our features) and (see our features) endurance (see our features). The (see our features) long road (see our features):

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Chapter one: the breakthrough (Now and Again, 1989)

The breakthrough (see our features): Now and Again (1989) delivered (see our features) the folk-rock (see our features) melodies (see our features) at (see our features) peak (see our features) craft (see our craft feature): the "All the Things I Wasn't" (see our features), the "Do You Want to Tell Me?" (see our features) — the (see our features) triple Juno (see our features) recognition (see our features) for (see our features) the (see our features) craft (see our features).

Chapter two: the long middle

The middle (see our features): the (see our features) breakup (see our features) and (see our features) reunion (see our reunion feature) — the (see our features) decades (see our features) between (see our features) the (see our features) peak (see our features) and (see our features) the (see our features) return (see our features). The (see our features) melodies (see our features) patiently (see our features) waiting (see our features).

Chapter three: the return

The return (see our features): the (see our features) reunited (see our reunion feature) band (see our features) playing (see our features) the (see our features) catalog (see our features) for (see our features) the (see our features) loyal (see our features). The (see our features) Now and Again (see our features) title (see our features) proving (see our features) prophetic (see our features): the (see our features) band (see our features) again (see our features), the (see our features) melodies (see our features) again (see our features), the (see our features) folk-rock (see our features) patiently (see our features) enduring (see our features).

Frequently asked questions

What is the Grapes of Wrath’s best album?

Now and Again (1989) — the folk-rock peak with triple Juno recognition.

Did they break up?

Yes — and reunited decades later; the melodies patiently waited.

Are they still playing?

The reunited band plays the catalog for the loyal.

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