Singer and songwriter Bruce Piephoff is closely associated with the music scene in his native town of Greensboro, NC, and also did extensive work as an artist-in-residence at schools and colleges in several Southern states before the government funding for this wonderful program was truncated. Hard Times for Dreamers, a new album he was working toward completing in the fall of 2002, is a title that perhaps sums up the trials and tribulations of a non-commercial musical artist attempting to survive from his creations. It would be hard to find any aspect of Greensboro that lends...