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A music blog featuring Alt-Country, Americana, Indie, Rock, Folk & Blues. Est. 2005.

Monday Morning Video – Let It Go with Cowboy Mouth

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There are certain bands that one needs to see live. New Orleans-based Cowboy Mouth are one of those bands. For more than 25 years they’ve brought their hometown party attitude to venues around the world. The band is about to release a greatest hits album called The Name of the Band Is…Cowboy Mouth: Best Of […]

Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2016 (So Far), the Songs Part 2

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This has already been quite a year for songs. Here are just a few of my favorites from the first half of 2016. Shadow in the Window, Michael McDermott (from the Pauper Sky Records release Willow Springs) McDermott reflects on his father’s recent passing, building the song from a tender acoustic opening to an impassioned […]

Festivals Under the Radar

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Summer certainly doesn’t lack for music festivals, that’s for certain. Sure, we’ve all likely heard about Bonneroo, Coachella and now “Oldchella” (aka Desert Trip). There are also, however, some really fun ones that may not be on everyone’s radar. Here are two ones worthy of consideration if you’re not only looking to hear some great […]

Hittin’ the Road with Marcus Blacke, Update 2

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Australian singer-songwriter Marcus Blacke is currently on his first tour of the United States. He’s checking in with us from the road to share some of his adventures on the American road. Read on for the latest update, plus a featured song from his new self-titled album. June 20th – 23rd It’s Monday here and […]

Monday Morning Video – Revisiting Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land”

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Inspired, or more rather provoked, as a populist response to Irving Berlin’s “America the Beautiful,” Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” has become an American institution in its own right. In celebration of Independence Day, here is a video playlist that includes some engaging covers of the Guthrie classic from the likes of the […]

Readers’ Pick: Best of Spring 2016: World War Willie by Willie Nile

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WILLIE NILE, World War Willie beats out JARED DECK, Jared Deck as your favorite for the Spring 2016. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Top 25 Spring 2016 WILLIE NILE, World War Willie (275) JARED […]

Significant Twang Willie Nelson’s Spirit

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Everyone has an album or two (or thirty) that are particularly meaningful.  Albums that mark specific life milestones or carried them through troubled times.  Here is the first in a series of periodic posts about the power – and importance – of music in our lives. A couple of years ago right after my wedding, […]

Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2016 (So Far), the Songs Part 1

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This has already been quite a year for songs. Here are just a few of my favorites from the first half of 2016. Unbroken Hearts and Call the Doctor, Austin Lucas (from the Last Chance Records release Between the Moon and the Midwest) Lucas tells his tale of life in the music business, set to […]

Ralph Stanley Remembered

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There’s a quote frequently used to describe how old blues musicians managed to get the sound they did despite having no formal training, “it’s in him, and it got to get out.”  That came to mind last weekend as I heard of the passing of Dr. Ralph Stanley.  Anyone who heard Stanley perform O Death, […]