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

Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi – Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train

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Guy Davis and Fabrizio Poggi’s Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train takes a stroll through the past, with an homage to the traditional country blues of Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry that Davis refers to as “a love letter to Brownie and Sonny signed by both of us.” Harmonica virtuoso Terry (1911-1986) and acoustic guitarist McGhee (1915-1996) […]

Monday Morning Video – Chuck Berry

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Count me among the many whose earliest experience with music was courtesy of Chuck Berry. I think it was “Roll Over Beethoven.” Perhaps it was my personal rebellion against the symphony performances that my parents dragged me to attend. I’ve come to enjoy the symphony in the years since but, at the time, the lyric […]

Readers’ Pick: Salutations by Conor Oberst

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You picked “Salutations” from Omaha-born singer-songwriter, CONOR OBERST, as your favorite new release for the week of March 17, 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’ Tops Winter 2017 BRIGITTE DEMEYER AND WILL KIMBROUGH, […]

Front Country – Other Love Songs

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Joe Strummer once said, “Rock and roll ain’t about playing all the right notes.”  I’m pretty sure he was referring to the passion that elevates something good to be something great.  I happen to think you can be both passionate and really good at what you do.  Because I’m also pretty sure the Edge never […]

Beth Bombara – Map & No Direction

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What is it about electricity that so irritates the traditional folk music crowd?  Dylan practically caused a riot back in 1965 when he plugged in at Newport.  The acoustic crowd wanted nothing to do with Fairport Convention or It’s A Beautiful Day when they displayed some rock and roll showmanship and musical direction.  As late […]

Readers’ Pick: The Adventurist by Cindy Lee Berryhill

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You picked “The Adventurist” from LA-born singer-songwriter, CINDY LEE BERRYHILL, as your favorite new release for the week of March 10, 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’ Tops Winter 2017 BRIGITTE DEMEYER AND […]

Quiles & Cloud – Shake Me Now

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Quiles and Cloud originally formed as a duo. Maria Quiles (Vocals and Guitar) and Rory Cloud (Vocals and Guitar) began playing together in the Bay Area in 2011. Since then they have added Upright Bass player Oscar Westesson. Their new album “Shake Me Now” is being released this week and will hopefully be the launching […]

John Craigie – No Rain, No Rose

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There will never be another John Prine.  But like the jam bands that came after the Grateful Dead, if you’re open to the sprouts that come up in the field they plowed, you can experience some delicious flavors that may not be the original, but they’re tasty nonetheless.  John Craigie is one such Prine varietal. […]