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

A J Hobbs – Too Much Is Never Enough

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There’s an old saying about blues musicians who had no formal training and yet could unload a gut-wrenching, soulful composition about life or love or maybe just an old dirt road: “it in him, and it got to get out.”  There’s a country outlaw version of that in the first full-length album from California native […]

John Mayall – Talk About That

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In the 1970s, John Mayall, O.B.E., was, along with Bob Dylan, John Prine, David Bromberg, Loudon Wainwright III, Shawn Phillips and Jerry Jeff Walker, one of my musical heroes.  Now at 83 and still touring and recording albums, Mayall is an inspiration. Mayall, often called the “Godfather of British Blues,” is so much more than […]

Readers’ Pick: & I’m Fine Today by Susto

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You picked “& I’m Fine Today” from Charleston, South Carolina alternative band, Susto, as your favorite new release for the week of January 20, 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 […]

Monday Morning Video – Greg Trooper

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2017 is already off to a rough start with the recent passing of songwriter Greg Trooper. He was very much a songwriter’s songwriter, a storyteller who delved deep into the lives of the characters who inhabited his songs all the while connecting the listener to the universal truths in their tales.

Readers’ Pick: Duende by Band of Heathens

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You picked BAND OF HEATHENS, Duende is your favorite new release for the week of January 13, 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 BAND OF HEATHENS, Duende (9) INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, […]

Susto/& I’m Fine Today

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“If it’s in a Susto song, then it really happened” says lead singer/songwriter Justin Osborne during our recent chat about the band’s new record & I’m Fine Today. “I mean, unless it’s something like our Jesus Christ beach song.” Although, I guess they could be hanging with Jesus, or some other entity with songs such […]

Say What?!  Fall/Winter 2016 Edition

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One of my favorite things about seeing live shows (well, after the music) are the crazy comments that you hear along the way.  Here are a few choice selections from fall/winter 2016. The glass breaking was perfect timing.  Too bad it was in the wrong fucking key.  David Ramirez, when someone dropped a glass on […]

Cary Morin – Cradle to the Grave

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Acoustic, country blues is one of the purest forms of Americana music.  It also may be the most difficult to master.  To capture the sound and spirit of a Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt or Lightnin’ Hopkins takes tremendous musicianship and a feel for the music that few artists possess. But Cary Morin, a Crow tribal […]