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Blackie & the Rodeo Kings – Kings And Kings

Thursday, January 05, 2017 By Shawn Underwood

A few years back up-and-coming Canadian roots band Blackie & the Rodeo Kings undertook an ambitious project to record an album of duets with female singers they admired and wished they could work with. They pulled it off and that album, Kings And Queens, started getting them noticed by a much wider audience.  Fast forward to […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Outlaw Country, Roots Tagged With: Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – Kings and Queens

Friday, July 08, 2011 By Shawn Underwood

Not so long ago when someone said the latest record from a group was more “radio friendly” it meant they’d sold out and gone from what made them unique to something more appealing to the mainstream, at least as judged by some nameless, faceless A & R guy.  But with most people listening to music […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Roots Tagged With: Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of June 19?

  • Swamp Dogg – Swamp Dogg Contemplates The Afterlife (27%, 6 Votes)
  • The Steel Wheels – Sing Me Like a Folk Song (23%, 5 Votes)
  • The War And Treaty – The Story of Michael and Tanya (14%, 3 Votes)
  • Office Dog – Prime Corner (9%, 2 Votes)
  • Jeb Loy Nichols – You Know Where I Live (9%, 2 Votes)
  • Tim Easton – Songs For Bill (9%, 2 Votes)
  • Orquestra Pacifico Tropical – El Poder (5%, 1 Votes)
  • Styrofoam Winos – Any River (5%, 1 Votes)
  • Candace Hastings – Soft Place to Land (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Evie Ladin – Riding Roosters (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Brittany & Natalie Haas – North Node (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Greg Piccolo & Heavy Juice – Who Knows What the Future Holds (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Jenny Reynolds – Willow & Stone (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Max Wareham – If the Cosmos Were Whiskey (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Candace Hastings – Soft Place to Land (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Stu Larsen – Solitude (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Uncle Kunkel’s One Gram Band – Hear Say (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 22

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