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Now & Then: The Deslondes’ Holy Cross Blues and the shadow of Music From Big Pink

Saturday, January 10, 2026 By Tom Osborne

The Band - Music from Big Bink (cover art)

Some albums arrive like a fresh coat of paint. Others show up like somebody finding an old Polaroid in a jacket pocket and realizing: oh right, this is who we were. Holy Cross Blues is that second kind. It doesn’t feel “new” in the trendy sense. It feels newly revealed.

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Readers’ Pick: The Deslondes – Ways & Means

Friday, July 15, 2022 By Tom Osborne

The Deslondes – Ways & Means (cover art)

You picked The Deslondes – Ways & Means as your favorite new release for the week of July 8, 2022. Poll Results New Releases Readers’ Tops Summer & Fall 2022 The Deslondes – Ways & Means (19 votes) Tedeschi Trucks Band – I Am the Moon: II. Ascension (14) Laura Veirs – Found Light (4) […]

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Readers’ Pick: Hurry Home by The Deslondes

Friday, June 30, 2017 By Tom Osborne

You picked Hurry Home from New Orleans-based americana band, The Deslondes, as your favorite new release for the week of June 23, 2017. 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 Spring 2017 THE DUSTBOWL […]

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Mea Culpa! A Special Summer Playlist, Part 1

Tuesday, August 11, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Mea culpa! So last year I made a commitment to myself to write a monthly playlist and publish it within the month for which it was named. I gave myself a hearty pat on the back when I met that goal. Thankfully, I didn’t set the same goal this year as I would have failed […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Indie, Playlists, Reviews, Rock, Streams Tagged With: Antonio Lulic, Caleb Sweazy, Eilen Jewell, Jimbo Mathus, John Moreland, KaiL Baxley, Pat McGee, River Whyless, The Deslondes

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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of February 27?

  • Rose’s Pawn Shop – American Seams (22%, 8 Votes)
  • Iron & Wine – Hen’s Teeth (17%, 6 Votes)
  • Bill Frisell – In My Dreams (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Luke Winslow-King – Coast of Light (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Lil Ed & The Blues Imperial – Slideways (11%, 4 Votes)
  • Pert Near Sandstone – Side by Side (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Julianna Riolino – Echo in the Dust (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Buck Meek – The Mirror (6%, 2 Votes)
  • A Thousand Horses – White Flag Down (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Clayton Chaney – Too Far (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Jake Soffer & Brent Carter – Imaginary Rooms (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Catfish John Tisdell – Stayin’ Out All Night (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Adam Weil – A Little Broken (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Lamisi – Let Us Clap (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Ben Sollee – Time On Hold (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 36

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