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Dia del Mercado “Another Clumsey Mile” (Root and Branch Recordings, 2017)

October 17, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Tumbleweeds roll through a dusty town, the barroom doors clatter back and forth in the wind and the Ennio Morricone soundtrack rattles with a raucous choir. It’s not, however, a cheroot chewing man with no name […]

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Jason Isbell and Jerry Douglas cover Tom Petty’s “You Got Lucky” – Watch

October 17, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

A match made in heaven as it were.  RS Country report: “”I’d like to bring out a very special guest,” Jason Isbell told a hometown crowd at the Ryman Auditorium last night, during the final moments of […]

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The Anatomy of Frank “The Sunken Coast” – Listen

October 17, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

The Sunken Coast is taken from the Virginia based folk-rock trio The Anatomy of Frank’s most recent album South America. It highlights lead singer Kyle Woolard’s soft, warm vocals and his intricate guitar plucking which weaves […]

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Video: India Ramey “Snake Handler”

October 17, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Possibly the only song we’ve featured from an ex deputy district attorney, the title track from India Ramey’s debut is a great slice of gothic Americana with a wonderful video to accompany it.

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Neil Young produces animated video for “Hitchhiker” – Watch

October 16, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

A nice little double helping of videos for you today, your eyes can thank you later. Rolling Stone reports: “Neil Young offers an illustrated journey across America in the new video for “Hitchhiker,” the title track from […]

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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Karen and the Sorrows “The Narrow Place” (Independent 2017)

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Describing themselves as “Queer country trailblazers” tells the new listener everything they need to know about this interesting four-piece, except perhaps the most important thing which is what’s the music like beyond just ‘country’? The answer on […]

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