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Month: December 2018

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Kramies (ft. Grandaddy, Guided By Voices, Train) “Of All The Places Been & Everything The End” (Hidden Shoal, 2018)

December 3, 2018 Tim Merricks 0
Since signing with Australian label Hidden Shoal Records, Colorado-based Kramies Windt has forged a critically, if not necessarily commercially successful career by drawing on his European (Dutch) background, adding this to his own Appalachian roots and […]
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Brent Cowles “How To Be Okay Alone” (Dine Alone Records, 2018)

December 3, 2018 Andrew Frolish 0
The debut solo album from Brent Cowles, ‘How To Be Okay Alone’, follows two well-received records with his band, You, Me & Apollo. His personal narrative has included a strictly religious childhood, divorce by the age […]
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Ruth Acuff “Peace” – Listen

December 3, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Look, this is the first track feature of December and were we really supposed to ignore a song called ‘Peace‘ that features ‘Voice, Harp, Upright Bass, Cello, Viola, Violin(X2), Tambourine, Sleigh Bells‘ ?  Don’t get the […]
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Video: Passenger “Let’s Go”

December 3, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
Another great song from Passenger’s superb new album Runaway, accompanied by a video filmed on a three week road trip across the United States.

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