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Peggy Seeger “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Subject singing
What an incredible thing – to be the inspiration for ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face‘ – and to hear it sung by it’s author Ewan McColl just the once – and that down […]
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Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit “Middle Of The Morning” – Gotta get up, gotta get out
This is the second single from Jason Isbell’s new album ‘Weathervanes‘, which will be released June 9th on Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers. It sounds quietly reflective, with almost a romantic ballad feel to it – but this […]
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Arkansauce “My Home In Arkansas” – and the zip code is….
Arkansauce is Tom Andersen on bass, guitarist Zac Archuleta, Ethan Bush on mandolin, and Adams Collins on banjo. And that’s a bluegrass line-up right there – but this isn’t your grandpappy’s bluegrass. Their music features improvisational […]
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Starpainter “Low-Hanging Fruit” – so much choice, is there any choice?
Last time we featured Starpainter – back in 2020 – we noted that the band were a little reticent about giving away too many details about who they were, where they come from. They were, it […]
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Max Allard “Day 5” – Instrumental adventures
Today’s contribution to the “when we can it’s the Wednesday instrumental track” section comes from a musician of whom Béla Fleck has said “A new mature and poetic voice on the 5 string banjo. Beautiful compositions and […]