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Ian Noe “River Fool”
The second single from the album ‘River Fools and Mountain Saints’ (out on March 25th via Thirty Tigers), ‘River Fool‘ tells the tale of a well-known character in Southfork, Kentucky, who could be found playing his […]
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Calexico “Harness The Wind” – I’ll tell you where the four winds dwell
With a sound pitched between the red hot desert and the Columbian folk sounds of cumbia, Calexico’s latest song from the new album ‘El Mirador’ (out April 8th) is going to dance across your ears like […]
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Alysia Kraft “Cold Mountain” – heading for the sunny uplands…
Alysia Kraft’s new single ‘Cold Mountain‘ reflects on struggles she has been through and was, she says, written “in a moment of fully feeling how brutal and beautiful life can be all at once.” ‘Cold Mountain‘ […]
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Andrew Ryan “Midwest Kids” – we’re the kids in (middle) America
‘Midwest Kids’ is a gently strummed recognition that each generation faces, more or less, the same issues as they rise up the years – a point which Andrew Ryan took to heart as he watched his […]
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Andy Shauf “Jacob Rose” – murderous thoughts poorly enacted
‘Jacob Rose‘ is one side of Andy Shauf’s new single ‘Satan/Jacob Rose‘ is a typically quircky number from the Toronto singer-songwriter. Over a percussive accompaniment it tells of the somewhat maniac thoughts of a knife wielding […]