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Ryan Langdon “Buck Wild” – Listen
Don’t be fooled by that banjo opening, this is a wild one, a buck wild one. Sounding like the theme tune for the day the bars get opened again Ryan Langdon leaves no room for misunderstanding […]
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Track Premiere: Woods End “Rowan Road”
There’s a pensive mood to this new song from Sweden’s Woods End, with a ratcheting up of the anxious tension as the song progresses with the death-watch beetle knock of the percussion. As you’d expect by […]
AmericanA to Z
AmericanA to Z – Suzanne Vega
Last week was Tom Petty and so AmericanA to Z reaches the letter U. And since Uncle Tupelo have been covered already, skips directly to V. It was that or The Upsetters, and really that was […]
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Track Premiere: Zach Aaron “Fill Dirt Wanted”
Texas singer-songwriter Zach Aaron captures that classic casual folk-country sound on ‘Fill Dirt Wanted‘ which captures him “running from my family, running from my fear, running from anything that gets too near” before wearily admitting that […]
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Grace Gillespie “Goodbye” – Listen
‘Goodbye‘ opens with an apocalyptic vision – “Maybe now it’s time to sell all my guitars” – as Grace Gillespie contemplates giving up the struggle – the struggle of trying to make an impact in the […]