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Chris Cornell to appear on new Johnny Cash “poetry album”

June 21, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

But will it match up to “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”? Pitchfork report this morning: “Chris Cornell is one of a handful of artists who will appear on an upcoming album featuring Johnny Cash’s poetry, titled […]

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Jeff Tweedy performs “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” on Seth Meyers – watch

June 21, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

News from Spin this morning on this lovely little performance: “Last night Jeff Tweedy made an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers to perform an acoustic take of Wilco’s “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.” The […]

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Little Mammoths “Hungover In New York” – Listen

June 20, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Ex-Noah And The Whale bassist Matt Owens’ new band Little Mammoths have a new album called ‘Cargo For The Road’ coming out on Friday of this week to coincide with their appearance at this year’s Glasto. […]

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Pete Seeger’s political sailboat heads for DC

June 20, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1

God it’s a great feeling in the era of presidential toddlers to have people like Pete Seeger still with us. Billboard reports: “Five decades after the late folk music icon Pete Seeger sailed to the nation’s […]

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Erin Rae “Wild Blue Wind” – Listen

June 20, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

We only featured indie-folk rock country singer-songwriter Erin Rae a couple of weeks back when we premiered her new track Like The First Time, a two minute 60s psych meets indie country smash which has been […]

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