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Molly Tuttle “When You’re Ready” (Compass Records 2019)

March 12, 2019 Russell Murphy 0
Any artist who can secure the talents of someone such as Jason Isbell on background vocals for their debut album clearly has something going for them, and Molly Tuttle certainly has something going for her. Having […]
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Conor Donohue “Let Love Contaminate” (Digital Serving, 2019)

March 11, 2019 Alasdair Fotheringham 0
“Typically, the best albums are the ones you have to work at to get into”  Conor Donohue said back in 2012, when he was promoting his first solo album ‘Sway’.  Fast forward seven years in the […]
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Boo Ray “Tennessee Alabama Fireworks” (Soundly Music, 2019)

March 11, 2019 Mike Elliott 0
There’s a wide billboard on the side of interstate 24 headed westbound pointing the way to Tennessee Alabama Fireworks in Marion County, TN.  That’s a thing in the southeastern United States:  big fireworks’ stands, truck stops, […]
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Burly “Self Titled Demon” (Five Kill Records, 2019)

March 11, 2019 Scott Baxter 0
I hate saxophones. I hate even writing the word saxophone. It’s Baker Street’s fault. I have a near pathological hatred of that song and for a while, thanks to a Stuart Maconie penned urban myth, I […]
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Wood & Wire “North Of Despair” (Blue Corn Music, 2018)

March 8, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
When you come right down to it that’s all that’s making this Bluegrass sound – the wood of the instruments and the wire strung across the various necks of guitar, banjo, double bass and mandolin. It’s […]

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Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
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