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E.Z. Shakes “The Spirit” (Pow Pow Sound, 2020)

November 10, 2020 Guy Lincoln 0

South Carolina’s EZ Shakes return with knowingly titled album number two, ‘The Spirit’. You can be forgiven for not being aware of their earlier work as they are only just beginning to find an audience […]

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Track Premiere: E. Z. Shakes “The Spirit”

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Zach Seibert formed E.Z. Shakes with Todd T. Hicks as an acoustic duo – Seibert on guitar and Hicks on banjo and pedal steel – in 2017 and things have moved pretty quickly since then, […]

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Traditional – styled in the now. It is often said that the only constant in life is change. Of course, this could apply to everything, including music, where fashions and tastes change, what was popular [...]
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Breanne Marie & The Front Porch Sinners “Juniper”

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A lyrical, musical delicacy. From Duluth, Minnesota, USA, Breanne Marie Tepler’s journey on the music scene began, as many do, as a solo performer with an acoustic guitar. After the success of her debut solo [...]
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Johnny Ironsights “Murder Mountain”

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Personal reflections and big vocals from Phoenix-based songwriter Johnny Ironsights is a Phoenix based artist who describes himself as “punk-roots alt-country” and if that’s not enough genres rolled together for you, his publicity also throws [...]
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Kate Vargas “For The Wolfish & Wandering”

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Lots of potential, but not much of it realised on this album of mixed styles and influences. Kate Vargas claims  PJ Harvey and Tom Waits as her two big influences, along with Kat Edmonson. Edmonson [...]
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Various Artists “Songs for Suzy”

March 2, 2021 0
Benefit album of rural blues and mountain folk for rustic folk artist Suzy Smith. An album raising funds for Georgia based folk artist Suzy Smith, who is currently fighting cancer and autoimmune disorder. Her art, [...]

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Drew Danburry “Song to Long” – Listen

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Over the years here at AUK we’ve come back to Utah based Drew Danburry time and time again, and it’s nice three months into 2021 to hear him revisit a song written and recorded originally […]

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A lyrical, musical delicacy. From Duluth, Minnesota, USA, Breanne Marie Tepler’s journey on the music scene began, as many do, as a solo performer with an acoustic guitar. After the success of her debut solo […]

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