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Fruit Bats head for “The Landfill” with the new album out in June

March 30, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0
Celebrated artist Fruit Bats announces the forthcoming release of the brand-new album The Landfill on June 12th via Merge Records. The new offering finds Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Eric D. Johnson (who performs under the Fruit Bats moniker) […]

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Big Harp “Runs to Blue”

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Big Harp “Runs to Blue”

March 30, 2026 0
Los Angeles-based Big Harp duo relaunch with plainspoken album after ten-year hiatus. Farmland and ranches make up close on 90% of Nebraska’s land area. Not the likeliest place to find a thriving indie music hub, perhaps; […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Jefferson Airplane “Comin’ Back to Me”

March 30, 2026 0
If I were to casually name-drop Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow (1967), you might find yourself thinking about Grace Slick’s voice bellowing through Somebody to Love, or the rolling-drum acid-trip stylings of White Rabbit. God knows those […]
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Various Artists “Old No. 1 Revisited”

March 30, 2026 0
Americana family pays fulsome tribute to a true classic of the genre. In an interview published in the February 2026 edition of Uncut, Emmylou Harris is quoted saying, “It’s because of Guy [Clark] and Townes [van […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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