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Track Premiere: Lee Street Lyrical “Arkansas”

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Lee Street Lyrical are a duo of Buddy Case and Casey Penn, who are preparing for the release of their debut album ‘Waiting In The Wings‘ from which today’s Track Premiere is taken.  It’s a song, […]

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Listen to the first single to be taken from it below. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has announced Sugar, her first album in nearly a decade, due out June 26th via One Riot which is described as […]
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This is a compelling acoustic version of Heart’s Too Heavy, from the album High On Tulsa Heat, my favourite of all John Moreland’s albums. The track is a howl of anguish from Moreland, who must have […]

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