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Here’s the latest single from Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mary McGuinness.  The rich cultural heritage McGuinness brings to her music, along with the sheer quality of her songwriting, results in gorgeous, timeless songs that are truly captivating.  ‘Double […]

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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]
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Kye Alfred Hillig “The All-Night Costume Company”

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Life, love and relationships are all wrapped up in one wonderful collection. Kye Alfred Hillig is based in Tacoma, Washington. A singer-songwriter, he has produced an exceptional, heartfelt album. His first recording since the release of […]
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Classy trio come together to pay homage to traditional American roots, blues and country. Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis and William Lee Ellis are all well-established roots, blues and folk artists in their own right who first […]

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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 1
At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]
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I do a lot of my listening to music while out walking in the mornings, with or without a dog. The day after Willie Nile’s The Great American Light arrived in the mailbox, I popped the […]

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