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Hungrytown: Any Forgotten Thing
Hungrytown are long-time married couple Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson; they've both been involved in music-making for a long time and have made the long step from, respectively, torch songs and rock music to make folk music of astonishing delicacy and purity. In the process of making this long step they relocated from New York City to rural Vermont, and…
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The Slambovians are coming!
*** THE GRAND SLAMBOVIANS - The New Album / Coming Soon ***
The Grand Slambovians (aka GANDALF MURPHY & The SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS of DREAMS)
Rock / Progressive Americana on tour in the UK this month…
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k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang - UK Tour
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k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang - UK Tour |
k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang have confirmed a UK… |
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LAZYBIRDS —BROKEN WING (Self-released)
The Lazybirds have now been going for 15 years and hail from North Carolina, a State that has a long tradition of string band music and who can count on The Old Crow Medicine Show as fans among a host more bands and like-minded musicians.
In combining mountain…
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NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS London Date May 11th
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The Foghorn Trio: Sud de la Louisiane
The Foghorn Trio might be "Sud de la Louisiane" for this recording, they might have a logo that echos the rebel flag and they might advertise themselves as purveyors of "ass-kickin' redneck stringband music", but for all that they hail from Portland, Oregon - not really a redneck state, I'd…
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John Coletta FOLKABILLY PHENOMENON to SIMPLE SONG WRITER we ask questions!!
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST JOHN COLLETTA ORIGINALLY THE SINGER SONGWRITER BLAMED FOR THE SCOTTISH FOLKABILLY PHENOMENON “THE HUMPFF FAMILY” - HAS RECORDED A NEW CD “...LIVING IN HOPE...” - AVAILABLE FROM…
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Rachael Harrington CELILO FALLS RELEASE TOUR - England
Rachel's Harrington Is a country singer (she'd be happy I called her that) a consummate travelling musician of the old style, bringing old-style music and values into a new style of working for an new age for the independently minded musician, in a recent… Continue
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OVER MOUNTAIN MEN —GLORIOUS DAY (Ramseur Records)
From North Carolina we have traditional string and Americana bands by the score. Of the later few come any finer than this unit that features band leader David Childers (guitar, vocals), Robert Childers (drums,…
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Donate now to FSR and the first 15 get a free Billy Crain CD!
I am honoured and delighted to pass on this very kind offer to friends of FSR, the first 15 people to donate £8 or more from today to FSR and/or the House Concert hub, will receive a copy of the great Billy Crains new album Skeleton's In The Closet… Continue
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Katy Lied: Winter Lightning
Absolutely nothing to do with Steely Dan, Katy Lied are an English rock band with an American heart and on this, their third…
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FTB podcast #112 features the new album by BRENNEN LEIGH called The Box. Also new music from BRUCE COCKBURN, EXENE CERVENKA and THE SMALL PONDS. The full playlist is posted… Continue
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MM55 Radar Report – Rum Drum Ramblers
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Larkin Poe: Spring/Summer
A couple of weeks ago I was enthusing about Larkin Poe's newest releases, the Fall and Winter discs which round off their suite of seasonal recordings. It's a bit upside down but I've now had the chance to hear the Spring and Summer discs, both nine tracks long and released in…
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Kimmie Rhodes "Dreams of Flying" (Sunbird 2011)
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Anny Celsi and Nelson Bragg On The Road with The Medicine Show (my video log)
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VARIOUS —THE IMUS RANCH RECORD 11 (New West)
This is the second compilation released in aid of The Imus Ranch. Founded (1998) and is run by legendary US deejay Don and his wife, Deirdre Imus The Imus Ranch as an authentic working cattle ranch near Ribera, New Mexico with the sole purpose of providing the experience of the great American cowboy to children suffering from cancer or…
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FTB podcast #111 features the new album by GRANT PEEPLES called Okra and Ecclesiastes. Also new music from ANDY FRIEDMAN, LOS FABULOCOS and THE WAILIN’ JENNYS. The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist's… Continue
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Amy Lashley: Travels of a Homebody
http://amylashley.bandcamp.com/album/travels-of-a-homebody
Home-cured folk music from East Nashville resident Amy Lashley, Travels of a Homebody comes in a nice card cd case decorated with pictures from a generation or more ago. Cover art like that hints that the music it introduces will have a reflective,…
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LUCINDA WILLIAMS —BLESSED (Lost Highway)
Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams’ music comes from deep within, and with her having experienced anything but an easy run in life she well and truly nails the emotional aspect of life’s troubles. Aided by a voice rough and jagged around the edges Lucinda seamlessly slips from brooding bluesy ballads to hard-nosed rockers without…
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