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Lucinda Williams – The Ghosts of Highway 20 (2016)
Lucinda Williams is still one of the great American mavericks. Back in the late ’80s, she brought a new rock following to country music when she signed to Rough Trade and helped to launch that hybrid...
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Sounds Irish is a weekly program coming straight from County Wicklow in Ireland, hosted by Joe Bollard, one of the elder statesmen of the Irish show band scene. Each program features a variety of Irish...
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Professor Louie & The Crowmatix – Music from Hurley Mountain (2015)
Professor Louie & The Crowmatix, hailing from the musical history-rich Woodstock, NY, treats listeners to music and history on their latest album Music from Hurley Mountain, spinning tales of their...
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FAY HIELD —OLD ADAM (Southpost Records)
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The Essential Gretchen Peters
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Nasty Bingo – Take to Air (2016)
320 kbps | 120 MB | UL | OB | TB Nasty Bingo’s sound fuses folk, rock, blues, pop, country, gospel and a bunch of other stuff to create a very unique and accessible sound in the Dayton, Ohio area. Our...
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Bill Mallonee – Future Hymns for the New Idolatry (2016)
Bill Mallonee is an Athens, Ga. Americana artist with 60 plus albums, spanning a 20 year career. Voted by Paste Music Magazine #65 in their prestigious “Top 100 Living Songwriters” poll. He fronted...
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Brandy Clark is one of the revered and decorated ringleaders of the new school songwriting-by-committee process. Though the results may always be more appealing than the next tractor rap the "Peach...
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