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Lera Lynn – Plays Well with Others (2018)
Over the course of Lera Lynn‘s career, the Nashville-based songwriter has explored the darker corners of American roots music. With her brooding, sinewy vocals and penchant for chronicling the...
View ArticleTRADITIONS playlist #18-24
Airing live on WFDU on Sunday June 17, 2018 from 3-6pm ET and rebroadcast at www.bluesandrootsradio.com on Saturday June 23 at 6:30pm ET and Tuesday June 26 at 10pm ET center>(Tune in to TRADITIONS...
View ArticleLuke Bryan Serenades Summer & Skin Cancer in “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset”
Apparently there is a hard and fast proviso in the mainstream country music bylaws stating that artists signed to major labels must release a torpid, moronic ode to coincide with the official...
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Static Roots 2018
Round about this time last year we spoke to a good friend of Blabber’n’Smoke, Dietmar Leibecke, from Germany, about his Static Roots festival which he had set up in 2016. Seeing as it seems we share...
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VA – Epilogue: a Tribute to John Duffey (2018)
320 kbps | 111 MB | LINKS John Duffey’s influence on bluegrass cannot be overstated. His contributions to legendary bands The Country Gentlemen and The Seldom Scene helped transform the genre from a...
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Out of the Woods - Show #428 - 6-23-18
OUT OF THE WOODS INTRO CHRIS HILLMAN | Wildflowers | Bidin' My Time | Rounder (break) MEIKO | No Rain | Playing Favorites | Chesky JONI MITCHELL | Cactus Tree | Song To A Seagull | Rhino KERRI POWERS |...
View ArticlePlaylist: Episode #744, June 17, 2018
It’s Dad’s Day, and we’ve got some songs for the good ones out there (as well as the great moms who work double time to make up for the bad ones), new music, exciting shows past & future, great...
View ArticlePodcast: June 17, 2018
Episode #744 It’s Dad’s Day, and we’ve got some songs for the good ones out there (as well as the great moms who work double time to make up for the bad ones), new music, exciting shows past &...
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T. Hardy Morris – Dude, the Obscure (2018)
The liner notes to T. Hardy Morris‘s third solo effort, 2018’s Dude, the Obscure, includes a quote from Maurice Blanchot that begins, “Writing is anguish.” To what extent this reflects Morris’s...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Jay Bragg’s “Honky Tonk Dream”
Not exactly sure what has gotten into 2018, but all of a sudden we're finding ourselves in the midst of one hell of a twangy, honky-tonkin', 90's-style resurgence in country music. Add Jay Bragg and...
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Freight Train Boogie Show #420
FTB Show #420 is another excellent “0ne-shot” show featuring Coco O’Connor, American Aquarium and Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB podcasts....
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The Jellyman’s Daughter. Dead Reckoning. Boat Duck Records
This second album from the Edinburgh duo comprised of Emily Kelly (vocals, mandolin and guitar) and Graham Coe (Vocals, cello, mandolin and guitar) is a huge step onward from their debut release of a...
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Charles Wallace – Charles Wallace and His Friends from Outer Space (2018)
320 kbps | 105 MB | LINKS Tracks; 01. Fools Bayou 02. The Left Hand of the Devil 03. Roller Coaster, Baby 04. Pantera 05. Mary Jane Sea Cruise 06. Ultimate Guide to Happiness 07. Wrong 08. Hungry...
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Trinity River Band – Unbroken (2018)
320 kbps | 93 MB | LINKS Originally known as the Harris Family, Trinity River Band is made up of Dad Michael (Guitar, Vocals), Mom Lisa (Bass, Vocals), Daughter Sarah (Mandolin, Lead Vocals), Son...
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Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Mountain Goats – Song For Sasha Banks Saintseneca – Frostbiter Purling Hiss – Out Tonight Marissa Nadler – Where Do I Go (Happy Rhodes cover) Beak> – Alle Sauvage Tuung – Crow Henrik Appel –...
View ArticleThe Miller Tells Her Tale 673
Michael McDermott: Sideways (Out From Under,Pauper Sky Records)Western Centuries: How Many More Miles to Babylon (Songs From The Deluge,Free Dirt Records)Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats: Baby I...
View ArticleThe Miller Tells Her Tale 673
Michael McDermott: Sideways (Out From Under,Pauper Sky Records)Western Centuries: How Many More Miles to Babylon (Songs From The Deluge,Free Dirt Records)Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats: Baby I...
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