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Episode 98: W.B. Walker’s Old Soul Radio Show Podcast (In Memory Of Colonel...
In Memory Of Colonel Jon Hensley (1983-2015) Facebook.com/events/842036889204917/...
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Episode 268 – Too Damn Hot To Cope
For some reason, today was a bitch. It was HOT, and borderline unbearable. Turns out I had some heat exhaustion going on. Anyway, you get to hear me complain about it while I play some awesome new...
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Charlie Roth Set for Scotland England Ireland (including a Return To The...
Charlie hails the Scorage Taxi on his last Highland Tour. The magical and medicinal Minnesotan Charlie Roth, has toured Europe 5 times, this is his most extensive British excursion to-date. Signed to...
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Live Preview: Valentia Isle Festival
After my recent preview of festivals, I thought I would look at a few festivals in detail that deserve or merit a bit of more attention and who is playing at them. This week it is the forthcoming...
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JJ Grey Gives Glory to Fatherhood, Farming and Florida
JJ Grey & Mofro’s Ol’ Glory rocks (“Everything Is a Song”) and rolls (“The Hurricane”) with welterweight fury. CMT Edge spoke with the Florida native about being a father, his songwriting process...
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Eilen Jewell Sounds the Trumpet for “Rio Grande”
Eilen Jewell is starting a new chapter with Sundown Over Ghost Town, a new album arriving May 26. For the project the evocative singer-songwriter draws on her experiences of welcoming her first child,...
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Humming House Hopes You Dance to Revelries
Right out of college, singer-songwriter Justin Wade Tam undertook a seriously high-concept musical project with his then-active folk duo, Quote. It was more than an album — it was a veritable coffee...
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Nora Jane Struthers Sees the Big Picture in “The Wire”
Nora Jane Struthers reinvented herself with Wake, an insightful and personal collection of songs underscored by a more assertive delivery. What more could you want from a former high school English...
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5 Questions With Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile and her family made a quick detour through Nashville on their way to SXSW a few weeks ago. She was still riding high on the instant success of her latest album, The Firewatcher’s...
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Caroline Spence Has a Taste for “Whiskey Watered Down”
Caroline Spence is a bright spot on Nashville’s local music scene. A native of Virginia, Spence has been winning songwriting competitions in prominent festivals like Rocky Mountain Folks Fest and...
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William Elliott Whitmore Brings Radium Death to Life
William Elliott Whitmore‘s Radium Death fortifies broad universal themes (“Healing to Do”) with acutely personal narratives (“Ain’t Gone Yet”). CMT Edge spoke with the Iowa musician about his writing...
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Rani Arbo Finds Her Rhythm in “Walk Around the Wheel”
Rani Arbo and her band, daisy mayhem, deserve a dozen red roses for their 15th anniversary celebration this year. But instead they’re offering Violets Are Blue, a new album arriving March 31 on...
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John Moreland’s Tortured Love Letter to His Home State
John Moreland has lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for most of his life, but a few years ago, he decided it was time for a change. He moved a few hours southwest to Norman and began working on material for...
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Trey Hensley Finds His Way in Bluegrass and Country
Trey Hensley is fresh off a two-week West Coast tour when CMT Edge reached him on the phone. For a guy in his early 20s who’s just beginning to build his name in the bluegrass and trad country scenes,...
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Guitarist Norman Blake Unifies Wood, Wire and Words
Norman Blake‘s Wood, Wire & Words backs sharp narratives (“The Incident at Condra’s Switch”) with deft instrumentals (“Blake’s Rag”). Seamless guitar work guides the entire journey. “There are...
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Barnstar! Buries the Body in “Barnstable County”
For bluegrass fans in the Boston area, here’s a brand new album worth shouting about: Sit Down! Get Up! Get Out! by Barnstar! Spearheaded by Zachariah Hickman, the exclamatory ensemble unites five...
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Wood & Wire Hear the Bluegrass in Coastal Texas
Wood & Wire‘s The Coast delivers buoyant bluegrass that is in equal measures eclectic (“Galveston”) and energetic (“Anne Marie”). Singer-songwriter and guitarist Tony Kamel spoke with CMT Edge...
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Robert Earl Keen Cooks Up “Hot Corn, Cold Corn”
Texas has a musical heritage as vast as the state itself, but one genre it’s never been associated with is bluegrass. That’s why at first blush it seems odd that Robert Earl Keen’s latest release is...
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Darin & Brooke Aldridge Reminisce With Vivid Snapshots
Darin & Brooke Aldridge‘s Snapshots equally energizes country classics (“Tennessee Flat-Top Box”) and deeper cuts (“Wait Till the Clouds Roll By”) with contemporary bluegrass flair. CMT Edge spoke...
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Doyle Lawson Leads a Fresh, Masterful Session
If anybody could teach a master class in bluegrass, it would be Doyle Lawson. He’s a 2012 inductee to the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, an honor that coincided with his 50th year as a...
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