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Connie Smith

The Cry of the Heart

CD review - The Cry of the Heart

Mike and the Moonpies

One to Grow On

CD review - One to Grow On

Emily Duff

Razor Blade Smile

CD review - Razor Blade Smile

The Secret Sisters

Quicksand

CD review - Quicksand

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By their own admission Track45 hails from a town that is "big enough for a WalMart and a Waffle House, but not a Target or a Starbucks." Ironically, Meridian, Miss. (population (41,148) is the birthplace of the father of country music, Jimmy Rodgers. The harmony-driven sibling trio of Track45 includes Ben Johnson and his infectiously bubbly sisters Jenna and KK.
It was only fitting that Lindsay Ell had Lauren Alaina as a guest on her recent livestream concert. Alaina penned the song "Crashing The Boy's Club." That is exactly what Ell is doing using her Stratocaster as a battering ram. Men have disproportionately occupied lead guitar, vocals
"Right Now" is where Americana/bluegrass band Twisted Pine is at - a compelling reason to believe that traditional music will continue to grow.
Back with her first disc in a dozen years, Heidi Newfield breaks out of the box with 'The Barfly Sessions, Vol. 1.'
It's been awhile for Pam Tillis - 13 years since her last solo album - but the singer is back in action.
Sierra Hull faces the challenges of making music during a global pandemic...it wasn't easy.

Concert Reviews

Bentley hasn't forgotten how to host a lively party

Dierks Bentley opened this late summer night concert with his single, "Gone," which ends with him repeating, "I've been gone." And he has been gone, as have most performers due to the COVID pandemic. Bentley even looked like a previously quarantined-at-home-man with his scraggly ...

Black Pumas go from "To Be Determined" to determined at Newport Folk

The Newport Folk Festival schedule listed the mid-afternoon slot as "To Be Determined." Whoever made the decision to put the Austin-based band Black Pumas on the line-up on closing day deserves a big raise. Black Pumas pretty much walked away with the festival with their main stage gig of ...

Russell makes her case at Newport Folk

Allison Russell may have headlined the closing day on Sunday at Newport Folk Festival's Folk On, but her mid-afternoon performance was a showstopper and easily the highlight of the day. Russell released a solo album, "Outside Child," in May , detailing her troubled upbringing in Montreal ...

No headlining gig for Rateliff, no matter at Newport Folk

Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats never got the headlining set at Folk On, this year's version of the Newport Folk Festival that they deserved. On Friday, Rateliff et al were slated to close out night one, but the night ended early before they hit the stage due to weather problems. ...

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