What is history? The French poet Victor Hugo described it as “an echo of the past in the future and a reflex from the future on the past.” And artist Marcus Garvey put it this way: “People without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” For author […]
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What do you plan on doing when you are 86? Yeah, I don’t know either. I wonder if Willie Nelson thought he would still be playing and recording, much less at the level he has shown over his last several albums. Ride Me Back Home (Legacy Recordings) is Nelson’s 69thalbum, lucky number 13 with producer Buddy […]
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Shane Smith is an artist who is known to create songs that are slices of life with his band The Saints. The previous album Geronimo was a good showcase for that, as is the new album Hail Mary – an album that has been released in a non-traditional way. By phone, Smith discussed releasing the album […]
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Béla Fleck and the Flecktones touched down at OKC’s Tower Theatre this week for a near sellout performance. It was performance that saw the band come full circle, and held the audience mesmerized with their genre bending collaborations. The show was hosted by local NPR affiliate KOSU, and was essentially an “evening with”, no opening […]
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If you’re looking for the best album of the summer, look no farther than Shane Smith & The Saints third record, Hail Mary (Geronimo West Records). However, this isn’t an album filled with breezy road trip music. This album is intense, with stories from a band that’s been touring the last ten years and all […]
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Vote for your favorite THREE releases this month, June 2019. The vote stays open until July 13th at 11:59pm EDT; results will be posted July 14th. Write in, if we overlooked one! What's Your Favorite June 2019 Release? (vote for three; or write one in!) Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter and never miss one of […]
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Janiva Magness, who has been nominated 28 times at the Blues Music Awards, has an autobiography hot off the presses this week Weeds Like Us (Fathead). Magness has received a high degree of validation in the music world as a seven-time winner of annual Blues Music awards, including winning Song of the Year, Contemporary Female Artist of […]
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photo by Matt Bizer After wrapping up the tour promoting her well-received debut album, Gilded, California’s Jade Jackson decided to dig a little deeper for her second record. She’d suffered a serious fall during a hike 7 years ago, resulting in shattered vertebrae, an allergic reaction to medication, time spent in a wheelchair, dependence on […]
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As music fans, we listen to different albums for different reasons. Sometimes we listen for the beat. Sometimes we listen because it’s the soundtrack for a road trip. Sometimes we listen for the lyrics. Stratford by Austin Plaine is one that should be listened to for the lyrics. The best storytellers know how to create […]
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Countless albums have centered on or declared love for a person. On the new album Assiniboine and The Red (named for the confluence of two rivers near the band’s home of Winnipeg), The Small Glories declare their love for their home country (among other things). One philosophy in music is that volume is needed to […]
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