North Carolina’s Matt Heckler has released his new earthy sophomore collection Blood, Water, Coal digitally as well as on compact disc via Anti-Corporate Music this past Friday, February 19th. Vinylphiles don’t fret, as all indications are that the vinyl pressing will follow shortly. Blood, Water, Coal is the follow-up to 2019’s flawless After the Flood, and […]
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Edie Brickell and New Bohemians return Friday February 19th with a strong new and anticipated effort, Hunter and the Dog Star via Thirty Tigers that should appeal to early, as well as new and casual fans. The band’s fifth studio release clocks in at 41 minutes; features 11 all new cuts, and is their first […]
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In a year of what seemed like, crisis after crisis, there was some absolutely remarkable music releases. As such, it seemed there were a lot of releases throughout the year that somewhat unceremoniously ended up lost in the reeds so to speak. One of those albums was Praise, the sophomore release courtesy of Frenchie’s Blues Destroyers. […]
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Is it really even New Year’s Eve without at least one member of the Grateful Dead performing somehow, somewhere? In a year of unabashed weirdness, who better than one Bob Weir and the Wolf Brothers to wrap things up and propel us into the fresh hope of 2021? I couldn’t think of anyone better to […]
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I struggled mightily with even putting this list together this year. Plain and simple, 2020 sucked. We all know it, and we’ve all experienced it. But for many of us, the suckiness really hit home in regards to our music, and how we experienced it. Like most, I love albums. But my passion is mostly […]
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The early stuff, I shouldn’t be such a snob against it. A lot of these songs, I just lost them. They fell away. They only exist in these recordings. For so long I rebelled against the term, ‘I was never a folksinger.’ I would get pissed off if they put that label on me. I […]
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In late summer and early fall, Rhino Records along with the Grateful Dead have re-issued Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty, two quintessential recordings as 50th Anniversary editions, both lovingly re-mastered and expanded with corresponding live performances. It’s difficult to discuss one without the other, so rather than split them, I waited until both of my […]
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Social media is the new record label. They had the brains to do what the record companies didn’t. When you have a number one record, you have an experience. When you have an audience, you have a career. That’s the Mavericks. – Tony Brown Miami’s The Mavericks and Nugs.Net delivered quite possibly one of the […]
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Bear Family deserves to be really proud of this one. The massive, 8-CD Bobby Bare Sings Shel Silverstein Plus released on October 2nd, and it’s simply a meticulously crafted jewel. It’s just about everything a fan of either Bare or Silverstein could want or hope for. The collection comes housed in an LP sized box, […]
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This one was a lot of fun. I received this advance earlier in the year and really didn’t do anything with it. I came back across it recently while cleaning up some files. I’m really glad I did. What I discovered, was something absolutely, completely unexpected. Like most of us out there, I often pre-judge […]
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