photo by Cameron Whitman Justin Trawick is a singer-songwriter who has built a following touring in the Washington D.C. area and along the East Coast. In fact, in 2014, he won a Washington Area Music Award for his song “All the Places that I’ve Been.” Like all other touring musicians, he was forced to find […]
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Two Bird Stone is a project of Liam Thomas Bailey, a multi-instrumentalist who has played alongside Rodney Atkins and Brett Eldridge, among others. The new album Hands and Knees is the result of Bailey’s efforts to focus on writing original material that spans bluegrass and Celtic sounds. After the mellow title track that has a […]
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A lot of fans of country music will tell you that they have no use for the poppy country produced in Nashville. They might also think that legends like Willie Nelson are the only ones making classic-country songs. Luckily those country music fans can look to artists like Zephaniah OHora, who is doing his part […]
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photo by Meredith Jenks Zephaniah OHora is a musician who shows that country artists don’t have to live in Nashville or Texas. He lives in Brooklyn, which nobody would peg as a hotbed of country music. But if you listen to This Highway and his new album Listening to the Music (produced by Neal Casal), it’s […]
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When you hear Colter Wall sing, you realize a couple things. First, with a baritone voice that makes you wonder if he made a deal with the devil, you realize that he was born to sing. It is almost impossible to imagine him in any other profession (except maybe rancher). Second, on the new album […]
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Imogen Clark is an Australian singer-songwriter who has been playing gigs since she was 13. That allows plenty of time for lessons on how to capture the listener’s attention and how to craft a song. On her new EP The Making of Me, it’s clear that she has taken those lessons to heart. Of the […]
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Some bands seem to hit the ground running and release albums immediately and consistently. Other bands take a little more time to find their niche. Market Junction is a quartet from Texas that falls into the latter category. Guitarist Justin Lofton said, “It’s taken us nine years to figure out who we are and what […]
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Some artists can only be classified as a one-person genre. They are unique artists who have proven over time that they can comfortably span a variety of styles to the point that you just can’t confine them to any one category. Ray Wylie Hubbard is one such artist. Interestingly enough, while Hubbard has shown that […]
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Often when an album has been around for 25 years, it is labeled a classic. Zane Drake’s new album Goodnight My Sweetheart the Devil is new in that it has not been released until now. However, it was recorded in 1995 and 1996, and like so many albums was shelved. Granted, albums aren’t always shelved for […]
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Last year, Kendell Marvel released his album Solid Gold Sounds, which was produced and co-written by Dan Auerbach. On top of that, it garnered some much-deserved attention for Marvel, whose songs have been recorded by noted country artists such as Chris Stapleton and Blake Shelton. Recently, Marvel released a cover of Lee Hazlewood’s song “Houston”. […]
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