Aaron Raitiere is a singer-songwriter from Nashville. That is certainly nothing unusual. However, the way his debut album came about is kind of unusual. A group of friends offered to make a debut album with him, and he agreed. From there, it grew into a project co-produced by Anderson East and Miranda Lambert and featuring […]
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When you search The Red Clay Strays on a streaming service, you won’t find a lot. There are a handful of singles, but no full albums – until now. That doesn’t mean the band is brand new. The five members of the band came together in Mobile, Alabama, mostly to prove a point. The point […]
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Jamie and The Guarded Heart is a duo from Philadelphia that was born when Morgan Russo suggested to vocalist Jamie Salvatore, “Why don’t you start a project where you just play your songs and you really give it a go? Something real, something you believe in.” After a decade of playing cover songs in bars, […]
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Blues Traveler is one of those bands that doesn’t need any introduction. The band had its greatest success in the 90s with songs like “Runaround” and “Hook.” Since its inception, the band has been known not only for its extensive touring, but also for its lively albums. Last year, the band released a blues album […]
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Kamara Thomas is a singer-songwriter and performer whose new album Tularosa tells the story of the Tularosa region of New Mexico, a territory that has been the object of many disputes. Of the album, she said, “My obsession with the American West began as a kid, faithfully watching Clint Eastwood westerns and reruns of ‘The […]
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Susan Cattaneo is a folk singer-songwriter who is also a professor at the Berklee School of Music. It’s no wonder, then that she knows how to craft a song. Her previous album The Hammer and The Heart charted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. She is also a three-time participant at the kerrville Folk […]
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Natalia M King is an artist who could tell you some stories. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, but, after finishing her studies, set across the U.S. via hitchhiking and Greyhound buses. Along the way, she performed a variety of jobs including one as a trawler on an Alaskan fishing boat. She settled in […]
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The Lucky Ones — Slow Dance, Square Dance, Barn Dance You don’t normally think of the Yukon as a hotbed for musical acts. The Lucky Ones is a band with the distinction of hailing from the Yukon. It is a band whose sound is based largely in bluegrass and also the kind of music that […]
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The Cactus Blossoms is a duo from Minneapolis comprising brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum. The band’s previous albums had the distinct vibe of another duo of brothers: Don and Phil Everly. The similarities could be found in both the melodies and the vocal harmonies. The band’s new album One Day takes a turn away […]
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Sandy Haley is an L.A.- based blues singer who grew up singing gospel in her childhood home in Detroit. Of the transition, she said, “I was a gospel singer until I had my heart shattered in a breakup. Then I craved the blues as an ointment for my soul.” That shift to the blues was […]
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