It’s that time of the year when I get asked to write about all the holiday releases, which I typically love doing but for some reason it took a little extra to feel compelled to take up the task this time. But I am glad I said yes to the assignment because it seems like […]
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Michelle Malone and The Hot Toddies : Toddie Time SBS Records Thanksgiving has come and gone so I can shirk my grinchesque, ba humbug attitude and embrace the Christmas season. And what better way to wrap yourself up in the moment than a new release from indie-Americana stalwart Michelle Malone. If you aren’t familiar with […]
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Maybe it’s the moment, maybe I just needed something different to listen to, or maybe it was something all together different but the debut from New York’s The Nine Seas just seemed to hit me right in the feels. The duo has been playing together for a number of years in different projects (The Big […]
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One month before their debut album hits the racks, Early James and The Latest took the stage at The Analog in Nashville. It was a frigid winter night in Music City but the crowd was anything but cold as the band walked out. Nashville doesn’t role over for new bands easily so it was nice […]
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VOTE BY CLICKING HERE FOR YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS SONG ON OUR READER’S POLL While this may be a minute late, it still gets to you before Christmas so you can stream and download a whole batch of songs just in time! If you haven’t read the reviews of the Keb Mo & Josh Rouse […]
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I was given the task of reviewing The Holiday Sounds of Josh Rouse by my dear editor a month or so ago. The mistake I made was in not telling her I only listen to Christmas music after Thanksgiving, deadline be damned. So now that turkey day has come and gone, I can set pen […]
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You have been a successful artist for twenty five years, been honored with four Grammys, bucked the trends of popular music and found a home in the blues, R&B and Americana worlds, so now what? Why a Christmas album of course! Keb’ Mo’ follows up Oklahoma with this excellent holiday collection Moonlight, Mistletoe & You […]
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4 photos by Missy Curtis; marquee photo by Jason Davidson Drive-By Truckers @ The Princess Theatre Decatur, AL 9.27.19 Always go to the show. It’s a mantra I try and live by especially when it comes to bands I like. Native sons, the Drive-By Truckers, decided Decatur, Alabama needed a double shot of the […]
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I hate to say it but the first time I heard or heard John Calvin Abney was last summer when he was playing with John Moreland at The Caverns in Pelham, Tennessee. They were opening for Scott Miller and I was beyond excited to see Moreland in a live setting but given his bare bones […]
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(cover photo and photo of Mike and the Moonpies by Melissa Payne, all other photos by Melissa Clarke) I moved to Nashville in ’97 and for almost the entire time I have been blessed to live in the city AmericanaFest calls home. While I have been in the paying audience for numerous showcases over the […]
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