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Your Country's Right Here: Janie Fricke Joins with the Roys for "The Country Side of Bluegrass"
posted: May 31, 2012
Janie Fricke has once again added to her already hefty musical arsenal. After going from a jingle singer (Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Red Lobster are among the corporations that featured her vocals) to a back up…
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Your Country's Right Here: Prepare to Fall in Love with Sweet Wednesday
posted: April 12, 2012
Think about the last time you received an unexpected and totally delightful gift. That’s just how I felt when I heard the music of Sweet Wednesday. You’ll forgive the gushing when you hear the alt-country,…
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Your Country's Right Here: Mary Chapin Carpenter Casts a Musical Spell
posted: October 13, 2011
Go to any Nashville songwriters’ circle and just wait”you’ll hear the name Mary Chapin Carpenter mentioned at least once and the speaker’s tone will undoubtedly be reverential. Go to a show on her recent tour…
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Your Country's Right Here: John Hiatt Gives Voice to the Everyman
posted: September 15, 2011
John Hiatt believes in miracles. And why not? It doesn’t seem that long ago that he was just coming off weeks on the road and found that he and his wife were each at the…
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Backtracking Forward: Spotlight On Phil Ochs
posted: November 19, 2009
Names like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and a young Bob Dylan are synonymous with the origins of folk music. In particular, Dylan and Baez are heralded as folk icons of the 1960s and…
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