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Exclusive Q and A: Justin Townes Earle Comes Clean about Rehab, Music, and His Future
posted: May 24, 2012
Justin Townes Earle, the son of much-loved music icon Steve Earle, may be Nashville royalty, but you’d never know it by talking to him. Even after winning all kinds of critical and popular kudos for…
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Spotify's Australia Launch Met With Support And Skepticism
posted: May 23, 2012
Internet denizens from down under received a special hello yesterday. The message rang out a little differently depending on one’s country of origin. “G’day,” it began for the Aussies and “Kia Ora,” for the Kiwis.…
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Your Country's Right Here: Amelia White Creates "Beautiful and Wild" Musical Tribute
posted: May 17, 2012
Amelia White didn’t set out to write an album that honored her mentor, much-loved musician Duane Jarvis, perhaps best known for co writing Still I Long For Your KissĀ with Lucinda Williams. Yet when fifty-one-year-old…
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Exclusive Q and A: Steep Canyon Rangers' Woody Platt Talks Steve Martin, DelFest, and Just Where Bluegrass is Headed
posted: May 17, 2012
Steep Canyon Rangers have always been a much-loved bluegrass band, but this past year has taken it to new heights. The band’s 2011 album with Steve Martin Rare Bird Alert went to No. 1 on…
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Your Country's Right Here: "Lung of Love" Tour is Amy Ray's Labor of Love
posted: May 10, 2012
Even months after Amy Ray released her latest solo project Lung of Love, it is difficult to listen to it and not hear nuances that weren’t apparent earlier. Like some of the best movies that…
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Exclusive Q and A: Luther Dickinson Leads South Memphis String Band on a Musical Tour of the Old South
posted: May 8, 2012
The South Memphis String Band is one of those musical happy accidents that give roots music fans a taste of real old-time music. It all started when long-time friends Luther Dickinson (lead guitarist of the…
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