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Exclusive Q and A: Kathy Mattea Talks About 'Calling Me Home'
posted: September 13, 2012
Kathy Mattea has done it again. When the two-time GRAMMY Award winner released Coal in 2008, many critics thought it’s powerful messages about Appalachia would be impossible to replicate. That’s understandable when you consider the…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Murder By Death's Dark Dreams
posted: September 12, 2012
We’ve always been outsiders, it seems, says Adam Turla, frontman for Bloomington, Ind. band Murder By Death. Though he’s talking specifically about the band’s history with record labels, the idea could easily be expanded to…
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Exclusive Q and A: Pony Boy Talks Poetry, Pop, and Production
posted: September 11, 2012
Pony Boy, the brainchild of Marchelle Bradanini, is a self-described “junkyard country” group that sounds like a dusty old Ford rumbling down a deserted road. Having already put in time as a member of the…
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Exclusive Q and A: Wade from Gallows Talks About Upcoming Album And Tours
posted: September 10, 2012
About a year ago, the cutthroat British hardcore/punk band known as Gallows parted ways with their iconic frontman Frank Carter due to creative differences. Around that same time, Canadian post-hardcore band Alexisonfire decided to call it quits…
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Exclusive Q and A: Blackberry Smoke's Charlie Starr Talks 'The Whippoorwill,' Songwriting, and Zac Brown
posted: September 6, 2012
Blackberry Smoke‘s recent release of The Whippoorwill has fans and critics calling the Georgia-based band the next generation of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Little Feat, Kid Rock, and other legendary southern rockers with a foot planted in…
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Exclusive Q and A: Owl City Talks EDM, Touring, and Purple Rain
posted: September 5, 2012
Last year, Owl City was riding a huge wave of success, buoyed by a multi-album major label deal and collaborations with GRAMMY award“winning producers. It was hard to imagine that Adam Young’s star could rise any…
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