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Albums worth your time

March 11, 2022

Marijuana Murder Ballads

GRW is Gary Russell Wertz. It’s also grow without the O. Marijuana Murder Ballads is a soulful southern sounding rock album that revolves around the trials and tribulations of growing & running weed from the northern parts of…

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March 10, 2022

Pirates

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March 9, 2022

Silver Tears

Equal parts Harry Nilsson, John Lennon and Tom Petty. Wrap your head around that for a minute. Then consider his resume of playing with the NY Dolls, Elizabeth Cook and sometimes sharing the stage with Lady Gaga as…

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March 8, 2022

Some Of My Songs

Gus Clarke is a singer songwriter that leans towards the roots of country but doesn’t always stay there. As in “Dig A Hole” where he channels his inner Tom Waits. At just 7 songs and just 23 minutes…

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March 7, 2022

Nobody Lives Here Anymore

Cut Worms’

“Records that sound like this are nearly impossible to dislike, and there is never any shortage of them. There’s always a pocket of singer-songwriters evoking some combination of these 1970s singer-songwriter influences, from the aforementioned George Harrison to…

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March 7, 2022

Dreams

The Whitest Boy Alive is a perfect example of less is more. A driving rhythm section that is precise to the core & delicately placed guitar grooves that are extremely catchy to match. The 4 piece delivers a…

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March 6, 2022

Buried Loot: Demos from the House of Cash and Outlaw Era, ‘73-‘78

Loney Hutchins’

“Breezy and effortless, Buried Loot sprawls to double-album length without wearing out its welcome. You have to wonder how much more buried treasure there is by figures like Hutchins, but for now, we should rejoice in being able…

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March 5, 2022

Self Titled

Lukas Nelson

Ok. Bobby McObvi over here – but I was just having a conversation with a so-called Willie Nelson fan, that had no idea he had a son named Lukas that was following in his footsteps of musical magic.…

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March 4, 2022

New Seasons

The Sadies

Rest in power, Dallas • “Leave it to the Toronto quartet to continually produce the most complete vision of what Americana should represent. New Seasons is largely a showcase of the Good brothers' Southern rock harmonies, accented by…

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March 1, 2022

Me First

The Elected

Remember when emotionally driven indie, punk rockers and/or wannabes ruled the scene? Me either. Well The Elected saw the future of us all growing older and softer. Arguably the first band of the sort that I can remember…

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