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Music Review: P.J. Pacifico – ‘Overlooking the Obvious’
The new EP takes the singer-songwriter in a new direction, but keeps what he does best.
Read More »Music Review: Wild Ponies – ‘Things That Used to Shine’
You can feel the raw emotion in these well-crafted songs, and especially in Telisha Williams's voice as she sings songs of experience, but not of innocence.
Read More »Music Review: Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott – ‘Memories and Moments’
These modern-day troubadours have reunited for an album of sparse Americana music.
Read More »Interview: Americana Duo The Easy Leaves
The Easy Leaves answer some fun questions ahead of their performance at the 2013 Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park this Sunday, August 11.
Read More »Music Review: Willie Nile – ‘American Ride’
Like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Billie Bragg, Willie Nile sings about he things he cares about the most in as straightforward and honest a way as possible.
Read More »Music Review: Townes Van Zandt – “High, Low and In Between” and “The Late Great Townes Van Zandt” [Remastered]
These two albums from the early '70s were among the artistic high points of the songwriter's broken, even tragic career.
Read More »Music Review: Marshall Chapman – “Blaze Of Glory”
Marshall Chapman caps a busy three year period with the release of her 13th album, mature music by a confident artist.
Read More »Music Review: Indie Round-Up – Kree Woods, Craig Jackson Band, Go Jane Go
Kree Woods is that rare pop singer-songwriter with all the puzzle pieces: vocals, songwriting, and a great sound.
Read More »Music Review: Gurf Morlix, Finds the Present Tense
Gurf Morlix inhabits "the muddy" – the fecund reading room of a library of idioms encompassing folk, country, and blues.
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