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Ep#144 Kenny Roby

On episode 144 of the Americana Music Show, Kenny Roby talks about the characters in Memories & Birds, singing in a natural voice, cowboy movie music, and “doing the Prince thing.”  

Plus rock and roll from I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In The House, Brooklyn honkytonk from Maynard and the Musties, classic soul from Swamp Dogg, evangelical stomp from Guthrie Kennard, indie rock from Massy Ferguson, a…

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Posted by Calvin Powers on June 17, 2013 at 12:30am

Freight Train Boogie podcast #215 - The Warren Hood Band, Red Tail Ring, Waiting For Henry and more...

FTB podcast #215 features 2 fine new independent albums from THE WARREN HOOD BAND and RED TAIL RING. Also new music from KATHY GREENHOLDT, QUIET HOLLERS and WAITING FOR HENRY.

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Posted by Bill Frater on June 15, 2013 at 11:00am

Guy Clark's "My Favorite Picture of You" is touching and topical

By Ken Paulson

Like Kris Kristofferson’s recent Feeling Mortal, Guy Clark’s  My Favorite Picture of You reflects the years.

On the new album,  due July 23 on Dualtone,  Clark’s voice is softer and weathered. But if time has  taken a physical toll, it’s made the music matter more. This…

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Posted by Ken Paulson on June 16, 2013 at 1:30pm

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Wembley Stadium (London, UK. June 15th 2013)

I hate large stadium arenas but I adore Bruce Springsteen. I’m with the purists who argue that shows in such venues are much less satisfying than in smaller, intimate venues but, but, but….Springsteen is one of those artists who make a large venue seem small. For him it’s all about the music and the energy of the performance – no laser beams, no pyrotechnics, no circus – just a blacked out stage with three huge video screens and an E Street Band, most of whom have been playing with him since…

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Posted by Jela Webb on June 16, 2013 at 6:25am

Enter to win a signed copy of 'Steve Earle: The Warner Bros. Years' box set

Ever since his 1986 debut (and, in some ways, even before that), Steve Earle has been one of the most prolific and distinctive singer-songwriters on the Amerciana/alt/country/rock scene. His 15 studio albums have encompassed political protest music, bluegrass, rock and roll, Townes Van Zandt covers, and just flat-out, darn-good genre-defying music. His work was covered by no less than 20 articles in…

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Posted by No Depression on June 18, 2013 at 12:00am — 145 Comments

When politics met Americana in 1976

One of the pleasures of being of a certain age is that you can literally rack up decades of seeing great musicians and attending gigs of all shapes and sizes. A recent BBC documentary about The Eagles jarred my memory about one such event in (gulp) 1976. 

I was a Brit newbie in America and was taken to a political fund raiser for then (and now) California Governor Jerry Brown. It was at the Capital Centre outside Washington DC , which is now called something odiously…

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Posted by musicJJMG on June 16, 2013 at 3:30am — 1 Comment

Album Review: The Human Experience ft. Rising Appalachia - Soul Visions

The Human Experience, an artist I’ve come to know much about recently, will be releasing a new album on Monday, featuring sisters Leah and Chloe Smith of Rising Appalachia. The album is called Soul Visions, and, upon listening, truly resonates as the vision of three creative souls collaborating to produce something highly elevated.

David Block, the mind behind The Human Experience, is a classically trained, multi-instrumentalist who has…

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Posted by Thandiwe Ogbonna on June 15, 2013 at 11:00am

Remembering Rory Gallagher: "The People's Guitarist"

I've always remembered a great line from a wonderful little film called The Commitments, which tells the story of a ragtag assortment of Dubliners who form a soul band. A character named Jimmy Rabbitte says, "The Irish are the blacks of Europe." To me, that says a lot. Like African Americans, the Irish have lived The Blues for centuries. And it shows…in their soul-fire poetry, prose, and music. So, you're probably thinking "Van Morrison." But today I want you to think…

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Posted by Dana Spiardi on June 14, 2013 at 8:00pm — 11 Comments

Billy Bragg, Union Chapel, Islington (London, UK. 5th June 2013)

Really, all is need to tellyou is that for the second encore Billy Bragg played the whole of his debut album LIFE’S A RIOT WITH SPY VS SPY for you to understand what an amazing show this was!

In thirty years, Bragg has travelled the path from angry young man, to political activist to national treasure and his live performances are among the best you’ll ever experience.

Yes, he’s still political,that campaigning mind-set is written in his DNA but he juxtaposes hard-hittingviews…

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Posted by Jela Webb on June 14, 2013 at 12:30pm

CD Review : Blake Noble - Underdog

Australian Blake Noble moved half way round the globe to Seattle just ten months ago and the self professed “Underdog,” found many a kindred spirit to help him release his second solo album. The eight track ,mainly instrumental album draws upon Noble’s unique percussive guitar style that picks up where long lost legend Michael Hedges left off; but don’t be fooled this is not “New Age,” music rather a funk rock, jazz, world music fusion for this century.

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Posted by Rick J Bowen on June 13, 2013 at 8:00pm

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