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- Joe Satriani 30th anniversary tour
- Dearly Departed: Shakey Graves’ New Video is On Solid Ground
- Gayle Force: A Crystal Gayle Exhibit Takes The Country Music Hall of Fame by Storm
- Still Angry After 35 Years: Veteran Punk Rockers, The Adolescents, to Release New Album, “La Vendetta”
- Steve Earle at The Crossroads: Veteran Musician to Release Blues Album
- Good for the Soul: Stax Records Reissues Two Classic Soul Collections
- Bob Dylan: From The Village to the Basement
- Billy Joe Shaver & Willie Nelson to Perform on Letterman
- Iconic Club Owner Eddie Wilson Puts Memorabilia Collection Up for Auction
- Ken Burns Addresses CMA Board: Filmmaker Working on Country Music Documentary
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- Listen Here: Marshmello & Kane Brown Release “One Thing Right” Collaboration
- Rolling Stone Names Emily Ann Roberts One Of The 20 Best Acts of CMA Fest
- Jon Pardi Sells Out Opening Night Of His Headlining Tour
- Granny Rich Breaks Record For Most Bottles Sold At Frugal MacDoogal!
- Tenille Arts Presents on ARDYs: A Radio Disney Music Celebration
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Conor Oberst playing in an old Presbyterian Cathedral
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Joe Satriani 30th anniversary tour
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The Ponderosa Stomp: America’s Roots Festival: Part I
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CJ RAMONE & Strung Out Talk About “It’s Not Dead Fest”
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The Final Track: Saying Goodbye to Recording Engineer Bob Sullivan
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12 Perfect Christmas & Holiday Gifts for the Roots Music Fan on Your List
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Golden Keys: Saying Goodbye to Bobby Keys, Legendary Saxman for Rolling Stones, Buddy Holly
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Songs Of Freedom Smithsonian Folkways Reissues “Songs of the Spanish Civil War”
By: Jon Black Readers of a site that proudly proclaims “This Website Kills Fascists” (a reference to Woody Guthrie’s guitar, which bore the slogan “This Machine Kills Fascists”) should welcome Smithsonian Folkways’ re-release of The Songs of the Spanish Civil War. After all, the American volunteers of the Lincoln Bridge spent the war doing just […]
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I’m always excited about a new Billy Joe Shaver album – especially one with almost all new songs (“The Git Go” first appeared in 2012 on “Live at Billy Bob’s.”). This one even kicks off with a duet with Willie Nelson on “It’s Hard to be an Outlaw,” an enjoyable tune that sets up the […]
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“Bluebird” – Dawn Landes
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CAN’T QUIT STOMPING
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PONDEROSA STOMP 2011: DAY ONE
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