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Twenty Questions with Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow of The Posies

- Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

Today, April 27th, marks the 20th anniversary of The Posies ' landmark album Frosting on the Beater , and to celebrate, Audioasis host Sharlese Metcalf, along with KEXP staffers Chris Beiter and Janice Headley, reached out to founding members Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow to ask "twenty questions." 1) One of the songs on Frosting on the Beater is called "20 Questions."

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Aaron Neville to release 'My True Story'

- Source: Music-News.com

Beyond the novelty backgrounds, the closely choreographed dancing and the finely arranged harmonies that were so important to Doo Wop was a whole group of superbly beautiful songs that deserve their place among the greatest of the 20th century.

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Kris Kristofferson - Feeling Mortal

- Source: BBC Music

Long-haired, liberal, and influenced as much by Bob Dylan as Hank Williams, Kris Kristofferson typified a new breed of country artist when he emerged as a successful singer-songwriter in the early-70s.

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Kris Kristofferson Explores Mortality on New Album

- Source: Rolling Stone

Speaking from his home on the Hawaiian island of Maui, Kris Kristofferson, 76, looks back on a life rich with Hall of Fame-worthy country-music writing and recording credits, acclaimed acting roles, a Rhodes scholarship and collegiate athletic prowess with nothing short of fondness.

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Kris Kristofferson is Feeling Mortal in the Third Release of His Twilight Years Trilogy

- Source: Twang Nation

Kris Kristofferson, legendary songwriter, singer, Country Music Hall of Fame member, actor, activist, Golden Gloves boxer, a Rhodes scholar, a college football player, acclaimed actor, military officer, helicopter pilot, a saint, a sinner, a Grammy-winner and a janitor at Columbia Records will release Feeling Mortal , his first collection of new material in four years on January 29, 2013.

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Aaron Neville to Tape Concert for PBS

- Source: ArtistDirect

Iconic soul and R&B vocalist and multiple Grammy Award-winning artist Aaron Neville is set to perform a special concert on Wednesday, November 28 at the Brooklyn Bowl, which will be taped by PBS for broadcast in March 2013.

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Six Songs of Me: Tom Baker

- Source: The Guardian Music Blog

I wish I could say that my first purchase was of a Pavement 7in or something but, nope, the first single I bought with my own money (on cassette!) was I'm a Man Not a Boy by North & South, a little-remembered and even less missed 90s boy band in the hi-NRG Euro pop style of the time.

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Van Morrison Announces Release Of New Album 'Born To Sing: No Plan B'

- Source: Stereoboard

Van says: "With most record companies being so corporate I am happy to be working with Don Was and the team at Blue Note. To have such a creative music person as the head of my recording label assures me that all the effort taken to write and record this new album will be rewarded with a music based focus and marketing approach. I look forward to many recording projects with Don and Blue Note." Don Was adds: Over a career that spans 4 decades, Van Morrison has developed a body of work that is unparalleled in its consistent excellence.

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A Solid Selection of Americana Music Association Nominees Announced

- Source: Twang Nation

Through a spotty online streamed event (at least on my side) from Grammy Museum's Clive Davis Theatre in L.A. the Nashville-based Americana Music Association announced their 2012 announced their nominees for Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Emerging Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Instrumentalist of the Year. Buddy Miller lead the Americana All Star quartet with Don Heffington, Greg Leisz and Don Was. Featuring excellent performances by Lauderdale, Shelby Lynne, Lucinda Williams and Texas's own Robert Ellis.

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John Mayer, 'Born and Raised'

- Source: Rolling Stone

There's John the Musician, the neo- James Taylor of "Daughters" and "No Such Thing," and the blues-guitar omnivore who can back Jay-Z and cover "Sweet Child o' Mine." Then there's John the Dude, sloshing his TMI all over TMZ, blazing a trail of famous ex-girlfriends, big-upping his supposedly racist johnson in a disastrous 2010 Playboy interview.

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