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Some musicians sound like they are moving Americana music, into new directions, and David Mayfield is one of them.
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Some musicians sound like they are moving Americana music, into new directions, and David Mayfield is one of them.
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Sure, it might sound like a strategic move for the tattoo-clad, Los Angeles-based rocker Hanni El Khatib -- enlisting the help of Dan Auerbach for his sophomore album will surely spike record sales.
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In my never-ending quest to interview everyone I know, I decided today to talk to my roommate Drew.
Read MoreNot so much a Top 10 list, as there is plenty of music I haven't heard this year, but these 10 albums represent the discs that rarely made it out of rotation on my iPod or Spotify account.
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Oklahoman native Samantha Crain sings of bygone days and simpler times, her music a blend of folk and country, her voice a tremulous force of nature.
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On the night of the 10th annual Americana Music Association Awards, the director of the organization, Jed Hilly, recounted from the stage of the historic Ryman Auditorium a few of the key accomplishment te genre had enjoyed over the last few years.
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Heavy bass vibes and thrashing guitars were the order of the day as Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival crashed into Day 2 with the Jim Jones Revue , Thee Oh Sees and Butthole Surfers.
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Bumbershoot has been Seattle's premier music and arts festival since its inception in 1971, and every year it brings together musicians and artists from around the world to take the stage at Seattle Center.
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All of her promotional posters and album covers have her with pixie-cut blonde hair, but the woman I saw on-stage at IOTA Club & Cafe had chin length brown hair, so I was thrown off a bit from the start.
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A couple of nights back I posted a help wanted post on the site in an effort to find some additional (and consistent) contributors.
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The Black Eyed Peas' free benefit concert in Central Park last night was canceled dude to severe thunderstorms.
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So this blog seems to have gone to hell, well I guess my life has in a sense as well.
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I don't know if there are any country music fans out in MOGville, but this has some real gems.
Read MoreThat trend of impossibly young female singers telling tales of love gone wrong (see also: Adele) has continued apace as Ohio-born singer Jessica Lea Mayfield has played to increasingly sizable crowds.
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Summer 2011 will go down in history as the year all those bands that love fests created their own.
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Every Wednesday, I feature a brief review of at least one album that has been submitted to me through the ReviewShine website.
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Every Wednesday, I feature a brief review of at least one album that has been submitted to me through the ReviewShine website.
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Singer/songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield specializes in a mournful blend of folk rock and alt-country, with songs that are as moving as they are rustic.
Read MoreNPR is streaming the new Low Anthem album, Smart Flesh (out February 22nd).
Read MoreJessica Lea Mayfield , a 21-year-old singer-songwriter, is forcing me to appreciate country music.
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This time of year we here at YCD would normally tell you our favourite albums of the year but with time being precious and just simply not enough time to present one I am just going to give you a quick top of my head years favourites.
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At the moment there seems to be a few young, ballsy female singer/songwriters making their mark, there's Caitlin Rose whose really taken off in the UK since wowing audiences everywhere she went during the summer (actually becoming the headline act at end of the road festival when the original one pulled out), a sharp tongued country girl who seems to live and play hard but also writes great country songs that belies her age.
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Lissie, Jessica Lea Mayfield, and Alela Diane.
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