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Music Review - "Murder of Songs" by Grant Peeples (dm)
5 April 2023
Grant Peeples has no time for nonsense. The veteran singer/songwriter and poet has released a passionate new protest record, A Murder of
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Music Review - "Car Crash Life by Shoebox Letters (dm)
7 March 2023
Lynyrd Skynyrd titled their third record, Nuthin’ Fancy. Even if Skynyrd is a Southern Rock band, the same description fits the new
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Music Review - "Gratitude" by Dan Imhoff (dm)
5 October 2022
Dan Imhoff demonstrates delightful dexterity and variety on his new record, Gratitude. Aptly titled, given that he composed and recorded
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Music Review - "By the Risin of the Sea" by James Kahn (td)
11 December 2022
There is an increased interest in sea shanties in the wake of the popular movie Fisherman's Friends. Performers are finding joy in
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Music Review - "Murder of Songs" by Grant Peeples (jh)
26 February 2023
If you feel, like this writer has in recent years, that the outspoken folk singer has disappeared, then you’d best listen to the
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Music Review - "Gratitude" by Dan Imhoff (jh)
03 October 2022
Gratitude is the fifth solo album for California singer-songwriter Dan Imhoff. Wait, that doesn’t do this creative artist justice. Imhoff is also
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Music Review - "Stranger in My Town" by Nick Justice (jh)
2 Sept 2023
Nick Justice returns with his sixth full-length solo album, following his 2022 duet album, The Sidemen, which did quite well on several
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Music Review - "I Just Can't Call It Quits" by Patterson Barrett (jh)
23 June 2023
Patterson Barrett built his career of playing Americana music long before the term became in vogue. His resume reads like a who’s who of
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Music Review - "Car Crash Life" by Shoebox Letters (lz)
13 March 2023
Having made slow but steady progress towards gaining wider recognition, the Portland Oregon-based band known as Shoebox Letters has arrived
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Music Review - "Stranger in My Town" by Nick Justice (lz)
18 August 2023
Nick Justice is one of those artists whose name may not be widely known but whose music seems like its been in the ether forever. Best
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Music Review - "Rhododendron Highway" by Brook Dixon (lz)
28 August 2023
Brook Dixon’s debut solo album, Rhododendron Highway, is the culmination of a burgeoning ten year career that found him first taking
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Music Review - "I Just Can't Call It Quits" by Patterson Barrett (lz)
May 5 2023
One would be hard-pressed to find a more affable or good-natured artist and entertainer than Patterson Barrett. Always a reliable support
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Music Review - "Deluge of Hurt" by Tornado Sky (ea)
18 October 2022
“If it were possible for Bob Seger and Stevie Nicks to have a musical love child, it might sound a bit like Tornado Sky. The L.A.
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Music Review - "Flight Risk" by Shoebox Letters (ea)
24 June 2022
“She looks good on paper, she dots all the I’s, you can’t decipher the truth from a lie/She makes an impression, she’s hard to forget, she
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Music Review - "I Just Can't Call It Quits" by Patterson Barrett (ea)
23 May 2023
Patterson Barrett is a legendary musician who has called Austin, Texas home for nearly five decades. He arrived fresh from playing on
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Music Review - "Car Crash Life" by Shoebox Letters (ea)
19 May 2023
Somewhere at the intersection of Power Pop, Country Rock and New Wave stand Shoebox Letters. The Oregon four-piece, Stephanie Cox
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Music Review - "Murder of Songs" by Grant Peeples (gb)
March 2023
In the 1953 movie The Wild One, Marlon Brando portrays a surly biker gang leader whose scruffy minions invade and terrorize a small town. When
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Music Review - "Rhododendron Highway" by Brook Dixon (gb)
12 September 2023
Brooks Dixon has a song for every occasion. In his various personas, he can accommodate most any mood or situation. In wedding band
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Music Review - "I Just Can't Call It Quits" by Patterson Barrett (gb)
23 June 2023
Patterson Barrett is a survivor. His latest release, "I Just Can't Call It Quits", refers to his longevity in the music biz as well as
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Music Review - "Deluge of Hurt" by Tornado Sky (jm)
27 October 2022
Husband and wife Jerry Careaga and Stephanie Gladhart have been writing songs together for two decades now, but Deluge of Hurt marks
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Music Review - "Murder of Songs" by Grant Peeples (jm)
27 February 2023
Anyone who has even casually listened to Grant Peeples over the years should not be surprised that the Trump era and the xenophobia it
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Music Review - "I Just Can't Call It Quits" by Patterson Barrett (jm)
8 May 2023
Patterson Barrett got his start guesting on the late great Jerry Jeff Walker’s classic 1972 self-titled effort, playing guitar, dobro and
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Music Review - "Deluge of Hurt" by Tornado Sky (dmac)
31 October 2022
Disaster, as a metaphor, plays a big part in this act’s overall presentation. Its group name, for instance, describes a sky view
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Music Review - "1000 Horses" by Bruce Smith (dmac)
05 October 2022
Bruce Smith’s 1000 Horses album opens with “Campbellton,” which rocks and rolls to a rockabilly rhythm. What follows, though, is not some
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Music Review - "Rhododendron Highway" by Brook Dixon (dmac)
Sept 2 2023
The eleven songs from Brooks Dixon’s Rhododendron Highway album paint the artist as a gentle soul. There’s a James Taylor-like quality to Dixon’s
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Music Review - "I Just Can't Call It Quits" by Patterson Barrett (dmac)
5 May 2023
Patterson Barrett is someone you’ve heard without realizing you’ve heard him. He played multiple instruments on Jerry Jeff Walker’s debut album, for
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Monday, September 25, 2023
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