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May 13, 2013 Howdy, On episode 139 of the Americana Music Show, Maya Lerman from Maya and the Ruins talks about recording in Lafayette, working as a music archivist, and tying songs together with her voice. Rock and roll from Javi Garcia, Willie Nelson and Family covering Carl Perkins, string band music from Woody Pines, blues [Read this post.]
Maya Lerman from Maya and the Ruins talks about recording in Lafayette, working as a music archivist, and tying songs together with her voice.
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Carrie Rodriguez talks about working fiddles into her songs, the influence New York had on her music, and channeling Alejandro Escovedo.
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Hannah Thomas talks about Georgia being a “musical mashup,” admiring Steve Earle, and listening to the highway men growing up.
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Steve Dawson of Dolly Varden talks to Rick Cornell about why he moved to Chicago, listening to sad songs in the 70′s and taking his own song writing advice.
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Ryan Bailey of The Riverbreaks talks to Rick Cornell about his time in Chapel Hill, rebelling against country music, and writing songs in the jungle.
[Read this post.]New music from Javi Garcia, and Beth Lee and the Breakups. Plus a John Denver tribute album.
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Ben Plaase of The Howlin’ Brothers talks about driving more than playing, playing the upright bass and making New Yorkers dance to bluegrass.
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Alex Culbreth talks about getting rowdy with the Dead Country Stars, who inspires his punchy writing style, and his folk-rap song.
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Amanda Pearcy talks to Rick Cornell about the quintessential Texas small town, her favorite listening room venue, and her tribute to “party dolls.”
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Rachel Brooke talks about what the blues has that modern music doesn’t, her Fats Domino cover, and why she included a xylophone on A Killer’s Dream.
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Steve Storms and Steve Celestini of the Gravy Boys talk about how to make the apocalypse fun and keeping a band together with brutal honesty.
[Read this post.]Howdy, The Tim Lee 3 are back with another collection of southern rock tracks straight from the “BBQ circuit.” I like their brand of rock because its infused with a bit of an 80′s vibe in it. The album is called Devil’s Rope and I’m adding “Signal,” “Devil’s Rope,” and “Says Baby Strange.” Hadden Sayers [Read this post.]
Michael Rank, Ron Bartholomew, and Marc Smith play songs from In The Weeds and a new song from Michael’s “Valentine’s Day Trifecta.”
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Jon Shain talks about the Piedmont Blues, making slow songs interesting, how Ordinary Cats got electrified, and his ambiguous duet.
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Amanda Cevallos talks to Rick Cornell about singing Tejano music, her Doug Sahm show, playing the Broken Spoke and why she wears a cowboy hat.
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Mary Gauthier talks about the joy of house concerts, the sugar cane industry, hobo kings, and her song about the wheel of eternity.
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Ben Ringel of The Delta Saints talks about his homage to Robert Johnson, his bucket list gig, and playing a gig in a bull fighting stadium. Plus music from Reverend Freakchild, Dukes of Dixieland, Aaron Neville, Mark Robinson, Rob Lutes, Dale Watson, Willie Nelson, and Mary Gauthier.
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