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Jimmy Kimmel Weeps on Air Talking About His Pal and Bandleader, the Late Cleto Escobedo III: “We Lost Someone Very Special”

Jimmy Kimmel (Amy Sussman / Getty Images)

Jimmy Kimmel has had a rough couple of months. In September, his late-night TV show was pulled off the air temporarily because of remarks Kimmel made about the recent murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Now the comedian has been dealt another harrowing emotional blow. His cherished pal and bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III, 59, has […]

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REVIEW: Courtney Hartman “With You”

Courtney HartmanCourtney Hartman With You There are any number of happenings that could have derailed the completion of Courtney Hartman’s latest album, With You. The Wisconsin-by-way-of-Colorado singer-songwriter and her husband experienced home renovation woes, crises both medical and financial (which required money saved for recording sessions to be spent on life’s essentials) and, biggest of all, […]

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REVIEW: Jeremy Pinnell “Decades”

Jeremy PinnellJeremy Pinnell Decades Kentucky singer-songwriter Jeremy Pinnell recently released his new album Decades, produced by 3x GRAMMY® Award-winning producer/singer-songwriter Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker). Decades was recorded with Jennings over the course of a week of live-in-the-studio performances. Musicians featured on the album include Chris Masterson (Steve Earle), Ted Russell Kamp (Shooter Jennings), Patrick […]

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Interview: Emma Swift’s Resurrection in Gray and Blue

Emma SwiftEmma Swift’s Resurrection in Gray and Blue Emma Swift’s new album, The Resurrection Game, unfolds like a series of letters written from the far edge of an emotional winter. It is a record of desolate beauty and delicately held hope, the sound of someone who has passed through collapse and found something luminous in what […]

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REVIEW: Rene Lopez “A New York Lie”

Rene LopezRene Lopez A New York Lie Rene Lopez is gracing the music world this week with a new album produced by Patrick Sansone of Wilco: A New York Lie. It’s not an alt-rock Wilco-style affair though; there’s more of a ranging between rootsy confessional rock, touches of funk, honky tonk dive bar sentiments and even doses […]

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