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Flutes & Low – Lay Fallow Something different, with rural & pensive melodies that may even suggest Medieval folk music, ala Amazing Blondell/Eddie Baird, Incredible String Band, or Decameron. There are also gentle touches of early Horslips & the folk band Magna Carta. It’s enchanting in its sound, & the varied blends of Benjamin Picher’s […]
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From Albany, Kentucky right near the Tennessee border, Colton Bowlin brings those homespun, sincere country sentiments to sounds that infuse the original influences of Appalachian music into more modern expressions.
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We lead off this month with two bands that mix Americana and indie vibes in different measures, with Eric Bachmann’s Crooked Fingers rising from a long hiatus and Portland’s the Delines continuing a decade-long hot streak. Then it’s on to songwriters, from the wit
Check out this week’s best new folk, roots, and Americana music in rotation at Folk Alley!
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Mike and Ruth Merenda have been making music together as The Mammals since 2001, with a little break in 2008 to play as Mike & Ruthy. They’ve been back as The Mammals since 2017 with a couple of great albums. We dig into a few of the songs on their new double album ‘Touch Grass.’ There are A LOT to choose from: seventeen tracks in all.
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Ronnie Bowman was severely injured on Saturday afternoon, March 21st in Ashland City, TN. He was transported to Nashville’s Vanderbilt Hospital for treatment where he passed away around 3:00 pm on Sunday.
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The country music community lost a great one today. Bluegrass great, country hit songwriter, and frequent Chris Stapleton collaborator, Ronnie Bowman, tragically passed away today, March 22, 2026, following a motorcycle accident outside of Nashville the day before. He was 64 years old. Born in Mount Airy, North Carolina, Bowman was raised on the “high lonesome” sounds of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Like many in the country music world, he got his start in music at a young age singing […]
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