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Mama’s Broke – Reunion This is a quietly rural, prairie-expansive Americana spring rain collection of tunes sung with a landscape of harmony. The picking has clarity & is played with assurance & confidence. While not quite The McGarrigle Sisters (yet), the duo has warmth & skill that’s evident in each piece they perform. It would […]
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Leslie Waugh – Night Bloom With its folk-country overtones, this new album finds Leslie Waugh splashing in the delightful pop-country traditions of mid-60s country-pop artists. Diane Renay (“Navy Blue”) & Merilee Rush (“Angel of the Morning”). Her opening tune “Black Cadillac” has that kind of trajectory, though her voice is more magical, like the late […]
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Dustin Arbuckle & The Damnations – Fight Like the Devil or Run Like Hell If Tom Waits tossed together a sweet heat of bottled-up blues, it would sound something like Dustin Arbuckle (lead vocal/harmonica). “Heaven Forbid” (I would meet you in hell). What a percolating line to open an album with. The song includes some […]
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Section House – New Horse & Buggy The Grateful Dead were not a bluegrass outfit, but their leader Jerry Garcia was an aficionado of the music. First listen to Section House’s instrumental (“In Rut”) makes me think of Garcia when he played with the likes of David Grisman & Old & In the Way. It […]
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