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Friday, 17 May 2013 00:00

Frightened Rabbit

Frightened Rabbit
Glasgow’s Frightened Rabbit Plays Pedestrian Verse Live!

May 17, 2013 - Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchinson has been telling us too much about his love life since the Scottish band’s first album Sing The Greys in 2006.
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Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:00

RNDM

RNDM
RNDM’s Acts Features Joseph Arthur And Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament

May 15, 2013 - RNDM is a new band featuring Joseph Arthur, Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament and drummer Richard Stuverud.
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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 00:00

Bonnie Prince Billy and Dawn McCarthy

Bonnie Prince Billy and Dawn McCarthy
Dawn McCarthy And Bonnie Prince Billy Harmonize On What The (Everly) Brothers Sang

May 14, 2013 - It’s a love affair with songs and harmony itself today. Dawn and Will sing Don and Phil!
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Friday, 10 May 2013 00:00

Clive Davis

Clive Davis
From Barry Manilow To Patti Smith, Clive Davis Can Hear A Hit

May 10, 2013 - At the age of 81 music biz mogul Clive Davis slowed down enough to write his autobiography The Soundtrack of My Life. But talking with him you realize that it is just a moment before he is off again.
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Friday, 10 May 2013 00:00

Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart’s Best Songs Are the Ones He Writes Himself!

May 10, 2013 Rod Stewart has little to prove as a rock star. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame twice, once solo and once with The Faces. Of late he has had enormous success with a series of albums singing other people’s songs including standards of The Great American Songbook.
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Thursday, 09 May 2013 00:00

The Slide Brothers

The Slide Brothers
Sacred Steel Virtuoso Slide Brothers Take Us To Church

May 9, 2013 - Robert Randolph, the spectacular young pedal steel guitarist, was the first player from the Sacred Steel tradition to break out to a wider audience.
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Wednesday, 08 May 2013 00:00

Phosphorescent

Phosphorescent
Phosphorescent’s Matthew Houck Once Thought The Songs on Muchacho Were Too Personal

May 8, 2013 - It is easy to hear the steady growth in the music of Phosphorescent’s Matthew Houck since his 2009 Willie Nelson tribute album. His last album, 2011’s Here’s To Taking It Easy, was a sprawling, languorous, epic written with his road band’s performances in mind.
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Tuesday, 07 May 2013 00:00

Hey Marseilles

Hey Marseilles
Hey Marseilles With Chamber Folk From Seattle

May 7, 2013 - Seattle’s Hey Marseilles formed around the collaboration of singer Matt Bishop and guitarist Nick Ward when the two were students at the University of Washington. The band just grew organically into the seven piece band that made their new album Lines We Trace.
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Friday, 03 May 2013 00:00

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave On Push The Sky Away And Excerpts From Berlin Concert

May 3, 2013 - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds are back, minus founding member Mick Harvey on guitar, with "Push The Sky Away." We are going to hear live performances recorded in Berlin this past February. The elegant yet emotive performer sounds great.
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Thursday, 02 May 2013 00:00

Low

Low
Low Has Quietly Been Making Music For 20 Years: “You Can’t Hear The People Listening”

May 2, 2013 - It is hard to find another band with more consistent quality and as true to their vision as Low. In fact Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker have been making Low records for 20 years now, recently releasing The Invisible Way, their 10th album.
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