Corb Lund’s (Acoustic) Roots Rock!
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Low-key in the living room
Corb Lund rescued his ’80s Kramer Ferrington from a hair ballad so he could use it to play this...
The Brothers Comatose Cover “Stickshifts and Safetybelts”
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“Hardly Strictly Bluegrass” From San Francisco
Here’s a dose of bluegrass flavor courtesy of The Brothers Comatose, playing a cover of Cake’s “Stickshifts &...
Muireann Bradley, Old Soul
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Vintage Blues, Vintage L-50
Direct from Ireland, 17-year-old Muireann Bradley indulges us (and tugs at our Led Zep heartstrings) with a rendition of Memphis...
Lords of Atlantis: Cliché-Free Surf
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Ivan Pongracic
Lords of Atlantis includes members from a handful of high-profile surf bands, and its debut album is a collection of catchy...
Steve Howell Fingerpicks “Stocking Feet Blues”
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Solo acoustic homage to rural-blues great
Steve Howell is a veteran of blues, rock, and jazz. Here, he fingerpicks a terrific rendition of Blind...
Jeff Plankenhorn’s “Alone At Sea”
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Tasty slide on a square-neck Oahu
Singer/songwriter Jeff Plankenhorn’s music is a rootsy mix that embraces blues and pop while dodging categorization. Here, he...
Andrew Synowiec’s Ebullient Tonefest
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Uplifting Instrumental Rock!
Check out Andrew Synowiec and his Heritage Custom Core H-150 P90 ripping through a chunk of “Lead Foot,” a track from...
Roman Bulakhov’s Radical Stew
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Ukrainian guitarist fuses…. everything
Inspired by Pat Metheny, Greg Howe, Guthrie Govan and others, guitarist Roman Bulakhov fuses rock, funk, jazz, hip-hop – and...
Graham Parker plays “We Did Nothing”
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Reflective take on the world
In his review of Graham Parker’s “Last Chance To Learn The Twist,” Dan Forte recalls that the singer/songwriter emerged...
Belfast Bluesman Dom Martin
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Gallagher, Buchanan Inspiration!
Dom Martin grew up listening to blues-guitar legends including his Irish countryman Rory Gallagher, and has created his own sprawling...