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Kelly Hunt Embraces Modern Americana on 'Even the Sparrow'

Kelly Hunt understands traditional and southern American roots music. Through Hunt's musicality and penchant for vibrant imagery, Even the Sparrow embraces modernity with unadulterated effervescence.

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Eilen Jewell Turns World Upside Down With "Crawl" (premiere + interview)

Eilen Jewell talks about her new single, new album, and politics. The more they try to shut me up and say, 'Just sing your songs, I don't want to hear about your politics,' the more I think, 'Well, I guess I should include my politics in more songs.' Whenever somebody tells me I can't do something, that's what I become interested in doing."

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Shinyribs Pave the "Highway of Diamonds" with New Single (premiere)

Americana's Shinyribs drop the soulful "Highway of Diamonds" ahead of the Friday release of their brand new album, Fog & Bling.

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It's a Gift: Aaron Lee Tasjan Talks About Producing Drivin N Cryin

Aaron Lee Tasjan talks about producing Drivin N Cryin and recognizing the importance of Kevn Kinney's lyrics: "There were a few lines that jumped out and said, 'Kevn's singing about something super-personal right now.' As soon as I realized that, I said, 'My approach has to be that people can hear and understand what he's saying clearly.'"

Jedd Beaudoin

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Rhiannon Giddens Understands That 'there is no Other'

MacArthur genius grant winner Rhiannon Giddens' new album, there is no Other, invites us to do more than share our misery. It asks us to see ourselves as part of something bigger.

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Shovels & Rope Talk About Upsetting Americana Conventions, Babies, and Life on the Silver Screen

South Carolina Americana duo Shovels & Rope discuss their superb new release, By Blood, and its ongoing evolution: "We always knew there were going to be less banjos, less mandolins, more weird things."

Jedd Beaudoin

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Sara Watkins Joins Jonah Tolchin on New Single, "Honeysuckle" (premiere)

Ahead of the release of his fourth studio album, Fires for the Cold, Jonah Tolchin releases the sunny Americana track, "Honeysuckle", featuring Sara Watkins on violin and vocals.

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The Rayo Brothers Explore Duality With "Victim and Villain" (premiere)

Americana's Rayo Brothers offer up a new single, "Victim and Villain", that spotlights the group's genetic harmonies and refined writing.

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Molly Tuttle's Vibrant Musical Prowess Shines on Tour

Molly Tuttle's When You're Ready steers her bluegrass towards pop and is deservedly earning her a new audience.

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See the Ties That Bind the Suitcase Junket to His Stop-Motion Pictures on "High Beams" (premiere + interview)

Multi-instrumentalist Matt Lorenz uses a three-word name for his one-man band (the Suitcase Junket), working at a dizzying pace as a recording artist, tour performer and, now, an intrepid filmmaker.

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Justin Townes Earle Chronicles the Unrequited American Dream on 'The Saint of Lost Causes'

Justin Townes Earle's songs on The Saint of Lost Causes all have a feel that is timeless and reverential of the past, while still moving forward along the twisted turns of America.

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Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters Offer Up More Than Just Another Road Song With "18 Wheels" (premiere)

Heartbreak and agony conspire in Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters' tale from the road about a wandering mind and wandering lover, "18 Wheels".

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The Get Ahead Ruminate Over the Obscured Visions of "Faint Outline" (premiere)

Rising Americana band the Get Ahead get crafty with the ethereal lights of their home-shot and edited video for their latest single, "Faint Outline".

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Howe Gelb's Latest Is a Welcoming Call to Gather Around

Listening to Howe Gelb's Gathered is like being at a dinner party with Gelb at the head of the table, telling stories, offering his sagacity, and taking the listener on clever lexical excursions.

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The Felice Brothers Want Us All to 'Undress'

The Felice Brothers take the bromide "the personal is the political" and stand it on is head and have it stick out its tongue so that the political becomes personal on Undress.

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Roses & Cigarettes Release Their Final Music Video, "Echoes and Silence" (premiere)

Two months after singer Jenny Pagliaro's passing, Roses & Cigarettes' Angela Petrilli remembers the other half of her breakout Americana duo beside the release of their final music video.

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