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Hollis Brown — Ride on the Train

In case you haven’t been paying attention, Alive Naturalsound is a really cool record label. If you’re into fuzzy guitars and ’70s rock, they’ve got your number. Today’s entry, Hollis Brown, hails from a place that is close to my…

Heather Luttrell — PossumDiva

Usually when I talk about music, I talk about honesty and soul-baring and blah blah blah. I don’t know if Heather Luttrell is as much of a whiskey-slinging femme fatale as she portrays herself to be in her music. But…

Betse Ellis — High Moon Order

Betse Ellis is a bad-ass motherfucker. You probably wouldn’t have guess she played fiddle from my telling you that. But you’re going to have to listen to believe it. She plays fiddle like a fury and her backing band is…

Darlingford — Cara Luft

I took a trip overseas a few weeks ago. I often get CDs from various PR companies, so I figured there’d be no better time to go through my stack than being stuck on a transatlantic flight. I know I…

Frank Turner — Tapedeck Heart

Tapedeck Heart completely escaped my notice when it came out earlier this year. The blogs I follow barely mentioned it (if it all.) I only found it when I was having an ironic suburban weekend with my hipster friends and…