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Emma Hill — The Black and Wretched Blue

ByRachel CholstMay 8, 2013

It is difficult, Dear Reader, to stay inside and listen to music (much less blog about it) when you are a young buck and it is springtime in New York (as my friends know, I don’t really do mp3 players.)…

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Quiet Hollers — I Am the Morning

ByRachel CholstApr 26, 2013

Quiet Hollers is the perfect band to listen to if you’re giving your life choices a serious think. Or maybe not, since it’ll make you cry. Depends on what you need.   I Am the Morning is a series of…

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The Dustbowl Revival — Carry Me Home

ByRachel CholstApr 24, 2013

There’s just something inexplicably charming about The Dustbowl Revival. A umpteen-piece traveling roots collective based out of LA, the Dustbowl Revival is indeed reviving gospel, swing, and bluegrass in the best way possible. They’re making it fun, not hollow. They…

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William Pilgrim and the All Grows Up — The Great Recession

ByRachel CholstApr 16, 2013

William Pilgrim has been through a lot, and his songs show it. Raised in foster homes and homeless as a youth, the guy’s a fighter. Now, I’m about to make a comparison that will not seem flattering at first. William…

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Woody Pines — Rabbits Motel

ByRachel CholstApr 15, 2013

It’s difficult to get more retro than Woody Pines. Pines’ lyrical and musical swagger calls to mind early rock’n’roll — fun and a little edgy, but before rock became mired in grit and seedy territory. According to his site, Pines…