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Shovels & Rope - By Blood
Halfway through the latest album "By Blood" from Shovels and Rope, Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst sing pleadingly, almost desperately, to each other, "Carry me home, I'm no good when...
Band Of Heathens Announce New Album - Stranger
Band of Heathens, an Austin based group, is planning to release their newest and most creative album to date, Stranger. Named after Robert Heinlein’s famous sci-fi book Stranger in a Strange Land,...
Esther Rose Tours With Charley Crockett
Esther Rose, a New Orleans bombshell, opened for Charley Crockett on Sunday evening at Elevation 27 in Virginia Beach. The pint sized brunette bared her soul with melodies from her new album, You Made...
Carsie Blanton - Buck Up
New Orleans conjures different images for everyone. Whether you’ve spent time there or not, odds are you’ve heard tell of the free-flowing libations, the Bourbon Street shenanigans, the colorful...
Interview with 500 Miles to Memphis
For 16 years now, some form of 500 Miles to Memphis has been making music that is hard to categorize and more importantly, hard to stop listening to. Although the lineup changed a bit early on, the...