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You Are About To Become Involved With Van Dyke Parks!

You Are About To Become Involved With Van Dyke Parks! Words, Courtney S. Lennon Illustrations, Mandy Newham-Cobb It’s eleven in the morning on a mid-June day and Van Dyke Parks is at home in Los […]

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Forest Sun Hey Magnolia

By Brian Rock Folk poet extraordinaire, Forest Sun shares a dozen well-crafted new songs on his twelfth album, Hey Magnolia. Unlike the optimistic romanticism of last year’s Follow The Love, Hey Magnolia, finds Sun in […]

Gonzo Country The Late Great Townes Van Zandt Tribute Show

The Late Great Townes Van Zandt Tribute Show

“Well I was born a rambler friends, and I intend to die that way. It could be twenty years from now,  it could be most any day. But if there ain’t no whiskey and wimen […]

TJ WEST TJ West Premier: “Color” by Caitlin Jemma

TJ West Premier: “Color” by Caitlin Jemma

By Kim Grant Cosmic country cowgirl Caitlin Jemma’s True Meaning is a genre blending, soul-soothing, inspiration. A bright mix of folk, pop, country, and jazz filled with positive affirmations and personal reflections. TJ West premieres the video/single “Color” […]

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By Brian Rock JD Graham’s A Pound Of Rust is an brutally honest and unflinchingly personal story of addiction and redemption. In fact, listening to this album feels like eavesdropping on a tragic, and long […]

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By Brian Rock Sara Petite asserts her power and the power of feminine energy in general on her seventh album, The Empress. Full of raucous honky-tonk and harder edged cow-punk, Petite uses the most masculine […]

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By Brian Rock Just in time for Summer, the Beatles classic, “Here Comes The Sun” has just topped one billion streams on Spotify. As the temperatures rise, here are a few rising new artists looking […]

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2022 TJ Stocking Stuffers with Truth & Salvage Company, Town Mountain, Effie Zilch, and The Harlem Gospel Travelers

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