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Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City
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Dylan, Cash, and the Nashville Cats: A New Music City

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 / 26 June 2015
Going hand-in-hand with the ongoing museum exhibit of the same name, A New Music City does an outstanding job defining the sweeping influence of Dylan and Cash throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
‘Nashville’ Is No Conventional Melodrama
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‘Nashville’ Is No Conventional Melodrama

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 / 4 February 2015
Forget the chit-chat about Nashville being a "sudsy" soap; as season three continues to show, this is a complex, feminist show that forges a new sort of sincerity.
Stone Jack Jones – “Circumstance” (audio) (Premiere)
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Stone Jack Jones – “Circumstance” (audio) (Premiere)

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 / 23 October 2014
Nashville musical mystic Stone Jack Jones has released his newest single, "Circumstance", a song where a lone banjo gives way to rising and falling verses, with spectral vocals creaking throughout a long-rotten homestead on late autumn winds.
Dinner and a Suit: Stay EP
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Dinner and a Suit: Stay EP

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 / 17 October 2014
Nashville quartet tackles grandiose indie pop-rock with aplomb across four-song EP.
‘Producing Country’ Is Great Oral History
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‘Producing Country’ Is Great Oral History

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 / 19 September 2014
This is an exceptional read on how records get made. We learn how producers coaxed great performances, made power deals, and generally had a good time.
Johnnyswim Love Their Place in the World
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Johnnyswim Love Their Place in the World

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 / 19 August 2014
The duo Amber Sudano Ramirez and Abner Ramirez live, die, and make music with the overarching theme of gratefulness.
Irene Kelley: Pennsylvania Coal
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Irene Kelley: Pennsylvania Coal

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 / 12 February 2014
On her first album in more than a decade, the coal miner's granddaughter proves she's at her best when she pieces together her own story.
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Trent Dabbs: The Way We Look at Horses

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 / 10 December 2013
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The Best Country Music of 2012

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 / 7 December 2012
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‘The Encyclopedia of Country Music: Second Edition’ Lives Up to Its Name

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 / 23 August 2012
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Heavy Cream: Super Treatment

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 / 23 July 2012
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Young Hines: Give Me My Change

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 / 29 May 2012