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I don't know if any of you have heard of it, the local public radio produces this wonderful weekly radio show: The United States of Americana. This week's recording is a little messed up and has some of the earlier show recorded at the beginning. Fast forward to like 4:30. Here is the start of this week's show:  Paper With Lines fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Jan 27, 2014 |
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Pete Seeger's death is unbelievably tragic.
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Jan 28, 2014 10:15
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BigFactory posted:Can you really say any death of natural causes at 94 is tragic? Geez. RIP Pete. You're right. I know it is cliche but he really is the sort of personality who will live on because of the actions he did in life.
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Jan 28, 2014 20:56
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Choronzons son posted:RIP Pete! You're right, the whole thing is pretty great. I had forgotten about that compilation. Another good type of "tribute" is The Music is You: A Tribute to John Denver. A lot of the people are pretty mainstream but it has good stuff by Old Crow, Lucinda Williams, My Morning Jacket, Emmylou, etc. Here is a video of Brandi Carlile and Emmylou Harris' Take me Home, Country Roads. edit: Kesha has a song on the Dylan compilation. Which at first is lol but it is pretty good. 
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Jan 29, 2014 22:10
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Conor Oberst released a song from his Nashville recorded album a few days ago. I guess it's pretty okay but for someone who says "I don't relate to a lot of my earlier songs," and "I don't know if it makes me an rear end in a top hat to not want to talk to my fans. But I'm not going to sit on a loving computer and try to talk to some loving 16-year-old in wherever-the-gently caress." I feel a tad skeptical.
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Feb 16, 2014 00:59
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Mayor Dave posted:Nickel Creek recently surprised everyone by announcing a new album and limited run tour. They've released two of the songs on YouTube and they still have the magic: Those songs are rocking. Chris Thile is one thing, but I've also been very impressed with Sara Watkins' solo stuff. Also, if the thread hasn't picked up on them, The Secret Sisters, whom are opening on the tour are also great.
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Mar 12, 2014 04:40
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Yeah. What is the deal with the Civil Wars breakup? Their cover of you are my sunshine owns though.
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Aug 10, 2014 22:38
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imo start with Déjà Vu and see where it leads you.
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Aug 17, 2014 07:15
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Sunshine Mix posted:Thank you for the feedback y'all. Clearly I have some homework. WOO MINNESOTA!!!!!!! we're awesome. so very awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I4pIULFGLI
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Aug 27, 2014 07:31
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kingturnip posted:Picked up a couple of folky albums on Bandcamp a week or so ago from bands I haven't seen mentioned here. I've seen the Oh Hellos twice in concert and they are absolutely loving dominant. Currently they have 12 people touring with them and playing on stage. They used to be a jesus band though and that sometimes shows through... Regardless, I paid less than 20 bucks each time and it was one of the best live concerts I've seen.
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Sep 6, 2014 08:01
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I've been listening to these guys pretty religiously.. The linked song seems to be the biggie but I think the whole thing is great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN8Y3lo-Tao
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Sep 13, 2014 19:16
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I too live in the Great Lakes area. This was my winter playlist from 2? years ago. I guess I didn't make one last winter. Probably because I was too busy freezing to death.
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Sep 24, 2014 19:59
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The Walking Dad posted:I really have to wonder what was wrong with me circa 2011 that I couldn't appreciate Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes. I loved their debut album and listened to it so much and then I completely abandoned them with their second release and couldn't get into it. I love that song. It feels very existential to me. Also, there is a playlist called "Folksy Christmas" on Spotify which is pretty okay. At least to hear new people.
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Dec 6, 2014 20:51
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The new Punch Brothers album really loving owns.
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Jan 30, 2015 06:10
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Bonzo posted:I can't stand their web player and hate that the Android app won't let me use my Chromecast but god drat if WSM (650 AM) doesn't complete my weekend. Fantastic post! Check out the United States of Americana as well!
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Feb 4, 2015 07:39
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I just bought the Inside Llewyn Davis album (the full thing isn't on Spotify). It is fantastic. Some of the songs have the Punch Brothers on them in addition to be a T. Bone Burnett produced endeavor. The actor who sings most of the main songs is pretty cool too.
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Mar 31, 2015 20:14
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Kvlt! posted:I was at a Punch Brothers concert recently and during the show Chris Thile said to the audience "If you watch the film Inside Llewyn Davis, there's a scene where 5 guys in suits sing a song that sound exactly...suspiciously like us. Those dudes were not us" then they sang that song. I bet. What's sort of cool is that the songs were recorded twice. Once live in the movie and once for the album in a studio. There are like three tracks where they have singing credits listed on the album. They're such bluegrass jokers! I guess I could see a situation where they played the album but not the movie though. Paper With Lines fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Mar 31, 2015 |
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Mar 31, 2015 22:33
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oxsnard posted:Jason Isbell just dropped a new track on SoundCloud, "24 Frames." Pretty straightforward track but it's still drat good. Why this guy isn't a superstar baffles me. Sounds super Ryan Adams-y on that track.
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May 5, 2015 18:28
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Do ya'll think it is worth paying 50 bux to see Brandi Carlile, Iron and Wine, and Anderson East? I don't, and I've seen Brandi play four times now.
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May 8, 2015 05:44
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I love Zac Brown. Their album with David Grohl is one of the best albums I've heard in a long time and it makes me sad that it's so short. That said, even though they have a lot of their really high quality stuff they aren't above making music that panders to the ~Typical Country Music~ listener. The song that made them famous in Chicken Fried was apparently written before 9/11 but they added in the verse about the stars and stripes afterwards. Maybe they're afraid of getting the Dixie Chicks treatment. An aside, the new Sata Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan effort is very good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTDUDRIEifQ I also heard this pretty great Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell song earlier today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na06CYdo8y4
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Jul 9, 2015 19:37
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Of their singles, I think Colder Weather and Homegrown are among the best. Was Day that I Die with Amos Lee a single? That song owns too. Their live version of Free/Into the Mystic is also very nice. Off their first album, I really like the songs Highway 20 Ride and their cover of Jolene. On the second album, I play the Road, as she's walking away (with Alan Jackson), and if you're in the mood for it -- whiskey's gone. In my opinion, every song on The Grohl Sessions, Vol. 1 is fantastic as well. I also think that this most recent album is pretty bad. I know they were trying to experiment with different types of music and I guess each individual song is a good example of that genre, but I wish they hadn't done it. edit: also Martin. Paper With Lines fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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Jul 9, 2015 20:00
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I was just going to post that you should check out Natural Disaster as well. Which I think you'll like a lot based on that comment. edit: I missed Stealie's edit! hahahahaha. We're so on the same page.
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Jul 9, 2015 23:18
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Acrolos posted:Thanks for mentioning the Grohl Sessions. I have never been a fan of Zac Brown (and still don't love most of what I've heard)...but I gave that album a shot and it's great. Dave Grohl said something like "Zac Brown Band is a modern day Allman Brothers. They aren't country music, man. They're loving awesome southern rock. Everyone should like them." Obviously hyperbolic, but you can kind of see his motivation for the songs. I hope they make another.
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Jul 14, 2015 20:20
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This is old but I'm pretty sure it hasn't been posted in this thread yet.
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Jul 16, 2015 23:28
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both the oh hellos and hurray for the riff raff have announced fall tours.
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Jul 21, 2015 19:31
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Can anyone explain why he left DBT? The timeline seems to be: 1. DBT let in JI 2. JI marries a bassist 3. JI gets bassist into band 4. JI and bassist break up 5. DBT kick out JI Is that incorrect?
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Jul 25, 2015 05:36
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I know we usually aren't too keen on super mainstream country, but the new Kacey Musgraves album is really solid. She still has a corny single or two (like biscuits) but they still are fairly satisfying to listen to and are surrounded by some good tracks about her not giving a gently caress about the bitches, etc. Now that I think of it, she is kind of like the anti T-swizzle.
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Aug 3, 2015 00:36
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I don't know if any of you actually like the Oh Hellos, but I loving love them. They have a new song out. http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2015/08/20/377202957/song-premiere-the-oh-hellos-bitter-water
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Aug 21, 2015 18:00
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The new Sarah Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan songs are so good. We are truly in a modern bluegrass revival and it is led by Nickel creek people, imo.
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Aug 30, 2015 03:06
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You know that Chris Thile, who is the mandolin player in the Punch Brothers, is p famous for other things so you might find some traction there. His solo album How To Grow a Woman From the Ground is great. Also, apologies if you already knew this, but he is also in Nickel Creek and they own so much.
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Aug 31, 2015 02:54
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I had forgotten about the song Before the Devil Knows We're Dead. What a good one. What makes "red dirt country" distinct? I haven't heard of most of those bands.
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Sep 9, 2015 20:19
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stealie72 posted:I foolishly just tried to listen to Spotify's "New Boots" up-and-coming country playlist. I agree so hard. Cam owns. Check out the Americana playlists if you want some good "country" music.
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Sep 19, 2015 05:27
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Perhaps the OP could update the, uhm, OP and have playlists? Count Chocula, you around? imo, we could have a much better op in general...
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Sep 23, 2015 04:07
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Don Henly thinks that the state of modern country music is indicative as our cultural decline as a nation. I didn't even realize he had a country album out, but I'm listening to it now. Better than loving Desparado, so far.
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Oct 1, 2015 20:12
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clutchpuck posted:Gotta figure out if I want to see Sturgill Simpson, Hayes Carll, or Chris Stapleton next week. I saw Hayes at an accoustic only show in Minneapolis. He was still pretty great. Also, I saw the Oh Hellos again, who I have been plugging like whoa in this thread, and I'm not convinced that they are a closet christian band. So, uh, take that for what you will. I probably won't go see them again, but I have seen them live three times now.
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Nov 16, 2015 02:55
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Some pretty good stuff nominated in the Grammies this year. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/6785974/grammy-nominations-2016-full-list The biggest surprise to me was that Hayes Carll wrote the Lee Ann Womack song (and it was nominated for a grammy!) but it seems like a pretty big deal that the Alabama Shakes got a shitload of nominations. Also, the Chris Stapleton album that won the CMA best album award is nominated for best album in the Grammies as well! The real one, not just the country one (which he was also nominated for). Jason Isbell get a nod for best Americana album but I hope it goes to Brandi Carlile. 
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Dec 8, 2015 00:28
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In that vein, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCyYuLQ7_Ws
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Mar 11, 2016 07:05
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H.O.L.Y. by Florida Georgia Line is the pinnacle of that sort of music.
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May 11, 2016 20:47
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I was joking with my response. That song is an abomination and FGL should go away. In general, a shitload of bluegrass is religious in some way. Especially when you start going back to the rootsy bluegrass. I think a lot of Wailin' Jennys is pretty religious. Songs like Glory Bound or I think most of their first album (40 Days) has religious overtones. The O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack of course is a good place to start (and to then go through the individual musicians contributions) but that was assembled basically based on depression era music gospel / appalachian folk. Allison Krauss's I know Who Holds Tomorrow. Gillian Welch. Some of Crooked Still's music (Shaken by a Low Sound) touches on those topics. I'll poke around and look for some more specific stuff but for sure the o brother where art thou soundtrack is the most concentrated album of what you might be looking for (it also owns).
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I feel like a piece of poo poo for not realizing he wrote it and that Zac Brown only covered it. I was just reading about the Isbell (who is a Serious Country Musician) relationship with Zac Brown and I found this great quote. "As Isbell said yesterday, 'If you want more popular country artists to sing songs that have some real meaning, don’t be pissed at the ones who do.'" It is cool because Zac Brown does seem to do some pretty cool and real stuff so I'm glad they get along. http://www.savingcountrymusic.com/zac-brown-band-covers-jason-isbells-dress-blues-on-college-gameday/ edit: memorial day video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hlYNU6xPJc Paper With Lines fucked around with this message at 04:10 on May 31, 2016 |
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May 31, 2016 04:07
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