Selwyn Birchwood Produced Himself and Wrote a Blues About the Algorithm
Selwyn Birchwood performing. Blues albums do not usually open with dial-up modem static. On Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues, released 27 March through Alligator Records,...
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Luke Bryan Put a Song Called Fish Hunt Golf Drink on His Ninth Album
Luke Bryan performing. Track five on Luke Bryan’s ninth album is called “Fish Hunt Golf Drink”. It is difficult to think of four words...
Dale Watson Wrote a Song Called Don’t Let the Honky Tonks Go
Dale Watson performing. There is a song on Dale Watson’s new album called “Don’t Let the Honky Tonks Go”. It is a boot shuffler,...
Grace Potter Built Her Seventh Album Around a Woman Named Topeka
Grace Potter performing. The central figure on Trespasser is not Grace Potter. It is a woman called Topeka, invented for the record, whom Potter...
John Primer’s Birthplace Marker Is Approved but Not Yet Paid For
John Primer performing. The Mississippi Blues Trail has approved a historic marker for the birthplace of John Primer in Camden, Mississippi. It is not...
Eden Brent Won an Award Named for the Singer She Grew Up Watching
Eden Brent performing. The Traditional Blues Female Artist prize at the Blues Music Awards is named for Koko Taylor. When Eden Brent won it...
Ashley McBryde Opened Her Fifth Album With a Rattlesnake Preacher
Ashley McBryde performing. The first voice on Wild belongs to a snake handler. “Rattlesnake Preacher” opens Ashley McBryde’s fifth album on a bluegrass figure...
Ward Davis Put Two Songs He Did Not Write on His Most Personal Album
Ward Davis performing. The most personal record Ward Davis has made ends its argument with a song he did not write. Here I Am,...
Bonnie Prince Billy Made His Thirty-First Album With Seven Other Singers
Will Oldham performing as Bonnie “Prince” Billy in 2009. The credits for We Are Together Again list seven singers besides Will Oldham. They also...
Sierra Ferrell Booked a Year of Touring Without a New Album to Sell
Sierra Ferrell performing at MerleFest in 2021. The usual reason to book a year of touring is that there is a record to sell....
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Maybe Magic by Ryan Sweezey and a Decade of Unfinished Songs: The Long Version 
Where Deep Blue Sea Came From: Kadi Beth and a Mayday Call Over Dark Water 
Backyard Getaway by Emily Fraser, a Pop-Country Escape: The Long Version