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Muruch ❤ For Love and Laughter is the new release by Irish band Solas. Lead by founding member Seamus Egan, the band has a new vocalist in Kilkenny native Máiréad Phelan. Karan… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ This week's episode of Contrast Podcast features poetic introductions. I read "The Erl King" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (text below), which I paired with Hannah Fury 's "Beware the… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ The Paper Raincoat is a project led by singer-pianist Amber Rubarth and multi-instrumental wizard Alex Wong, who accompanied Vienna Teng on her recent Mountain Stage performance . The two share… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Ledger is the full-length debut by Nashville singer-songwriter Claire Small. I discovered Claire's music when she joined Eastmountainsouth's Peter Bradley Adams for his July Mountain Stage performance . Small's sound… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Joan Osborne 's lovely new album Little Wild One will be released on September 9th. After delving into country for 2006's Pretty Little Stranger and reaching back into retro soul… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls will release her debut solo effort Who Killed Amanda Palmer? (title inspired by Twin Peaks ) on September 16th. Palmer's original concept was of… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Xavier Rudd's Dark Shades Of Blue was released today. The Australian singer-songwriter and didgeridoo extraordinaire has so far restricted himself to only this one album in 2008, after the two… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Toadies will release their new album No Deliverance on August 19th. Led by singer Vaden Todd Lewis, the band was part of the 1990s post-grunge "alternative" rock era - which… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Legendary folk singer-songwriter Richie Havens has returned with Nobody Left To Crown , a moving work of political and social commentary. The new album features several new originals as well… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ The Dagger Lees are the Irish band formerly known as Stagger Lee . The Dublin four-piece changed their name due to legal issues while recording their forthcoming debut album. "Stagger… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Crazy Ever After is the debut full-length album by The Rescues, and will be released on September 9th. The Los Angeles trio names Fleetwood Mac and Eagles as their influences,… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Kasey Chambers and her husband Shane Nicholson will release their new collaborative effort Rattlin' Bones on September 16th. The Australian singer-songwriting duo wrote and perform every song on the album,… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ These tracks from the upcoming sophomore release by The Dark Romantics - named for the sub-genre that included authors Poe, Dickinson, and Hawthorne - are a very nice surprise. A… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Crooked Still's third album consists of mostly traditional tunes, with a few originals that follow the sound. Still Crooked takes the band's signature ethereal bluegrass vibe - as heard on… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ She Ain't Me will be released on August 5th. The organic folk style of this sophomore release from singer-songwriter, classically trained violinist, and Chip Taylor collaborator Carrie Rodriguez is a… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ The new "Religion" themed episode of Contrast Podcast has been posted, on which I introduce Camille O'Sullivan's cover of the Nick Cave song "God is in the House". The song… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ I'm always puzzled when certain female singer-songwriters receive mainstream popularity and media attention while others like seventeen year old Lucy Schwartz remain in the shadows. Lucy's voice as well as… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Leavetaking is the fantastic sophomore solo effort from singer-songwriter Peter Bradley Adams and will be released on August 5th. I sought out his album after seeing his name listed as… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Moodswings is the debut solo album from classically trained Irish opera singer Nyle Wolfe. Though Wolfe often sends his voice flying up into an operatic atmosphere, the album features a… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Kathleen Coffee is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Athens, West Virginia. Her self-titled debut features Appalachian-inspired political folk and melodic pop. Her compositions and playing style are similar to Ani… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ A Distant Bell was the third solo release from singer-cellist Caroline Lavelle. Though Lavelle herself is British, her music often hints at her mother's Irish heritage. She has recorded with… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Holy crap, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band is back! The Whole Fam Damnily will be released on August 5th. The follow up to Big Damn Nation perpetuates The Rev's inebriating… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Purpose is the debut album from neo-soul singer Algebra Blessett. Formerly a backup singer for Monica and Bilal, the Atlanta native taught herself to play guitar and honed her voice… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Esperanza Spalding seems to have it all - a beautiful name, a pretty face, cool hair, and a lovely voice. Not to mention that the twenty-three year old prodigy also… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ The new "Threats and Promises" episode of Contrast Podcast is up. I introduced Queen Esther's "Promise Me" from her 2004 Talkin' Fishbowl Blues album. I've temporarily re-uploaded the song for… Read full post »
Muruch ❤ Maria Muldaur's Yes We Can! will be released on July 22th. Muldaur departs from her signature romantic blues sound for what she calls her first protest album. She covers thirteen… Read full post »
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