When they’re not out on the road promoting Heaven & Earth, their latest record, or in the studio recording, Ricky Davis (half of the duo Blue Mother Tupelo) keeps busy handling the scheduling, producing and other business aspects of music.
From their home in Henderson, Tenn. or “Johnny Cash Country” as he calls it, Ricky took some time to answer our questions on their music, touring and an upcoming showcase at the Bijou Theater.
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With music steeped in the Delta blues and dynamic stage presence, Grammy-winning musician Keb’ Mo’ charmed audiences Tuesday night at Denver’s Paramount Theater.
Local favorite Gregory Alan Isakov played a solo opening set with tunes from his latest record, This Empty Northern Hemisphere.
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The multi-talented Dave Rawlings (best known as Gillian Welch’s record-producing, guitar-playing musical partner) has slipped into the front man’s spotlight with his signature 1935 Epiphone Olympic and a batch of long-lost tunes from various projects.
While the Dave Rawlings Machine started as a psuedo-cover band, it quickly turned into a collective of old friends like Old Crow Medicine Show and new pals Benmont Tench, Karl Himmel and Nate Walcott (Bright Eyes), all of whom appear on A Friend of a Friend.
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Texas-born Rosie Flores earned her nickname “the Rockabilly Filly” years ago with her fiery pipes and cowgirl punk style.
Now, those same assets make her the Girl of the Century, the name of her latest and greatest album, recorded with the Chicago-based Pine Valley Cosmonauts.
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Two renowned folk songwriters, Ellis Paul and Eliza Gilkyson, shared the Swallow Hill stage Saturday night, charming the audience with stories and songs while the snow fell outside.
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Packed with heartbreak and passion, Jen Korte’s self-titled, debut record drifts through styles, twisting them together in a tight ball of bluesy, rootsy music.
After moving to Denver and making the open-mic rounds, Jen pulled together her band, The Loss, and set forth writing and recording (mostly live in-studio) a variety of sorrow-twinged, sharp-witted tunes.
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We like to think of Tegan and Sara as twin Canadian superheroes, running around in matching bobs and capes and using their folk-punk superpowers for the good of the people.
Sainthood, the duo’s latest release, fuels this illusion with catchy melodies, indie sensibility and “they’re singing from my life’s songbook” lyrics.
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Newgrass legend Sam Bush’s latest album, Circles Around Me, hit store shelves last month and he’ll be taking it on the road next year.
In the meantime, he took a few minutes to talk with us about the record, his amazing career and of course, baseball.
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