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David Redd and Robert Connely Farr Reviewed

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Kramies and Brent Amaker and the Rodeo Reviewed

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Branson Anderson and Ben Denny Mo Reviewed

Branson Anderson – Shake Your Bangs Country music, for at least 80 years or so, really sends out a message each time that it is played. It’s not about the lyrics to the song, the person doing the singing, or even the quality of those two things in tandem. It’s…
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Welsh & Company and The Hearts Reviewed

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Hamish Anderson and Joel Nowakowski Reviewed

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Casey Frazier and Laura Zarougian Reviewed

Casey Frazier – If We Grow Old Many kids try to record a couple of songs or start a high school band. The ones who can afford it make a bid to be pop stars. They put out a video and designed an online marketing campaign. Most of them stop once the money or the…
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Lung Brothers and The Bobby Tenderloin Universe Reviewed

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JD Hinton and Doug Walther Reviewed

JD Hinton – Trouble Time Townes van Zandt, the great philosopher of country music, sang about kinds of troubles that, should they ever find you, would break your back and leave you with nothing. That isn’t exactly a cheerful subject, the kind that pop music…