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STEVE FORBERT Over With You Blue Corn Music There’s a bit of irony that the new Bob Dylan album (Tempest) and this new Steve Forbert …

THE DEPARTED Adventūs Thirty Tigers/Underground Sound The Latin title of the Departed’s new record, Adventus, means “arrival.” It’s a clever play on the band’s name …

By Lynne Margolis (Oct/Nov 2012/vol. 5 – Issue 5) When South By Southwest creative director Brent Grulke died at 51 of a heart attack on …

NEIL YOUNG WITH CRAZY HORSE Americana Reprise Records Though still a Canadian citizen, Neil Young has lived more years in the States than “up north” …

JON DEE GRAHAM Garage Sale Freedom Records Ever since his outstanding 1997 solo debut, Escape from Monster Island, Jon Dee Graham has distinguished himself as …

WADE BOWEN  The Given BNA Throughout his career, Wade Bowen’s star has continued to rise steadily on the Texas music scene, and now he is …

FLATLANDERS The Odessa Tapes New West As if the Flatlanders’ story wasn’t already bizarre enough, The Odessa Tapes should earn Joe Ely, Butch Hancock and …

ROBIN TERRAZAS Let’s Take Two  Platinum Blues Music Company “Don’t tell me how success will be/Don’t tell me the price I must pay,” implores San …

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW Carry Me Back ATO Old Crow Medicine Show have carved out their own little niche in Americana by ignoring trends and …

MARVIN ETZIONI Marvin Country! MarvinCountry.com Long before Lone Justice was a rumble down the wire of the biggest thing to hit country, rock or cow-punk, …