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The Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale Show -- Live!

Dusty Wright | Posted 04.25.2013 | Arts
Read More: Country, Americana, Nashville, Rockabilly, Julie Miller, Jerry Jones, George Strait, Robert Plant, Jim Lauderdal, Gram Parsons, Fats Kaplan, Grammys, Buddy Miller, Roots-Rock, Outlaw Country, Collings, Video, Arts News
Dusty Wright

Some music needs to be heard in concert to be fully appreciated. No amount of spin doctoring by journalists or peer pressure from fanatical fans can justify an act unless one catches said act live.

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JD McPherson: An Old-Fashioned Success in the New Media Musical World

R. Clifton Spargo | Posted 02.25.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Roots Rock, Rock Music, Rockabilly, Nick Lowe, Rhythm and Blues, 1950s, JD McPherson, Christmas Songs, Punk Rock, Fifty News
R. Clifton Spargo

With a performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman earlier this month and a debut record that reached #47 on the Billboard album charts, JD McPherson is enjoying one heck of a pop cultural high.

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Bear Creek: A Conversation With Brandi Carlile, Plus Rocket Juice & The Moon by Galen Hawthorne

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.03.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Bear Creek, Fatoumata Diawara, Jim Croce, Tim Hanseroth, Gorillaz, Galen Hawthorne, M.anifest, Erykah Badu, Tony Allen, Dave Matthews, Roots Rock, Rocket Juice & the Moon, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Captain America, Brandi Carlile, Flea, Iron Man, Rotary Connection, Phil Hanseroth, Damon Albarn, The Avengers, Elton John, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Thor, Ray Lamontagne, Plastic Beach, Thundercat, m3nsa, Blur, Poison, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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40 Years Of Creedence Clearwater Revival

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Levon Helm, Son Volt, Cast Your Fate to the Wind, Twilight Zone--the Flying Burrito Brothers, Garth Hudson, Doug Clifford, Tom Fogerty, Max Weiss, The Byrds, Rick Danko, Fantasy Records, Chris Hillman, John Fogerty, Wilco, Sol Weiss, Anatomy of a Hit, El Cerrito, Uncle Tupelo, Robbie Robertson, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ronnie Hawkins, Twilight Zone, The Golliwogs, The Jayhawks, Vince Guraldi, The Blue Velvets, Richard Manuels, Gram Parsons, The Boys Club, The Band, Stu Cook, Americana, Apple Records, Roots-Rock, "Screamin" Jay Hawkins, The Beatles, The Filmore, Booker T. & the MGs, Halloween, Bob Dylan, Ccr, Supernatural, Country-Rock, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Decades before Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Son Volt and The Jayhawks re-introduced and expanded the parameters of roots-rock, there was a scrappy little group, originally hailing from El Cerrito, California.

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