For our April release of new music we welcome 8 new albums and 3 new Performing Artists into the rotation. Check them out here:
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Dave Panico – Tasty Treat
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The Vogts Sisters – My Own Dixie
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John Roy Zat – Who Zat?
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Tim Duggan – Obscurity ~New Artist~
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Tom Levin – Them Buffalo & Them Feet ~New Artist~
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Steve Epley – Butterfly ~New Artist~
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Steve Epley – It Took a Village ~New Artist~
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Walt Cronin – Sense the World (single)
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May brings a full bloom of new music on KC Cafe Radio! Our newest release presents 10 new albums and introduces 5 new Performing Artists to our repertoire. Follow the link, check them out, and request their music today!
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Heather Miller – Anchor ~New Artist~
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Pastor Brad – Lemonade
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Granger Loften – Demos ~New Artist~
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Brad Colerick – Tucson ~New Artist~
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Brad Colerick – Lines in the Dirt ~New Artist~
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Brad Colerick – When I’m Gone ~New Artist~
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Neptune’s Car – The 45th Parallel
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Luna Blanca – The Best of Luna Blanca
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Crushing Myrna – Crushing Myrna ~New Artist~
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The Bob and Al Show – This is a Recording ~New Artist~
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It’s a summertime festival of music this month, as we bring you 12 new albums, and 3 new Performing Artists. This month, enjoy new music from Monet9, Larry Garrett, Forrest Whitlow and The Crash, Marc Platt, and Roger Street Friedman, and we welcome The Engineers, Knobtown Skiffle Band, and Bob Sima to the KC Cafe Radio family. Follow the link and request their music today!
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The Engineers – Keys In Hand (single) ~New Artist~
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Monet9 – Swervin On Bridges
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Knobtown Skiffle Band – Knobtown Rag ~New Artist~
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Larry Garrett – Folk Songs About Folks
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Marc Platt – Win or Lose (single)
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Forrest Whitlow and The Crash – Like A Dead Horse
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Roger Street Friedman – Gone Gone Gone EP
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Bob Sima – Pour It On ~New Artist~
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Bob Sima – Periphery ~New Artist~
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Bob Sima – Thin Little Veil ~New Artist~
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Bob Sima – putalittleloveintheworld ~New Artist~
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Bob Sima – Believe The Bird ~New Artist~
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Tret Fure – Rembrandt Afternoons
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Tomislav Goluban and Nebojsa Buhin – For A Friend and Brother
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John Batdorf – Beep Beep
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Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Band – Not That Kind Of Girl
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James Woolwine – Solo Piano Destruction ~New Artist~
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James Woolwine – Singles: Wait For Me and If You’ll Be Mine ~New Artist~
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Leah Watts – All Of Me and I Won’t Give Up
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RJ Comer – Hell Hole Swamp ~New Artist~
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The Surreal McCoys – Whole Lotta Folsom (single) ~New Artist~
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The Blue Dolphins – Come On! ~New Artist~
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Jackslacks – Invisible
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The Surreal McCoys – The Howl and the Growl
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RJ Comer – Hell Hole Swamp
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Jaq Mackenzie – I Tell You (single) ~New Artist~
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Peppina – Follow Your Heart ~New Artist~
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Jan Van Gold – Slipstream ~New Artist~
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Mickelson – Flickering ~New Artist~
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Mateo Stevens – Back In Town ~New Artist~
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Denny Dlabal – Denny Dlabal ~New Artist~
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Jeff Campbell – The Kitchen Sink
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Cary Morin – Tiny Town ~New Artist~
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Cary Morin – Streamline ~New Artist~
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Newton – Gold (single)
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Roots Music Report, the music chart representing Independent music, recently released its list of top played artists of 2015. Approximately 34 KC Cafe Radio Performing Artists were among those receiving the “top honors” on the Roots charts.
Receiving top honors in the Folk category were Dan Weber for his album, What I’m Lookin’ For, which ranked 39. Other 2015 top Folk artists/albums (and their ranking) included The Stray Birds/Best Medicine (42), John Roy Zat/Who’s Zat? (48), Young Novelists/Made Us Strangers (83), Johnathan Byrd/You Can’t Outrun the Radio (146), and Fiddle Whandiddle/Old School Old Time (153).
Several KC Cafe Radio Performing Artists also made top 2015 ranking in the Americana Country category, led by Tracy Newman and The Reinforcements for her album I Just See You, which ranked 35. Also appearing were Lucy Billings/Carry The Water (39), Kerry Patrick Clark/In A Perfect World (52), Susie Glaze and The Hilonesome Band/Not That Kind of Girl (62), Hilary Scott/Freight Train Love (124), Sarah Pierce/Barbed Wire (132), Sky Smeed/Drive All Night (133), The Keller Sisters/Shine (135), Truckstop Honeymoon/The Madness of Happiness (153), Well Worn Soles/Country/Folk (165), Brad Colerick/When I’m Gone (182), and Stephanie Urbina Jones/The Texicana Sessions (195).
The Enzymes with The Active Ingredients received Root’s top 2015 billing in the Rock category for their single Doowapadoodle, which ranked 86th, while their self-titled album ranked 113, and other single Kill Yourself First ranked 133rd in the same category. Enzymes also received recognition in the Alternative Rock and Roots Rock categories. Other KC Cafe Radio Performing Artists appearing in Root’s Rock category was Roger Street Friedman for his album The Waiting Sky (149 – also appearing in the Roots Rock category at #63).
KC Cafe Radio Performing Artists also appeared in some of Root’s more eclectic categories. In the Pop category, John M ranked 38th place for his album, M-VI, followed by Victor & Penny and Their Loose Change Orchestra for their album, Live at the Living Room Theatre, which ranked 169th. In the Electronic category, Surreal Realm ranked 14th place for their single Endeavors. Appearing in the Religious category were Pastor Brad/Lemonade (91), Bob Sima/Putalittlemoreloveintheworld (94), Project 15:16/The Way, and Granger Lofton/Demos (102).
Several KC Cafe Radio Performing Artists had singles that fared well in 2015, including Judy Nazemetz for her songs, Yesterday I Was So Tired , What’re We Gonna Do About Judy Wyner?, and We Got No Love Today. Other artists with top 2015 singles included Doug Adamz, Joey Curtain, John Batdorf, Chappell and Dave Holt, John Zipperer, and Folding Mr. Lincoln.
Since 1998, Roots Music Report has been collecting radio station airplay data to create its weekly airplay charts. KC Cafe Radio has been a Roots Music reporting station since 2011.
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Carlo Acousticman – Blacktop Highway
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John Byrne Band – The Immigrant and the Orphan
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Wes Weddell Band – Nobody’s Flag ~New Artist~
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Andrew Corbett – Moment of Grace ~New Artist~
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Sarah Pierce – Barbed Wire
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Harris/Hernandez – Just A Memory ~New Artist~
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Ynana Rose – Ynana Rose ~New Artist~
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Allan Frank – The Road So Far ~New Artist~
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Casey Garland and Riverpeople – The River Keeps on Flowing ~New Artist~
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Karen Tobin – That’s What You Get ~New Artist~
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Karen Tobin and Crazy Hearts – Karen Tobin and Crazy Hearts ~New Artist~
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Mike and Carleen McCornack – Stories We Could Tell ~New Artist~
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Mike and Carleen McCornack – A Road to Call Your Own ~New Artist~
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Jenner Fox – Jenner Fox ~New Artist~
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Annie Bacon & Her Oshen – Light to See Dark ~New Artist~
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Annie Bacon & Her Oshen – Stranded Songs ~New Artist~
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Cascads de Flores – Radio Flor ~New Artist~
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Smithfield Bargain – Buttonwillow ~New Artist~
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Jaspar Lepak – Wide World ~New Artist~
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Amy Obenski and The Carbone Band – Resless ~New Artist~
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Richard and Mary – Keeping the Dream Alive ~New Artist~
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Richard Byford – Spoken From the Heart ~New Artist~
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The Tearaways (singles)
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Kylie Hughes – Calipopicana
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Rich O’Brien (singles)
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Billy Jack Purnell – Simple Life
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Jaspar Lepak -Forgiving Wind
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Jaspar Lepak – Send Me Home
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Lee Sims – Deep in the Heart of Me
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The Matchsellers – Songs We Made Up
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Wes Weddell – By the Side of the Lake
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Robot Raven – Greatest Hits Part One
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Robot Raven – Greatest Hits Part Two
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The Railsplitters – The Faster it Goes
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Karrie Pavish Anderson – Twice As Nice
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David Hakan – Stone and Steel
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Denise Glover – Pathways
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Rick Malsick with Evan Smalley- Philodendron
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Barak Hill – All the Empty Space
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Victor & Penny – Electricity
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Brian Ashley Jones – Out of the City ~New Artist~
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The Deep Hollow – The Deep Hollow ~New Artist~
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Bruce Michael Miller – Faith in Water ~New Artist~
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Meg Braun – Restless Moon ~New Artist~
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Heather Platts – Lighted Windows ~New Artist~
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Freebo – If Not Now When ~New Artist~
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Helen Lapakko – Got to Keep on Going ~New Artist~
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Robinlee Garber – Resilience ~New Artist~
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3 Bricks Shy – Still 3 Bricks Shy
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Josh Harty – Holding On
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Wes Weddell – Songs to Get You from Here to There
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Wes Weddell – My Northwest Home
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Andrew Foshee – Corvair
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Johnathan Cavier – January (single) ~New Artist~
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Kylie Hughes – Never Ever (single)
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Landon Williams – Tonight (single) ~New Artist~
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RJ Comer – Nightly Suicide
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Tanner Qualls – Clarity ~New Artist~
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Wyatt Brewer – The Drawing Board ~New Artist~
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The Tearaways – Girls Who Love Cars (single)
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The Tearaways – Name That Tune (single)
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The Tearaways – Stuck on Stupid (single)
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Joellen Lapidus is one of the pioneers of contemporary mountain dulcimer playing, songwriting, and instrument construction and is the author of the dulcimer instruction book “Lapidus on Dulcimer”. Joellen blends the Appalachian, Indian, Arabic, jazz, classical, and pop musical styles to give the dulcimer a new range of rhythmic, melodic, and tuning possibilities.
As a dulcimer maker, her work influenced many of the dulcimer builders of the 70’s and 80’s. Her instruments were known for their innovative shapes and exquisite soundhole and peghead inlay work. She introduced the dulcimer to Joni Mitchell and made three instruments for her between 1968 and 1976. She has also made instruments for David Crosby, Jackson Browne, Wendy Waldman and Garth Hudson. The March 2004 concert, recorded on her album, Joellen Lapidus In Concert, marked her first performance in over 10 years.
Joellen teaches dulcimer in West Los Angeles. She has also returned to her original musical loves – the clarinet and the accordion. She performs with the band “Extreme Klezmer Makeover” and with violinist Yvette Devereaux. Joellen’s newest album is called Dulcimer Music for the Pelican Ballet.
Recently, KC Cafe Radio Music Director Kathy Forste talked with Joellen, about her unique dulcimer influences, her musical upbringing living in New York, and how her musical horizons broadened as she traveled across the United States. They also talk at length about her unique dulcimer instrument creations, and the inspiration behind Pelican Ballet.
Downlad the interview here: Interview: Joellen Lapidus, 5/10/2016.
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Dave Gunning – Lift
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Jonathan Cavier – Premier
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The Bob and Al Show – Album 2
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Sparrow Blue – Mabel
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Ben Bedford – The Pilot and the Flying Machine
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Richard Paul Thomas – Salado
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Jessie Rae – Blue Funk
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The Vogts Sisters – Homeward
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Erisa Rei – Glass Jar (single)
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Bridget Kelly Band – Outta the Blues
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The Tearaways – The Earl Mankey Sessions Vol. IV
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Marc Platt (singles): Beautiful Liar/I Saw it on TV/Radio Silence/Shooter at the Gate/This Ain’t Who We Are/The Lonliness Game
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RJ Comer – Nightly Suicide
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Michael Franano – I Want to Know
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Michael Franano – Songs For a Girl
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Mill’s End – The Swann Sessions
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De La Torre – Ruins (single)
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Bill Abernathy – Find a Way
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Sasha’s Bloc – Heart on Fire ~New Artist~
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Sasha’s Bloc – Runaway Blues (single) ~New Artist~
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Ruth Acuff – This is the Dream ~New Artist~
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Ruth Acuff – To the Moon ~New Artist~
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Warren Jurgens – Blue and Grey ~New Artist~
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Toni Gates – This Woman
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Hank and The Hankstirs – The Ghost of Clyde & Checkers ~New Artist~
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Erika Kunlys – Rise Up ~New Artist~
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Howard Iceberg and the Titanics – Kansas City Songs Vol 1 and 2
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World5 – Heartbeat of the World
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Lauren Adams – Somewhere Else ~New Artist~
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Dan O’Sullivan – Yet ~New Artist~
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Dan O’Sullivan – Little Pieces ~New Artist~
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Dan O’Sullivan – March ’16 ~New Artist~
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The Belle Hollows – Miller’s Creek ~New Artist~
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The Dull Richards – Leaks From Bolinas ~New Artist~
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Victor James Dougherty – Both Sides of the Veil
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Beth Marlin – Railroad ~New Artist~
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C&B Radio – C&B Radio ~New Artist~
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Jeremy McEwen – Folk and Children’s Songs ~New Artist~
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Pal Vens & Friends – Timeless Love
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Bounty Hunters – Rollercoaster ~New Artist~
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The B Sharps – No Fancy Pants ~New Artist~
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Chuck Eaton – Lights ~New Artist~
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Chuck Eaton- Tracks ~New Artist~
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Leah Watts – Strong (single)
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Wyatt Brewer – We’ll Be Fine (single)
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The Tearaways – Bash/Hello Isla Vista (singles)
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Joseph Eid – One and Only (single)
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Eric Taylor – Studio 10 ~New Artist~
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Eric Taylor – Live at the Red Shack ~New Artist~
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Paul Arnoldi – Let’s Go (Testing, Hear, We’re Goin’ Down) ~New Artist~
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Paul Arnoldi – Highroads Ten Plus Two ~New Artist~
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Paul Arnoldi – Arnoldi ~New Artist~
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Gary Furlow & the Loafers – Ghost Trees ~New Artist~
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Wyatt Brewer – Factory Made
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The Depth and the Whisper – Unrequited ~New Artist~
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Larry Garrett – (Folk Songs About) Old Photographs
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Erin Eades – Live from the Left Coast ~New Artist~
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Jeff Dunkle – Chapters ~New Artist~
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Joy Zimmerman – Greay Matter
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Joy Zimmerman – Mosaic
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Hollie Schlueter – (single) Midnight Hour (Hallelujah) ~New Artist~
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The Tearaways – The Earle Mankey Sessaions Volume 3
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The Tearaways – Valerie & I Love the Blues (singles)
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Mike Franano – Brown Dress
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John Stowers – Everything You Do ~New Artist~
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John Stowers – Lovely Rainy Day and Rocket Out of Here (singles) ~New Artist~
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Toney Rocks – Run to the Night, Don’t Look Back, No Road Too Long, and In These Eyes (singles) ~New Artist~
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Joseph Eid – Watch it Fall (single)
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Erin Eades – Erin Eades
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Crosseyed Cat – Shelter Me ~New Artist~
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Rod Kinny – Forces of Nature
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Jane Zell and The Zelltones – Almost Real ~New Artist~
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Scott Cook – One More Time Around ~New Artist~
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Bohemian Highway – The Short List ~New Artist~
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Derek W. Curtis – Derek W. Curtis ~New Artist~
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Julie Bennett Hume – Late Bloomer ~New Artist~
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Beth Marlin and Friends – Blackbird
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Beth Marlin – Let Me In
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Elaine Mahon – Rise
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AO Music – Asha
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The Newkirks – Live at The Loft ~New Artist~
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Starshine Black – Death & Rebirth Space Station ~New Artist~
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Nick Mintenko – What I Thought I Knew ~New Artist~
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Nick Mintenko – Home (single) ~New Artist~
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Rags & Bones – These Bones ~New Artist~
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Rags & Bones – Rabbit Holes ~New Artist~
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Jimmy Coburn – Gotta Go Home / Outside My Window (singles) ~New Artist~
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John Loux – She Is the Storm / That’s Your Old Story / Nobody Cries Here Alone (singles) ~New Artist~
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Kray Van Kirk – The Road to Elfland ~New Artist~
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Squirrel Butter – Chestnuts ~New Artist~
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Squirrel Butter – Kiss The Cook ~New Artist~
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Jaspar Lepak – Close To Me
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Karrie Pavish Anderson – Corner of 17th & Faith
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Olivia Awbrey – Fight Or Fight ~New Artist~
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The Singer and the Songwriter – Directions ~New Artist~
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West My Friend – When The Ink Dries ~New Artist~
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The Talbott Brothers – Gray ~New Artist~
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Ara Lee – Nasty Woman (single) ~New Artist~
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Judith Miller – I Am What I Am ~New Artist~
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ESOEBO- IV ~New Artist~
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Teresa Eggertsen Cooke – Fooled Again ~New Artist~
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Jim Chesnut – This Guy Sings! ~New Artist~
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Judy Nazemetz – Balancing Act
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Nancy K Dillon – A Game of Swans ~New Artist~
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Nancy K Dillon – Roses Guide to Time Travel ~New Artist~
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Mick Byrd – Moline
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Mill’s End – Sightseeing (single)
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Lauren Strange – Salt
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Reid Jamieson – Songs for a Winter’s Night ~New Artist~
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Big Jim Davis – Are You the One? (single) ~New Artist~
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Big Jim Davis – Honey Tell Yo Mama (single) ~New Artist~
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Big Jim Davis – I’m Gone Love You (single) ~New Artist~
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Toney Rocks – Not Gonna Run (single)
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Synners of Truth – It’s Gonna Change
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David Pellegrini – Highway to Heaven ~New Artist~
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Marc Platt – Big City
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CJ Teffner – Find The Magic (featuring Kathie Crotty Williams) (single)
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Jeff Kossack & The OtherHand – The Worst Scars (single)
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Emily White – Staking Flags in the Valley ~NEW ARTIST~
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Tracy Newman – That’s What Love Can Do To Your Heart
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Gary Stockdale – Keep Letting Go
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Nick Droz – Sell it to Yourself ~NEW ARTIST~
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The Flyin A’s – You Drive Me Crazy ~NEW ARTIST~
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Jack Tempchin – Peaceful Easy Feeling: The Songs of Jack Tempchin ~NEW ARTIST~
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Brightwell & Moran – Radio Stranger Crosstalk ~NEW ARTIST~
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The Jeremiahs – The Femme Fatale of Maine ~NEW ARTIST~
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Alice Peacock – Love Remains ~NEW ARTIST~
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10 String Symphony – Weight of the World ~NEW ARTIST~
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Woody Moran – Sitting in Aztec Chairs ~NEW ARTIST~
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Claudia Nygaard – Let The Storm Roll In ~NEW ARTIST~
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