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Song Premiere: Gungor, “Wayward & Torn” 26 Aug 2013 | 11:48 pm
Gungor will hit the road this October, taking their sweeping, cinematic pop-folk sound to more than 60 cities. Whenever they aren’t on tour, though, husband-and-wife duo Michael and Lisa Gungor can be...
Video Premiere: Vikesh Kapoor, “I Dreamt Blues” 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
When it came to filming the video for “I Dreamt Blues,” the first song off of Portland-based Vikesh Kapoor’s upcoming concept album The Ballad of Willy Robbins, there was no other way to go but simple...
Watch The Olms Perform “She Said No” Live 26 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
Check out this video of The Olms performing their dark country tune “She Said No” for their “At: Guitar Center with Nic Harcourt” podcast. The duo, comprised of singer-songwriters Pete Yorn and J.D. K...
Daily Discovery: Bear Cub, “I’ve Been Around” 26 Aug 2013 | 08:03 pm
Late '60s themes of freedom and migration blend nicely with the 'new Nashville' ethos. "I've Been Around" is a McCartney-inspired 'moving on' tune from Pittsburgh-turned-Tennessee transplants Bear Cub...
Sam Baker: say grace 26 Aug 2013 | 07:46 pm
Sam Baker say grace (self-released) Rating: 4 stars out of 5 For those who believe artists must suffer for their art, Sam Baker meets the requirements. In 1986, as a young man in his early thirties,...
Sly and the Family Stone: Higher! 26 Aug 2013 | 07:41 pm
Sly and the Family Stone Higher! (Epic/Legacy) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars This long overdue boxed recap of Sly Stone’s most creative period, released on the event of his 70th birthday, is a sprawling, ...
Elliott Smith, “Waltz #2 (XO)” 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
“I don’t think my songs usually have a point. They’re usually more descriptive, more impressionistic. Like a bunch of photographs burned into each other.” That was Elliott Smith in an interview with ...
Guitar 101: Learning to Wail 25 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Most songwriters start out by learning chords, which is a good idea. But after a while, a songwriter will get chords and chord progressions down pretty well, and then they want to get started playing ...
Lucy Schwartz 25 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
It’s no surprise that Lucy Schwartz has had so many songs in movies and TV shows -- it’s in her blood. Her father David is a film composer, best known for his work on Arrested Development. Yeah, he’s ...
Enter the September/October 2013 On My Deathbed Contest 24 Aug 2013 | 01:45 am
Martin's OM-28E Retro is "one cool little guitar," and an "especially fine axe for fingerstyle playing a la Robert Johnson or Leon Redbone." (Click here to read our review). Want to own one? Simply c...
