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Dawn Rowan @calico1992.bsky.social · 12h

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 11h

Really honest, beautifully wrought piece. Karly is the queen of the telling detail. www.vulture.com/article/wedn...

‘I’m Poking Roadkill With a Stick. Making It Twitch.’

Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman broke up. A month later, she writes in this personal essay, she had to record a love song for him.

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guitartown @guitartown.bsky.social · 9h

New live performance from Waxahatchee on KEXP.
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Waxahatchee - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

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Music Box Magazine @musicboxonline.bsky.social · 9h

My goodness, this woman is amazing. I cannot believe I saw her in a small club in Chicago, sandwiched between Fastball and Whiskeytown. She had not totally found her voice at that point, but man... she could sing. And now she make glorious albums, too. Another gem.

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guitartown @guitartown.bsky.social · 9h

You’re welcome.

guitartown @guitartown.bsky.social · 11h

Some suggestions from Bandcamp.

Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 1d

September was a busy month for country (and country-ish) releases on Bandcamp. Here's the cream of the crop.

The Best Country Music on Bandcamp, September 2025

Our monthly round-up of folk, bluegrass, roots rock, Americana, and all things country-ish.

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PopMatters @handle.invalid · 15h

INTERVIEW: Folk artist Dar Williams has long leaned on songwriting to cast off and expose her blood and beauty to the world. She discusses this and more with PopMatters.

@darwilliams.bsky.social's 'Hummingbird Highway' is out now via @righteousbaberecs.bsky.social.

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Dar Williams Commits to the 'Hummingbird Highway' » PopMatters

Folk artist Dar Williams has long leaned on songwriting to cast off and expose her blood and beauty to the world. She discusses this and more with PopMatters.

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Rhiannon Giddens @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social · 15h

So glad y'all liked that last video with Seckou! Here’s one with Francesco Turrisi on percussion and an original song by Seckou Keita just for our tour!

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Joe Ely @therealjoeely.bsky.social · 1d

The Road Goes On Forever

YouTube video by Joe Ely - Topic

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terryranderson @terryranderson.bsky.social · 1d

Check The Yayhoos version…

Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 1d

Love Train by the O’Jays just came on the radio and I gotta say “this song never misses”

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 1d

Need Weekend Plans? We’re giving away 1 adult general admission ticket to Sleepy Fest in Saxapahaw, NC this Saturday 10/11—plus an advance reader copy of CUTOM MADE WOMAN, the upcoming memoir by folk legend Alice Gerrard.

Giveaway ends Wednesday @ 11:59pm. Enter here 👇
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guitartown @guitartown.bsky.social · 1d

This is a bullshit take. Posthumous albums aren’t something new. Not now or in the past have they prevented me from listening to current artists.

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No Depression - Roots Music Journalism @nodepression.bsky.social · 1d

THROUGH THE LENS: California’s Ohana Festival and Rhode Island’s Rhythm & Roots Festival Light Up the Skies with Roots Music

Check out photos from both fests by Liza Orozco and Ken Abrams respectively at the link below:

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THROUGH THE LENS: California’s Ohana Festival and Rhode Island’s Rhythm & Roots Festival Light Up the Skies with Roots Music

Official website of No Depression's stories, columns, album reviews, artist voices, and roots music journalism

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guitartown @guitartown.bsky.social · 2d

@brianburns.bsky.social on Kym Register for @wunc.org.

WUNC News @wunc.org · 2d

For the past 17 years Kym Register has owned The Pinhook, one of Durham's most esteemed clubs. WUNC music reporter @brianburns.bsky.social recently sat down with Register to talk about the history of the club and what came before it.

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Kym Register and the legacy of The Pinhook

For the past 17 years Kym Register has owned The Pinhook, one of Durham's most esteemed clubs.

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guitartown @guitartown.bsky.social · 2d

Elizabeth Nelson on Los Lobos.

Elizabeth Nelson @paranoiacs.bsky.social · 2d

An underdog anthem as catchy as anything REM ever conjured, Los Lobos' “Will The Wolf Survive?” reimagines the western morality plays of Townes Van Zandt through the lens of an escalating war on immigration. Maybe the most prescient song written about America during the 1980’s. Waylon sings it too.

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swankman.bsky.social @swankman.bsky.social · 3d

Playlist for the show. We elevated auditory elevation to near dog levels. New show heading our way this coming Wednesday 10/08/25 @ 8pm CT (barring any incidentals) on WDBX 91.1 FM, and will re-air on ShotgunRadio971 next weekend. Until then, TTFN.

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guitartown @guitartown.bsky.social · 3d

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guitartown @guitartown.bsky.social · 3d

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Six-time Grammy Award-winner Jason Isbell on his new album

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guitartown @guitartown.bsky.social · 3d

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Saturday Sessions: Jason Isbell performs "Eileen"

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guitartown @guitartown.bsky.social · 3d

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Saturday Sessions: Jason Isbell performs "Ride to Robert's"

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guitartown @guitartown.bsky.social · 3d

Jason Isbell stopped by @cbssaturday.bsky.social to perform 3 songs from Foxes In the Snow as part of their Saturday Sessions yesterday. He was also interviewed by Anthony Mason. An Evening with Jason Isbell comes to DPAC in Durham Wednesday, January 14th. Links below.
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