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It’s been a pretty good year for Billy: he recently won Entertainer of the Year and Guitarist of the Year at the IBMA Awards! Once again, he honors the history of the music that inspires him, while continually pushing it forward. With this record’s sixteen tracks, Strings shares a more personal and honest perspective through his songwriting, while incorporating his wide range of influences with elements of bluegrass, classic rock, metal, psychedelic music, and more. Billy also likes to honor his roots in more philanthropic ways too: he made headlines this month for returning to his Michigan elementary school to donate 200 acoustic guitars to the students there.
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It’s the final release in his trilogy of the last three years. Welcome to the all-night dive bar that offers safe haven for lovers, losers, drifters and dreamers whose hopes and aspirations always remain just out of reach. Fans of Friday’s “Cosmic American Music Show”, see you tonight, too!
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Black Crowes drummer Steve Gorman has assembled one heckuva group, featuring dual lead vocals with Joan Osborne and Jackie Greene, along with lead…
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One of WNCW's favorite artist discoveries back in 2001 was The Be Good Tanyas, the trio/quartet of women from Vancouver, BC who released Blue Horse (with…
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The son of Steve is back with a terrific new collection of confessional, at times heart-gripping songs. As Will Hermes has written in Rolling Stone…
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The former frontman from Led Zep has taken off in a new direction yet again. Following the surprising sounds on his collaborations with Alison Krauss,…
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Granted, a lot of us here at WNCW already have a soft spot for the innovative sounds of the late 1960's music renaissance -- the tight harmonies of the…
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In 2007, M.C. Taylor left his native Southern California to move to North Carolina and get his Masters in Folklore at UNC-Chapel Hill. He and his growing…
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Black Mountain's Seth Kauffman has released his fourth album under the name Floating Action, and he seems to be continually perfecting his work with each…
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The married couple of Cary Ann Hearst & Michael Trent originally started musical projects independently, before realizing their close relationship to each…
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Certainly one of the biggest album releases this summer has been Phish's first one in five years, which was recorded in Nashville after a series of…
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The driving force behind so many classics from The Band was known for hosting great multiple act shows (and potlucks!) at his famous barn home in…