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The Gourds' frontman Kev Russell has had a side project for a few years now, to help provide an outlet for his huge well of material. But to throw in a…

One of WNCW's favorite songwriters, Steve Earle releases The Low Highway on April 16th. We'll give you a great preview of it this Thursday as we spin each…

One might be surprised at how much Australia and the American South have in common, and you might hear it when Kasey Chambers sings Appalachian folk…

Named for the New Orleans neighborhood in which they recorded this, the latest album from Calexico once again has more of an indie, inward foundation of,…

One of our favorite Americana songwriters returns with one of his most solid collections yet. On this, his 9th album, Slaid Cleaves once again covers a…

English folk-pop singer-songwriter Laura Marling may sound like an old soul, with heavy whispers of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Pentangle in her work,…

The frontman for blues band Omar and the Howlers pays homage to another Mississippi native who influenced him and a generation of blues players: Chester…

One of our favorite contemporary songwriters, Mary Gauthier delivers her self-described "country-noir" style with an authenticity and rawness matched by…

The personal merges with the political on Erin McKeown's latest release, "Manifestra". Drum loops, layered vocals and synthesizers merge with her electric…

One of our favorite more unusual collaborations is the piano of Bruce Hornsby and the hard-drivin' bluegrass of Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. They're…