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“An enigmatic singer-songwriter, she has crafted a sweetly sung disc that alternately revels and weeps … a genuine triumph.”
~ Country Standard Time
This CD is often classified as belonging to the ‘Americana’ genre. I’m still confused about what exactly ‘Americana’ music is. But I’m not confused about how much I love Corinne West’s [...]

(ETA, 07/16/08: is there a collaboration in the works?)
(today’s post comes from our reader, Robin)
A singer, songwriter, guitarist, and blues harmonica player. A man whose songs are best served up in a roadhouse with beer and cheap wine. A musician’s musician who for better than four decades has made his own brand of music — [...]

“We wanted to come up with a bold-face word to take a stand against this modern mentality of coldness, this “everything is awful, everything is ruined” idea. There’s a lot of hopelessness, and it’s contagious. But the opposite is contagious as well.” ~Seth Avett
That’s a breath of fresh air.  The Avett Brothers express this sentiment [...]