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NPR MUSIC'S FIRST LISTEN TO PREMIERE SHEMEKIA COPELAND'S OUTSKIRTS OF LOVE Album Is #1 Most Added Triple A Record On FMQB Chart NPR Music's influential  First Listen will host the premiere of singer Shemekia Copeland 's Outskirts Of Love , beginning Thursday, September 3 and running through the CD's September 11 release date. Initial radio response has been stellar -- the album was the #1 Most Added Triple A Record for the week of August 24 on the FMQB chart. MOJO magazine says, "It is Copeland’s thrilling voice, part Koko Taylor, part Mavis Staples and capable of incredible expression, that makes Outskirts Of Love so super-special. Spectacular, stirring, sanctified and sassy…at the crossroads where funk meets blues rock. Her band, led by producer Oliver Wood, and featuring guests Billy F Gibbons, Robert Randolph, Alvin Youngblood Hart...

Tim O’Brien Transforms With Pompadour Channels His Inner James Brown Short Order Sessions Serves Up Monthly Specials Fans Order Decadent Arrangements New CD Out October 30 th On Howdy Skies Records "…classic-sounding material stamped with his own perceptive personalit y" - The Wall Street Journal Multi-award winning bluegrass-folk-singer-songwriter Tim O’Brien greases the musical wheel with Pompadour set to release on October 30th on his label Howdy Skies Records. Produced and recorded by O’Brien, he continues to meld his love for the traditional sounds of bluegrass and country with his dash of modern that finds him in a new place in life. “…there’s a breakup, an assessment and ultimately delight at the end,” Tim O’Brien states, but then concludes that, “It’s just me now.” It’s been four years since the last Tim O’Brien solo record, and he has not sat idle. He’s been fronting, piloting and performing with folks like Steve Martin an...

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