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Overton Music artist: Russ Green - Stone Cold - New Release Review

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 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Stone Cold , from Russ Green , and it's a driving blues rocker. Opening with Lint Redux , you are immediately in the middle of a swampy blues with modern effects. With a firm foot stomp by Felix Pollard on drums and Vic Jackson on bass Russ Green on harmonica and vocals really has the earthy feel. Giles Corey on slide gives the track great grease and Green's harp work is strong. Excellent opener. 12 Feet of Water opens with a terrific harmonica aria before grinding into a super drum driven romp. With the feel that I can only describe as Hill Country , Green delivers such soulful vocals, comforted by Joe Monroe on keys, this track just grabs you. Green's harmonica is like a shuddering wind blowing through you with the thumping bass of Vic Jackson and Vince Agwada on guitar. Excellent! Easy going shuffle, Nobody Knows has a smooth, supple melody with backing acoustic guitar, minimal drum work and melodic ha...
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Shemekia Copeland To Appear On NPR's "Weekend Edition Saturday" On 10/10

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SHEMEKIA COPELAND TO APPEAR ON NPR'S WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY Host Scott Simon Talks To Copeland About Outskirts Of Love  NPR's  Weekend Edition Saturday will air an interview and performance with singer Shemekia Copeland on October 10. Host Scott Simon talks to Copeland about her new CD, Outskirts Of Love , and her life as "a fresh, gripping roots music performer." ( Wall Street Journal ) 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 and Will Kimbrough, is faultless throughout." Copeland’s return to Alligator Records with  Outskirts Of Love  (she recorded four albums for t...
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NPR Music's First Listen To Premiere Shemekia Copeland's OUTSKIRTS OF LOVE

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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...
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Dale Watson performs on NPR's Mountain Stage

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Dale Watson   Austin's king of honky-tonk performs on NPR's Mountain Stage New episode out on April 3, click here for local listings and airtimes  Watson's new album,  Call Me Insane , out June 9 on Red House/Ameripolitan Records         Austin, TX: Dale Watson, keeper of the true country music flame, will be featured on the next episode of NPR's Mountain Stage . The episode will premiere on  Friday, April 3 ; click here for stations and airtimes. Watson will be previewing new songs from his upcoming release  Call Me Insane, a new studio album recorded in Austin with veteran producer Lloyd Maines (Robert Earl Keen, Jerry Jeff Walker, etc.) The album will be released on June 9 in North America via Red House/Ameripolitan Records on CD, digital, and vinyl. Dubbed "the silver pompadoured, baritone beltin', Lone Star beer drinkin', honky-tonk hellraiser" by  The Austin Chronicl e,...
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