porcupine

tim easton is a fantastic guitar-playing singer songwriter from ohio. honestly, he's one of the best strummers in the business and plays country-infused blues and writes gut wrenching tunes about lost love and plans gone awry. his new offering is called 'porcupine' and hits the streets in april of 2009. pick up 'special 20' or 'the truth about us' and check out a sampling of 'pocupine' below.

tim easton (link to five songs)

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sugarfoot

black joe lewis & the honeybears have a new one out called, 'tell ‘em what your name is' and it's smokin' hot. from music city, austin, tx, bjl&thb's are a cross between james brown and a gritty juke joint blues band. raw and bluesy tunes to swing your hips to. check 'em out.

black joe lewis & the honeybears (link to four songs)

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extra cheese

ryan adams is rare bird. constantly writing, creating music and creating art. his latest offering is 'extra cheese', a digital release only and it's a sampling of his universal/lost highway career. check it out and buy cardinalogy, it's a good one.

ryan adams (link to extra cheese)

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georgia brown

okay, after a few listens, the new g. love and special sauce offering doesn't completely blow. i found a couple of gems in an otherwise mediocre effort. g. love set the bar high with consistently releasing great albums so we can let him slide on 'superhero brother', right?

g. love and special sauce (link to four songs)

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refugee rolling

the sierra leone’s refugee all stars began making music for their fellow refugees in a refugee camp in guinea, after fleeing sierra leone during their civil war. they now tour the world spreading their message of peace and love. check out their album, 'living like a refugee' and you'll be hooked on their mission and their music.

sierra leone’s refugee all stars (link to five songs)

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girl of my dreams

hayden is a singer/songwriter from canada. the link below contains songs from the 'moving careful' ep, released in 1996 and features slow, acoustic tunes with surreal song imagery. his latest release 'in field & town' was released in april of 2008, be sure to check it out.

hayden (link to six songs)

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