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  Brooklyn Twang: Luba Dvorak Delivers Quality Honky Tonk On American Sin

  September 10 at 11:47 a.m.

  Sometimes two words just go together, whether the connection can be explained or not, they just roll off the tongue and evoke a feeling. Honky and tonk are two such words, they may not mean much separately, but together they instantly make mouths water for a cold beer and fill...

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  Hawthorne Heights Throws It Back On Tuesday Night

  August 28 at 7:15 a.m.

  With a uniform of eyeliner, skinny jeans and blackened hair, along with a heartbreaking song added to your MySpace profile, emo music was all the rage in the early 2000s. Even though most of the bands from that era have disappeared, some groups are thriving on a wave of nostalgia...

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  Mickey Gilley on Houston, Honky Tonks and Hollywood

  July 15 at 4 a.m.

  Mickey Gilley is probably not into numerology. But there are two double digits that he brings up several times each during our interview: 83 (his age) and 17 (his Billboard No. 1 country music hits – the titles of most which he rattles off with ease). “George Strait has more...

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  Speaking Up: Son Volt Delivers Power to the People with Union

  June 14 at 5 a.m.

  When someone is in disagreement with something they have a choice; they can act or stay silent. At a time when society and the government continuously churn out tumultuous headlines Jay Farrar and his band Son Volt have decided to speak out. Their latest release Union has songs ripped directly...

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  Heart of Gold: Charley Crockett Knows How to Stay True

  June 11 at 4 a.m.

  Texas was founded on the notion of being fiercely independent. Its settlers had to endure the hardest landscapes and conditions to claim their stake. One of the most famous pioneers of our state was the legendary Davy Crockett, and musician Charley Crockett no doubt carries his strong willed blood pumping...

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  Escaping the Rapture with Rock and Roll: Oklahoma's Parker Millsap Will Plug in at Heights Theater

  April 18 at 4 a.m.

  With his release of Other Arrangements last year, Oklahoma native Parker Millsap seems to have purged himself of the religious guilt that comes with having been raised in a Pentecostal household. He went electric and allowed himself to have fun. “I just wanted to write songs that are really fun...