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  Digging Into The Future: Record Stores Are Pushing Into The New Normal

  May 28 at 4 a.m.

  Record Store Day, like everything else, had to be canceled due to COVID-19. Originally set for April 18, organizers initially pushed back to June 20 but have since re-formatted the event as Record Store Day Drops, making it a three date event in August, September and October.  Instead of a...

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  Steve Earle Releases Ghosts Of West Virginia

  May 21 at 4 a.m.

  Steve Earle has never shied away from giving a voice to the voiceless. His latest album, Ghosts of West Virginia, due out on May 22 on New West Records, revolves around the tragic explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia which took place almost exactly ten...

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  Music Man Mike Lee’s Pick Me Up Café Blends Folk and Blues To Be “Cosmic American”

  April 21 at 4 a.m.

  Queens-based singer/songwriter Mike Lee has spent the last year and a half on his debut full length, Pick Me Up Café – but he’s been writing songs longer than he knew. “I grew up in South Dakota and have this big country music background,” the stage actor says, “which I...

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  Olivia Jean: The Night Owl Will Fly Into Houston

  February 7 at 4 a.m.

  Detroit’s musical history is one of the richest and most genre spanning stories in the world. From Motown to Madonna, something about the motor city has helped to produce some of the most influential and important sounds in music. Detroit native Olivia Jean is no exception, her sound is as...

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  Fania Records Reissues Serve Up Spicy Salsa

  January 17 at 4 a.m.

  For aficionados of Latin music in the 1960s and 70s, Fania Records was considered “The Motown of Salsa.” Based in New York, it was infused with that city’s rich makeup of Latin cultures and style. And while Fania was best known for bringing the dance-based salsa music to the world,...

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  30 Years Under The Big Top: Leftover Salmon Returns To Houston

  January 14 at 4:30 a.m.

  Doing anything for 30 years is no small feat, especially something like maintaining a band together and staying relevant. Leftover Salmon recently celebrated their 30-year anniversary with a New Years extravaganza, a book titled 30 Years of Festival! and a vinyl box set of all their albums titled 30 years...