Villagers - Words and Music - 2010

November 29, 2010|Rita Houston

Villagers is an atmospheric chamber folk project out of Dublin by Conor O'Brien, whose debut is drawing critical praise akin...

Jesca Hoop - Words and Music - 2010

November 24, 2010|Kara Manning

Jesca Hoop's backstory is a complicated one and has a fairytale-like twist. The native Californian came from a large Mormon...

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Amy Correia - Words and Music - 2010

November 23, 2010|Darren DeVivo

It's been six years since Amy Correia released, 'Lakeville,' and it's been almost twenty years since she got her start as a...

Junip - Words and Music - 2010

November 22, 2010|Rita Houston

Jose Gonzalez met the other members of Junip in the Hardcore scene of Gothenburg, Sweden, but the music on their first LP...

Darren DeVivo with Charlie Musselwhite

Charlie Musselwhite - Words and Music - 2010

November 18, 2010|Darren DeVivo

Charlie Musselwhite's been making records since the mid '60s, and become known for his harmonica skills and his mastery of...

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Fistful of Mercy - Words and Music - 2010

November 17, 2010|Darren DeVivo

Earlier this year, Joseph Arthur asked his friend Ben Harper if he wanted to work together on a few tracks. They soon...

Dave Sitek: 2010

November 16, 2010|Rita Houston

Dave Sitek co-founded TV on the Radio in 2000, has a hand in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' albums and even produced a Tom Waits cover...

Paula Cole - Words and Music - 2010

November 15, 2010|John Platt

Paula Cole's career started in the early nineties touring with Peter Gabriel, and by the mid-nineties she had a hit record...

Mt. Desolation - Words and Music - 2010

November 11, 2010|Rita Houston

Some people just relax on their holiday break, but Keane's Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin used that time to bring a bunch of...

Black Dub - Words and Music - 2010

November 09, 2010|Rita Houston

Producer Daniel Lanois has worked on some of the major recent albums of Emmylou Harris, U2, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and...

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Elvis Costello - Words and Music - 2010

November 03, 2010|Rita Houston
Watch/Listen: Live session and interview with Rita Houston

Matt Costa - Words and Music - 2010

November 01, 2010|Alisa Ali

Matt Costa is known mostly for his laid back acoustic folk, the kind of music you'd expect from someone on Jack Johnson's...

Guster - Words and Music - 2010

October 27, 2010|Rita Houston
Listen: Live session with DJ Rita Houston

Kim Richey - Words and Music - 2010

October 27, 2010|Claudia Marshall

Pegged as 'country' early on in her career, Kim Richey's spent five albums branching out from the genre where she got her...

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Ferraby Lionheart - Words and Music - 2010

October 26, 2010|Alisa Ali

Ferraby Lionheart used to be in a hard rocking band called Telecast, but despite the last name his solo work are soft...

Pete Yorn- Words and Music- 2010

October 25, 2010|Claudia Marshall
Listen: Pete Yorn on working with Frank Black and Scarlett Johansson.
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Dylan LeBlanc - Words and Music - 2010

October 20, 2010|Alisa Ali

Dylan LeBlanc grew up hanging around Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL and if you listen to his debut album, 'Paupers Field...

Mumiy Troll - Words and Music - 2010

October 19, 2010|Kara Manning

What would Russia's Led Zeppelin be? Possibly, Mumiy Troll. The Vladivostak-born group, somewhat named after a series of...

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