12/29/2016 As appropriate for this time of year for a weekly column that reviews record albums that typically sidestep the mainstream, The Boudin Barndance radio show offers up its annual baker’s dozen of releases from 2016 that hit the …
Hosting a long-running weekly radio program at 90.3 WRIU-FM (The Boudin Barndance, Thursdays 6-9 PM), attending plenty of club shows and festivals and freelance writing affords Ear Bliss Central the opportunity to hear lots of music during the year. This …
BOUDIN BARNDANCE FAVORITE NEW RELEASES OF 2012 Kelly Hogan – I Like to Keep Myself in Pain (Anti) Kelly Hogan knows a good song when she hears it. She grabs it, pulls it into her innards and spits out this …
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Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys Back at the Quonset Hut Ramseur Records The Quonset hut. Its history is as rich in Tennessee, namely Nashville, as it is in Rhode Island. The Nashville history centers around music and specifically, …
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Compact CapsulesBy Dan Ferguson Anais MitchellYoung Man in AmericaWilderland Records After her last album which saw her bringing the Orpheus myth into the modern era, the song cycle of Vermont-based singer and songwriter Anais Mitchell returns back to her own …
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Compact CapsulesBy Dan Ferguson Dave ProvostMy Favorite GhostGreen Barn Records File new release My Favorite Ghost from singer/songwriter Dave Provost under Americana. Also, file the catchy, 10-song affair, nine of them originals, from the Nantucket-based artist as an album clearly …
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Compact CapsulesBy Dan Ferguson Kathleen EdwardsVoyageurRounder Records Breakups, be it a marriage or love affair, can be plenty painful. From the songwriting perspective, they have fueled the muse of many a lyricist. On Voyageur from the Canadian singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards, …
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Compact Capsules by Dan Ferguson 02/03/2012 Â We step back into the past this week with a couple of historical collections to enlighten folks to the early sounds of honky tonker Buck Owens and a wonderful set focusing on the …
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Compact Capsules by Dan Ferguson 01/27/2012 Ha Ha Tonka Death of a Decade Bloodshot Records Hailing from Ozarks country in Missouri, thanks to loads of touring the foursome Ha Ha Tonka has steadily been building its fan base since its …
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Compact Capsules by Dan Ferguson 01/20/2012 Country music, and we’re not talking what passes today for the commercial variety, comes in many flavors. Two ends of the spectrum are in this week’s Ear Bliss spotlight. O’DeathOutsideErnest Jenning Records Even with …
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