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The Accidentals Feel Right at Home at Denver House Concert

The Accidentals Feel Right at Home at Denver House Concert

Ellin Rosenthal really knows how to throw a House Party. Especially when the invited guests are treated to 90 minutes of spirited live music, personal revelations and sneak previews presented by three rising stars known as the Accidentals. The talented trio of early twenty-somethings — Savannah “Sav” Buist, Katie Larson and

Three-peat After Me: The Wailin’ Jennys Are (Almost) Perfect

Three-peat After Me: The Wailin’ Jennys Are (Almost) Perfect

The Wailin' Jennys could've been the Kardashians of Canada. If only ... • They were three sisters, which they are, but just in the figurative, quote-unquote sense. (Besides that, one of them was born in Maine.) • They fought like cats and dogs, which they apparently don't, judging

Love and Learn With Amanda Shires

Love and Learn With Amanda Shires

If Amanda Shires is the perfect example of writing what you know, there just might be a box set equivalent of James Joyce’s greatest hits waiting just around the corner. Now the transplanted Texan fiddler who’s writing up a storm these days in Nashville might admit that’s

Brittany Holljes on the Origins of Delta Rae and Her Healthy Fleetwood Mac Obsession

Brittany Holljes on the Origins of Delta Rae and Her Healthy Fleetwood Mac Obsession

Delta Rae might sound like the down-home name of a backwoods country singer but it’s really just Greek to Brittany Holljes. “I think there are a lot of ‘Delta’ bands out there, too, so we kind of get that ... people get confused,” said Holljes, the whip-smart singer of the

Southeastern Philosophy: Jason Isbell Opens Up About Alabama, Adulthood and Alcoholism

Southeastern Philosophy: Jason Isbell Opens Up About Alabama, Adulthood and Alcoholism

Jason Isbell doesn’t mince words while discussing his battle with the bottle. “Man, I’m an alcoholic,” the Alabama singer-songwriter said of his addiction that involved a dangerously close friendship with Mr. Jack Daniel’s. “So I drank all the time. I used to think I didn’t drink

Paula Cole on Releasing Raven, Parental Guidance and ‘Lilith UnFair’

Paula Cole on Releasing Raven, Parental Guidance and ‘Lilith UnFair’

Paula Cole is a piano-playing poet and provocateur, a loving daughter and mother, a Grammy winner and seven-time nominee, a dramatic voice of affliction and affection, a risk-taker in a risky business. These days, though, she is mostly a fighter. On and off four major labels over a 20-year career,

Hidden Talent? Get to Know Heather Maloney

Hidden Talent? Get to Know Heather Maloney

One of the joys about covering music in my spare time is hearing a singer-songwriter or band for the first time, not having any preconceived notions or prior knowledge of their work. With mounds of sounds stacking up, for whatever reason you dig deep to find the one CD that