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ALBUM REVIEW: Jesse Appelman’s First Solo Album Features Original Instrumentals and Curated Covers

ALBUM REVIEW: Jesse Appelman’s First Solo Album Features Original Instrumentals and Curated Covers

With the release of his first solo album Where We Go, California-based mandolin player Jesse Appelman, has crafted a project characterized by vocal and instrumental harmonies that highlights his mandolin virtuosity without overwhelming. The project arrives two years after Appelman stepped away from a long career in nonprofits to pursue

ALBUM REVIEW: Rick Shea’s Smoke Tree Road Deepens His Roots In California Country Music

ALBUM REVIEW: Rick Shea’s Smoke Tree Road Deepens His Roots In California Country Music

ALBUM REVIEW: Tim Easton Prioritizes Art, Songcraft on Sturdy Indie Release fIREHORSE

ALBUM REVIEW: Tim Easton Prioritizes Art, Songcraft on Sturdy Indie Release fIREHORSE

ALBUM REVIEW: Celebrating Life with The Lone Bellow on ‘What a Time to be Alive’

ALBUM REVIEW: Celebrating Life with The Lone Bellow on ‘What a Time to be Alive’

ALBUM REVIEW: Clay Street Unit Debuts Ear Worm, Fearless Newgrass on ‘Sin & Squalor’

ALBUM REVIEW: Clay Street Unit Debuts Ear Worm, Fearless Newgrass on ‘Sin & Squalor’

ALBUM REVIEW: Boy Golden Turns Suffering into Hope on ‘Best of Our Possible Lives’

ALBUM REVIEW: Boy Golden Turns Suffering into Hope on ‘Best of Our Possible Lives’

ALBUM REVIEW: Jeremy Ivey’s Home-Recorded 'Its Shape Will Reveal Itself' is Unvarnished and Honest

ALBUM REVIEW: Jeremy Ivey’s Home-Recorded 'Its Shape Will Reveal Itself' is Unvarnished and Honest