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<item><title><![CDATA[Guest Blog: Roots Music in Portland, Maine]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:28:37 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ We've got a special guest blog today from travel writer Melissa Rae Cohen, writing all the way from Portland, Maine, about the great roots music in her hometown!
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Hearth&nbsp;Music Guest Blog:&nbsp;Roots Music in Portland, ME
by Melissa Rae Cohen

I grew up in a very musical environment. My father and grandfather used to sit at the foot of my bed crooning Tex Ritter&rsquo;s &quot;Bloo &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/guest-blog-roots-music-in-portland-maine.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[HearthPR: The Two Man Gentlemen Band]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 19:12:09 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ At HearthPR, in the temperamental climate of the Seattle, we've been having 80&ordm; -pool-party-with-palm-trees-and-cocktails kind of days here in our office, thanks to The Two Man Gentlemen Band's newest album Two at a Time. &nbsp;Channeling the mod, swinging lifestyle of 1950s Southern California, tenor guitarist Andy Bean and string bassist Fuller Condon are irreverent songwriters, expert inst &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/hearthpr-the-two-man-gentlemen-band.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[CD Review: Rory Block&#039;s Memories of Rev. Gary Davis]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 19:10:44 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ There&rsquo;s something deeply triumphant about the new album from veteran country blues singer Rory Block, and what&rsquo;s strange is that I&rsquo;m not sure why this is. I Belong to the Band, released May 29 on Stony Plain Records, should be a simple album of covers of Reverend Gary Davis, the fabled blues/gospel shouter made famous in the 60s/70s folk revival. But there&rsquo;s something deepe &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/cd-review-rory-blocks-memories-of-rev-gary-davis.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Straight-Up Folk: Reed Foehl, David Newberry, Anna Coogan]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 15:40:08 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ I get so focused on my own version of folk music (fiddles, banjos, and songs written centuries ago by nameless poets), that I tend to forget that folk music for most people actually refers to a more modern vision of acoustic troubadours. So in honor of this world of folk, here are three artists that have been catching our ears recently.

Reed Foehl:&nbsp;Once an Ocean
2011 re-release. Neverfoeh &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/straightup-folk-reed-foehl-david-newberry-anna-coogan.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[HearthPR: Woody Pines&#039; new roots music EP]]></title>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 16:27:06 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Over at HearthPR headquarters, we're very excited to be promoting the new EP from roots musician Woody Pines. We've been watching Woody since he was in the Kitchen Syncopators, a legendary busking street jugband from Eugene, OR, that were the shining lights of the West Coast folk scene. They broke up some years ago, and Woody Pines went off to a great solo career interpreting his vision of America &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/hearthpr-woody-pines-new-roots-music-ep.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Little Black Train Hit the Rails!]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:57:31 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 

On their new album, Barn Dance, California roots trio Little Black Train are happy to chug along through the verdant pastures of American roots music. They stop at various way stations to explore songs like hokum number &quot;Old Black Dog&quot;, the gospel shouter &quot;Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down&quot;, and Western ode &quot;The Bravest Cowboy&quot;. Throughout they pick hard and hot,  &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/little-black-train-hit-the-rails.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Hearth Music Big News #1: KEXP]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:56:53 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
We're very excited to announce that Devon L&eacute;ger of Hearth Music has started writing for famed radio station KEXP!&nbsp;He'll be writing for the KEXP&nbsp;Blog about world and roots music, probably focusing a fair amount on new music coming out of Africa and North&nbsp;America. It's a huge honor for us to be a part of KEXP, a station that has redefined the role of community radio in the US &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/hearth-music-big-news-1-kexp.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[A Southern Journey through the Blues: Guy Davis&#039; New Album]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 21:21:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 

Though storytelling is one of the most fundamental human activities, it's surprising how rarely you find recordings of storytellers these days. It's such a primal art, and so viscerally engaging, that you'd think there'd be more recordings available, especially in the world of folk and traditional music. Whatever the reason, it's always a joy to discover an album with great storytelling. Veter &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/a-southern-journey-through-the-blues-guy-davis-new-album.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Inside the Songs: Cahalen Morrison & Eli West&#039;s Rugged Wordplay]]></title>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:08:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ One of our favorite albums of 2011 was The Holy Coming of the Storm, by Cahalen Morrison &amp;&nbsp;Eli West. We were proud to help run publicity on it because we believe then (and now) that their music was a game changer. Cahalen and Eli's songs were so tight, so perfectly written, and their arrangements so angular and powerful. We just loved the album. And so did lots of other people. We've been &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/inside-the-songs-cahalen-morrison--eli-wests-rugged-wordplay.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Hearth Recommends: Washover Fans & The Loom, March 24, Seattle]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:42:16 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ I've been sleeping on The Washover Fans for a long time now, ignoring their charming emails and their catchy posters (usually just huge font renditions of their name which work because these guys have excellent taste in fonts), and missing all their shows in Seattle. Well, that shit stops NOW. Their new album, Live at Empty&nbsp;Sea (drops tomorrow!), is absolutely stunning, all the more so for be &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/hearth-recommends-washover-fans--the-loom-march-24-seattle.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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