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On the Origin of the String Band

In 2004, the transplanted Nashville act Old Crow Medicine Show came into the public consciousness with their massive hit, “Wagon Wheel.” Unlike standard millennial country acts, OCMS was an all-string ensemble of double bass, banjo, fiddle,…

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Beware of strangers who ask to use your bathtub

 

 

Borgman reminds me of a movie I kind of liked. But it also reminds me of a movie I hated.

The flick I liked was the recent Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson as an alien who uses sex to lure men to their…

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Take Five with Anna of Anna and the Consequences

 

 

Anna & the Consequences are jazzy torch blues, with a speakeasy feel and supper club panache.

You may hear music from anytime in the 20th century. Picture a New York cabaret in 1947.

Full menu, big…

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Dougie Simpson Speaks on “Rumors” Reissue and Longevity



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In 2014 you can catch Dougie Simpson entertaining a packed room every Sunday at Skully’s with the Flex Crew. But In 1989, the reggae singer was in between groups, kickin’ it at the OG Skankland over on 5th…

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