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Self-described purveyors of “glam-folk,” “cirque rock,” “garage nation,” and “desert pop,” LA, California-based five-piece He’s MY BUDDY She’s My Sister focus on theatrical, forward-thinking folk-rock in the vein of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes that blends ’60s and ’70s nostalgia using the fiery, bluesy Americana of Jack White as …

Charleston, South Carolina-based indie folk duo Shovels & Rope contain married vocalist/songwriters Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst. Like Trent, who also used the indie rock-band the Movies, Hearst acquired spent the years prior seeking a solo profession, utilizing her organic however melodious and expressive tone of voice to deliver …

The Lumineers, a folk-rock trio out of Denver, Colorado, deliver an acoustic-based Americana sound that touches a whole lot of stylistic bases, from folk to gospel to heartland rock as well as the narrative end of country, all with interesting rhythmic twists and turns. The music group had its origins …

Playing a smoky, spectral fusion of blues, folk, and rock and roll inside a stripped-down one-man-band design, Shakey Graves may be the stage name of singer, songwriter, and guitarist Alejandro Rose-Garcia. Created in Austin, Tx on June 4, 1987, Rose-Garcia was raised in a family group that urged his innovative …

Vocalist/songwriter JD McPherson makes vintage-sounding rock and roll with nods to ’40s R&B, blues, and ’50s rockabilly. A indigenous of Oklahoma, he was raised listening to several music from traditional nation and rockabilly to punk and hip-hop. Although music was constantly a pastime, McPherson first done his family’s cattle ranch …

Playing a spirited combination of rockabilly, R&B, garage area rock and roll, and blues, Cowbell is normally a duo from London made up of Jack port Sandham on vocals, guitar, and keyboards, and Wednesday Lyle on percussion and vocals. Cowbell’s tale begins in ’09 2009, when Sandham, a veteran musician …

NY soul-funk outfit Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Wild birds were shaped in 2008 by singer/songwriter Arleigh Kincheloe. Currently making noise within their indigenous Catskill Mountains area, the dynamic-voiced Arleigh and her harmonica-playing sibling Jackson going downstate to NEW YORK to construct a completely fledged spirit ensemble which includes guitarist …