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Fred Eaglesmith - Alternative/Country

Shinyribs - Country/Ghettotech/Soul

WidowerWidower - Americana/Country/Rock

Junior BrownJunior Brown - Alternative/Country

SilverhandsSilverhands - Country/Indie

Robbie FulksRobbie Fulks - Bluegrass/Country/Indie

Forro in the DarkForro in the Dark - For those who don’t already know, forró is the hip-swiveling, dancefloor-filling, rural party music of Brazil’s northeastern states. And Forró in the Dark is the collective of four New York-based Brazilian ex-pats –Mauro Refosco (zabumba drum and vocals) Davi Vieira (percussion and vocals) Guilherme Monteiro (guitar and vocals) and Jorge Continentino (pifano flute, sax and vocals) - who are updating this traditional sound for the 21st century.

Ian TysonIan Tyson - A Canadian icon reflects on the things that matter to him: The prairies, the legends of the West, and the changing life of a veteran artist Stony Plain releases Songs from the Gravel Road, Ian Tyson s first CD of new songs since 1999s Lost Herd The gravel road runs from Ian Tysons ranch house in the foothills of the Rockies south of Calgary. Its about a mile away from the stone cottage that he uses as a writing retreat, and the daily walk in good weather and bad is a time for thinking, for watching the sky and the birds and the deer, and for writing songs. The trees along the gravel road were planted years ago, and local legend says the cottage was built by hand in either 1916, or maybe 1940 nobody seems very sure by the folk who settled that stretch of country. The walls are two feet thick, and theres a new steel roof.

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John Paul Keith and the One Four FivesJohn Paul Keith & The One Four Fives - FINALLY! Some good music coming out of Memphis for the first time ever!Hot off the presses, JOHN PAUL KEITH & THE ONE FOUR FIVES have just finished their debut LP, SPILLS AND THRILLS, for spring 2009 release on Big Legal Mess Records - an imprint of the legendary Fat Possum label of Oxford, Miss.The band took great pains to make sure it sounds as good as possible on a format nobody listens to anymore. In fact, they spent almost as much time making the record as they did making their Myspace page.

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Dallas WayneDallas Wayne - Dallas Wayne considers himself lucky to be able to make a living doing something he loves. Some people might say it has more to do with talent than luck. But throughout a career that has taken Dallas around the world as a songwriter, singer, actor and radio deejay, he claims he's never had a real job.A native of Springfield, Missouri, Dallas began performing professionally in 1975, and by the age of 18 he had toured throughout the entire U.S. and Canada. After moving to Nashville, he further developed his vocal style singing demos for many of the top publishing houses in the music industry.While touring Europe in 1991, Dallas forged a deal with Texicalli Records in Finland and was signed to record an album.

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Cash'd OutCash'd Out - was born in late 2004 when Douglas Benson met Kevin Manuel through an ad in The Reader. The main purpose for starting the band was to create an authentic tribute to the Man in Black, Johnny Cash. After acquiring stand-up bass player, Sean Glithero, the band began learning every Cash song possible. By January 2005, the Cash'd Out was ready to play live. Once people heard the authentic sounds of the band, the word started to spread around the Southwest and Cash'd Out's popularity has been growing ever since.

The Rachel Mae BandThe Rachel Mae Band - Were a new band looking to have some fun and make some noise! We love good old fashion country music, a little bit of blues with twang! My name is Rachel Mae If someone were to ask me to stop makin' music, they might as well just ask me to stop breathing as well. I am my music; I can't separate from it anymore than I can separate myself from the air I breathe! My heart belongs to music. I sing and write my own country music and I have been learning to play the guitar. It has enriched my life immensely. As the daughter of an amazing blues guitarist/singer songwriter (my Dad, David Brewer) I grew up surrounded by music. I grew up watching my Dad Rock the stage. I always wanted to follow in his shoes! I've been singing since I was a kid. I sang for any willing audience until they would politely find a way to get me to stop!

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Austin LucasAustin Lucas - descendant of a family from Indiana to whom making bluegrass and folk music comes as natural as breathing, escapes his environment by throwing himself on punk and hardcore music. Participation in a row of obscure bands leads him to the Czech republic in the end. He performs solo and plays in the Orc-core group Guided Cradle. To everyone’s surprise he arrives at the family’s gate with the announcement that he wants to record a cd. The furniture of the living room is pushed aside and exchanged for a tangle of amplifiers, boxes, microphones and miles of cables. Father Bob is a complete band by himself and sets himself behind the mixing table. playing banjo, violin, ukelele, guitar and sings in the background.

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David Allan CoeDavid Allan Coe - "songwriter who has written over ten thousand songs. I've written a lot of country hits over the years for the likes of George Jones, Johnny Paycheck, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash, Tanya Tucker, Leon Russell, Charlie Louvin, Del Reeve, Melba Montgomery, Stoney Edwards, The Oakridge Boys and Elvis Presley. I've written Heavy Metal Songs for the Dead Kennedy's and Pantera. I've written songs for rappers such as Kid Rock, Uncle Kracker, and Canibus, who's version of "Take This Job and Shove it" was featured in the Movie Office Space."

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Suzy BoggussSuzy Bogguss - Multi might be the best adjective to describe talented singer/songwriter Suzy Bogguss. Multi-award-winning, multi-platinum, and as her new CD Sweet Danger so expertly proves, she’s multi-faceted. She co-produced the album with famed jazz/pop keyboardist and producer Jason Miles, who’s worked with Miles Davis, Luther Vandross and Sting. The two brought together Nashville and New York musicians, culling the best of both worlds to create an instantly engaging, groove-oriented record infused with jazz rhythms and Bogguss’ signature vocals. This highly anticipated album will be released September 4th on Loyal Dutchess Records. She says recording the album was one of the most challenging and freeing experiences of her career. “I love the sweetness of making a snap decision and the danger of living with the consequences.

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SugarwallSugarwall - Country/Pop/Rock

Micky & The MotorcarsMicky & The Motorcars - Unlike the previous three albums by country band Micky and the Motorcars, the group — this go-around — had plenty of time to prepare for NAIVE. During recording sessions on the past discs, says front man-lead vocalist Micky Braun, “if a good gig came up, we had to leave the studio.” Now established as one of the best-drawing bands on the lucrative Texas Music circuit, Micky and the Motorcars had plenty of time to make NAIVE (Smith Entertainment; street date: July 29, 2008), accumulating a large stockpile of songs before members even entered Austin’s Cedar Creek Studios. “We had a good amount of time off, so we did a lot of rehearsal, working up different arrangements and trying to figure out the right way to play them,” says Braun.

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Or, the WhaleOr, the Whale - Voices everywhere, caught again in the devil’s snare,” belts lead vocalist and guitarist Alex Robins of San Francisco-based Or, the Whale on the second song of the band’s newest album. The song, “Datura,” is a rollicking ode to the hallucinogenic properties of jimson weed, but could just as easily be a description of the band itself. The soaring vocal harmonies and Neil Young-inspired guitar riffs found on Or, the Whale’s self-titled sophomore album yield a fiendishly potent listening experience, which may even provoke your own hallucinations.

TumbledownTumbledown - Mike Herrera may be best known for being the frontman of MxPx but his solo project, Tumbledown, is the flipside of MxPx's distinctive punk rock sound. Herrera's country music project may have been a long time coming but it's definitely worth the wait. The record is out now through End Sounds.

Lucky SunsLucky Suns - Weathered from years of artificial pop glossed as the rhythm and soul of middle America, Lucky Suns are blazing a new trail with a fine arsenal of original songs as well as a few known and obscure covers. The Suns uniquely blend the roots of rural America with the dirty rawness of a downtown Seattle street corner. The result is a dense atmosphere of Americana music that fits as perfectly on a rural back porch as it does a suburban bedroom.

Lee Ann WomackLee Ann Womack - When Lee Ann Womack was a little girl in Texas, helping her mother clean house on Saturday as they listened to country music on the radio, she already knew what she wanted to do with her life. And not being able to do it right then broke her heart. “I was so sad to have to be so far away from the music business, when I wanted to be right in the middle of it—even when I was a little kid,” she recalls. “That played into the way I sang, the kind of music I listened to, the voices I loved and was drawn to—like Tammy Wynette or George Jones.”

WidowerWidower - Americana/Country/Rock

WesterlyWesterly - The American West often conjures up visions of vast landscapes inhabited by cowboys, a land of sparely-populated mining towns and an open, rugged landscape pressed against the icy waters of the Pacific Ocean, scorched by the sun and soaked by the rain. Westerly is a band whose sound is shaped out of that landscape and a history of life in the west. Primary singer and songwriter Joshua Schramm has lived all over the west coast, from Alaska to Southern California. His songs often reflect the tension between a need to keep moving while still longing to put down roots. The band came together in Seattle with bass player Bob Hyde and drummer Andrew Squire arriving from Albuquerque, and singer and guitar player Kory Nagler coming over the water from the Olympic Peninsula.

Cast SpellsCast Spells - A Breakcore/Down-Tempo/Country band from Chicago