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Paul Rishell has been playing the pre-war blues for over 45 years, initially learning from his hero Son House and also sitting in with Howlin' Wolf and Junior Wells. Now, he's releasing 'Talking Guitar' May 8, featuring some of the material that inspired him in the first place. Paul is at the top of a short list of performers who are interpreting pre-war rural blues. He's long received notice as a stellar guitarist, but he's a singer of great power as well. Check out this video, Paul doing Charlie Patton's Down the Dirt Road Blues:

'Talking Guitar' comes out May 8 on Mojo Rodeo Records

Check out our new streaming music player for the site, ExFm!  You'll see it on the bottom right of every page you visit on the site -- click the play button and hear all the songs featured on that page:

• Click the new play button, next to the "Download" text, to start listening to a song
• or, click play on the music player first, and it will start with the first song listed on the current page
• It will continue to play every subsequent song on the page, thus saving you the hassle of having to click another song after a song ends
• You can now pause, rewind, and fast-forward all songs
• You can share songs you like with friends (be sure to mention us!)

*Please keep in mind, this new player is a work in progress, and doesn't necessarily "play nice" with all the current formatting of the site..

Enjoy!

Reviewed by Joe Ross

Janie Fricke has had success with various country styles, whether slower numbers, snappy hard-driving songs, or duet hits with the likes of Johnny Duncan, Charlie Rich, Merle Haggard and Moe Bandy. Like so many other country artists who have released bluegrass music projects, it only seems logical that she add that genre to her catalogue. She started her professional career as a Nashville backup vocalist in 1975. She sang on over 1,200 albums before producer Billy Sherrill launched her career as a solo artist. The two-time CMA Female Vocalist of the Year (1982-83) has a professional and precise vocal style, and she doesn’t try to deliver either backwoods rusticity or intense vocals that more often characterize bluegrass music of the hard-driving variety. Rather, it’s polished, smooth, and best described as pop-oriented radio-friendly bluegrass, hence the album’s title. 

From Oahu, Hawaii, lay back and catch an island vibe with Shane and Cheryl Bernoy: "Life is often a battle. But no matter what you must face, never lay down. Warrior on!"

Download Roll With The Punches (right-click or option-click to download...)

Shane Bermoy Artist Page

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“Mize's thoughtful compositions explore negative space and meticulously layer sounds in ways that impress for both their creativity and fearlessness. These tracks are exceptional.” - Slant

Very nice modern instrumental composition, listen!! Sweetness-n-Light from One Alternative is an instrumental with oboe, 2 acoustic guitars, bass, and drums. The style is best described as an "acoustic fusion".

Download Sweetness-n-Light (right-click or option-click to download...)

One Alternative Artist Page

The Ohio-based folk band Magnolia Mountain has just released a new music video documenting the environmental and human impact of mountaintop removal coal mining. The song, “The Hand of Man,” was released as part of a new 21-track album with bands from Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia performing songs about protecting the Appalachian Mountains and surrounding communities from destructive coal mining practices.

Mountaintop removal mining is exactly what it sounds like: Explosives are used to to blow up mountains in order to access coal reserves, thus forcing rocks and soil into valleys and increasing concentrations of mercury and arsenic in water supplies. According to researchers from Washington State University and West Virginia University, communities located near mountaintop mining sites have seen double the amount of birth defects than the national rate. To date, almost 3,000 mountain ridges have been blown apart to access coal.