Rachel is thankful for some good news and discusses this year’s country and Americana Grammy nominees -- and of course some of the best folk, punk and country on offer!

1. Dracula (Miami) -- “Mononoke-hime” (Dorys & Eli)
2. Catherine the Great -- “What You Make” (Jigsaw Puzzles and Pink Wine)
3. Cassie Noble -- “Brave” (Find a Way) 
4. Maeve End (formerly dave end) -- “And by Queen…” (How to Hold Your Own Hand)
5. Micah Schnabel -- “Memory Currency” (The Teenage Years of the 21st Century)
6. Hayes Peebles -- “Riddle Me” (Single)
7. Gaby Moreno and Van Dyke Parks -- “Alma Llanera” (Spangled!)
8. Weakened Friends -- “Blue Again” AND “Common Blah” (Common Blah)
9. Gabriella Cilmi -- “Keep on Keeping” (Single)
10. Paul Sanchez -- “All Alone” (Hurricane Party)
11. Nathaniel Talbot -- “Between Me and the Silence” (Frames)

Guest-starring one of Rachel’s favorite people! We’ve got jazz, pop, punk, and country -- the usual!Also,  you should watch the video for Jeremy and the Harlequins’ “A Chinese  Restaurant on Christmas” -- trust me. The link is in the show notes. 

1. Matt & Kim — "Daylight" (Grand)  
2. Jeremy and the Harlequins -- “A Chinese Restaurant on Christmas” (Single)
3. Karen and the Sorrows — "Jonah and the Whale" (Guaranteed Broken Heart)
4. Scott H. Biram -- “Been Down Too Long” (Sold Out to the Devil: A Collection of Gospel Cuts by the Rev. Scott H. Biram)
5. Of Monsters and Men — "Empire" (Beneath the Skin)
6. Whippoorwill -- “Cold Sound” (Single) 
7. Carly Rae Jepsen — “Too Much” (Dedicated)
8. Tomeka Reid Quartet -- “Aug 6” (Old New)
9. Hamilton — “Wait For It” (Hamilton Cast Recording) 
10. Scott Howard -- “Come With Me” (Ascended Man)

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Rachel learns secretssss about her grandmother. She also experiments with a longer format -- let her know what you think!

1. Timothy Charles Holehouse -- “Aveiro” (Come) 
2. Morgan Wade & The Stepbrothers — “Songs I Won’t Remember” (Puppets With My Heart)
3. Mikaela Finne — “Stay” (Mikaela Finne)
4. Little Bandit -- “Money” (Breakfast Alone)
5. Eric Peter Schwartz — “Heaven in Disrepair” (The Unraveling Man)
6. She/Her/Hers -- “Kill the Boy Band” (Kill the Boy Band)
7. Daniel Khan — “Paper Soldier” (Bulat Blues feat. Vanya Zhuk)
8. Andrew Thiriot -- “Say I’m Home” (Single) 
9. Sam Weber -- “Blackout” (Everything Comes True)
10. Abigail Lapell -- “Leningrad” (Getaway)
11.  Vigilantes of Love — “Extreme North of the Compass” (Audible Sigh)

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Opera and riot grrl just don’t mix. Don’t worry — I don’t experiment with that here, just wanted you to share my pain.

This episode features much, much better music with:

1. Jerry Leger -- “Read Between the Lines” (Time Out for Tomorrow)
2. The Restoration -- “I’ll Never Leave You” (West)
3.  Sarah Elizabeth Haines — “Losing Game” (Pretending to Sleep) 
4. Austin Lucas -- “Alone in Memphis” (No One Is Immortal!)
5. Little Teeth -- “Amphetamine” (Redefining Home)
6. Tanya Ransom — “Armour” (Single) 
7. True Dreams -- “The Scum” (No. 1)
8. Joan Armatrading -- “Love and Affection” (Love and Affection)
9. Katie Pruitt, “Expectations” (Single)
10. Nellen Dryden — “Tullahoma” (Single)

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  World Series bandwagoning, CD players are still king, and a little anarchist history with your traditional country music! FEEDBACK NEEDED: Do you think there should be more songs per episode? Also, I have a Kickstarter! Contribute here!

1. Ags Connolly -- “Sad Songs Forever”  (Wrong Again)
2. Suitcase Sam -- “Growing Up” (Goodnight Riverdale Park)
3. Blind Adam and the Federal League -- “How Do They Sleep at Night” (Blind Adam and the Federal League)
4. Sayed Sabrina -- “Into the Mouth of the Serpent” (Thou Art That))
5. Young Mister -- “Best” (Sudden Swoon)
6. Split Rail -- “MY TRUTH” (Axe to Grind)
7. Songs:Ohia -- “Lioness” (The Lioness)
8. Jeff Glatz -- “Moonlight” (Disappear)
9. John Burnette -- “Mercy Mercy” (Parlor One) 
10. Hollier -- “Wrestle My Heart” (Wild Eyes)

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 In defense of Chumbawamba. Happy anniversary to me! Also, some Kickstarter luck! PLUS -- an interview with a WEREWOLF! And a whole mess of great queer country music! Also, I have a Kickstarter! Contribute here!

1. Mercy Bell -- “Pattern” (Mercy Bell)
2. Hailey Whitters -- “Red Wine and Blue” (The Days)
3. Sami Jo -- “Two Truths and a Lie” (Single) 
4. Shana Falana -- “Stripped” (DarkestLight)
5. Low Tide -- “Whisper” (The Alchemist)
6. Chumbawamba -- “The Good Ship Lifestyle” (Tubthumper)
7. The Revelers -- “Au bout de la riviere (At the End of the River)” (The End of the River)
8. Katie Dahl -- “Helen” (Wildwood)
9. Daemon Chili -- “Take Sounding” (Live in Lowell) 
10. Ballroom Thieves -- “Tenebrist” (Single) 

INTERVIEW: Shadwick Wilde Quiet Hollers -- Loup (Hide Away)MUSIC:

• “These Dark Robes” (I Am the Morning)
• “Loup (Hide Away)” (Single)

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Urban decay, rural revival, Yom Kippur contemplations, and all the best alt-country that’s fit to share! Also, I have a Kickstarter! Contribute here!

1. Kelly Hoppenjans -- “If I Had You (Love Letter From a Padded Cell)” (OK, I Feel Better Now)
2. Sammy Kay -- “Try to Find” (Civil/War)
3. William Lawrence -- “Slow Dancing On a High Wire” (Slow Dancing on a High Wire)
4. Karen and the Sorrows -- “When People Show You Who They Are” (Guaranteed Broken Heart)
5. Sarah Lee Langford -- “Two Hearted Rounder” (Two Hearted Rounder)
6. Driftwood Soldier -- “John Henry” (Stay Ahead of the Wolf)
7. Zachary Lucky -- “Didn’t Know That You’d Come Along” (Midwestern)
8. Andrew VanNorstrand -- “The Deep Blue Green” (That We Could Find a Way to Be)
9. Erin Viancourt -- “Playin’ Old Records” (Single)!
10. Harvey Russell -- “Please Don’t Pretend” (Liquid Damage)

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  Queer rights, grunge-inspired country, and comic books. Your usual Adobe & Teardrops episode! Also, I have a Kickstarter! Contribute here!

1. EG Vines -- “Feel Again” (Family Business)
2. Bradford Loomis -- “Chasing Stable” (Where the Light Ends)
3. Caleb Young Band -- “Long Road Home” (Single) 
4. Michaela Anne -- “I’m Not the Fire” (Desert Dove)
5. King of the Tramps -- “Wildwater” (Wild Water)
6. Max Feinstein -- “Spratz” (Betamax)
7. The Good Graces -- “Story to Tell” (Prose and Consciousness) 
8. Mary Gauthier -- “The War After the War” (Rifles and Rosary Beads)
9. Jon Martin and Lovers -- “Young Hearts” (Single)
10. Cherokee Death Cats -- “Do to Me” (Single) 

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  It’s Rachel’s first live episode all by herself! Thanks to everyone who joined us on the Discord chat! (Want to hop on next time? Get more info at the Patreon -- link below!) Rosa also makes a guest disappearance! We get a little mellow this week. And honestly, couldn’t we all use that?

1. Kelsey Waldon -- “Sunday’s Children” (White Noise/White Lines)
2. Alexa Rose -- “Like a Child” (Medicine For Living)
3. Scatterlings -- “Nashville Road” (Being Human)
4. Daniel Martin Moore -- “Real Love Song” (Never Look Away)
5. Susan Gibson -- “Antiques” (The Hard Stuff)
6. Ultramizers -- “Blue” (Single)
7. Monica Rizzio -- “Sunshine is Free” (Sunshine is Free)
8. Keith Secola -- “NDN Kars” (Circle)
9. Jamie McDell -- “Botox” (The Botox EP)
10. Four in the Morning -- “Lucky Kids” (Half Asleep)

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Residual exhaustion but a whole lot of exciting music!

1. Aviva Chernick -- “Kol Dodi”(La Serena)
2. Charlie Wooton Project -- “Tell Me a Story” (Blue Basso)
   
3. Malin Petersen -- “Alonesome” (Alonesome) 
4. Brittany Howard -- “13th Century Metal” (Jaime)
5. John Calvin Abney -- “Typeface in Bold” (Safe Passage)
6. Prince Royce -- “El Amor Que Perdimos” (Prince Royce)
7. The Savage Poor -- “It’s A Long Way Down (Growing Up)” (All’s Well in El Dorado)
8. DEEP FEMME -- “Seraph” (Hellgirl’s Hymnal)
9. Dori Freeman -- “All I Ever Wanted” (Every Single Star)
10. Sofia Talvik -- “Take Me Home” (Paws of a Bear)

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