In this episode of the Americana Music News Podcast,  The Milk Carton Kids - Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale - talk about the duo's career, the mixed blessing of being compared to Simon and Garfunkel and their rich new album "All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do."

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There are fresh voices galore on this episode of Americana Music News. First, we'll hear from the much-heralded duo War and Treaty, followed by a First Person segment featuring the Madison, Wisconsin-based trio Gin, Chocolate and Bottle Rockets.

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The Band of Heathens release "A Message from the People Revisited," a breath of fresh air at a cynical time.

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You may know Thomm Jutz from his work with David Olney, Mary Gauthier or Nanci Griffith. Or maybe his collaborations with Eric Brace and Peter Cooper. You may also have come across his 1861 Project, which chronicled the Civil War in three striking volumes. Or you may know his other work as a producer, with more than 70 albums to…

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We remain big fans of Adam and Shannon Wright, who collectively perform as the Wrights. Adam now spends most of his time writing songs in Nashville and you’ll find his work on releases by Lee Ann Womack, Alan Jackson and Aubrie Sellers. He’s also proven to be one of the hotter songwriters in bluegrass. His collaboration with Brandy Clark –…

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By Ken Paulson I try never to walk into a record store without buying something, but I was stumped one day in the mid-’90s. I felt like I had already bought everything I wanted in the pop, rock, country and R&B bins. So I walked over to the often-neglected folk section and came across an album called Mortal City by…

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Learn how Shawn Amos' Blue Sky came together and what he has in common with the Who on this edition of the Americana One Podcast.

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The Mastersons were remarkably prescient in recording and releasing their new album No Time For Love Songs.

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An interview with Emily Scott Robinson on board the Cayamo music cruise

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On two remarkable nights, the stage featured two founding Beach Boys - Wilson and Al Jardine - and an amazing band revisiting one of pop music's most entertaining, important and influential catalogs.

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