Australian soul-songwriter, Emily Barker shares about her move from Australia to England, as well as her breakthrough on John Peel’s BBC radio program, and her new album Sweet Kind of Blue, which was recorded here in Memphis at Sam Phillips Recording with Matt Ross Spang. Recorded Sept. 2017

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He’s one of Canada’s most celebrated songwriters, with dozens of awards and thousands of tour dates behind him, and hopefully a lot more ahead too. He’ll be here in just a moment to fill you in on his new album he’s working on right here in Memphis, TN. Recorded April 2019

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Dustin delves into his rural Oklahoma upbringing, and how that’s affected his songwriting. He got started in music around 14 years old, playing the Oklahoma bar club scene and hanging with older musicians. He discusses touring life, Horton Records, and his new self-titled album, Dustin Pittsley Band. Recorded Aug, 2017

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Deer Tick rolled through Memphis to take part in the annual Lucero Family Block Party, and Sam caught up with them before their set to talk about their two new albums, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2., as well as the importance that food plays in their band dynamic. Recorded April 2018

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Tatiana Z sat with Carolynn Sills of the Carolyn Sills Combo, winner of the Best Western Swing Group award at this year’s Ameripolitan Awards. She’s as cool and calm as her Santa Cruz California home-base would suggest, and she eats almost exclusively Mexican food, especially tacos, so what’s not to love?

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When Jeremy Pinnell released OH/KY in the summer of 2015 to stunned acclaim, it felt like an entire career compressed into one knock-out album. Hailed as a “ming-blowingly good” (Greg Vandy, KEXP) “tutorial on classic country music” (Popmatters), Pinnell’s debut immediately differentiated as authentic and unflinching. His 2017 album Ties of Blood and Affection presents a canny lateral move.  Instead of doubling down on the stark themes and values of his debut, this sophomore album finds Pinnell finding comfort in his own skin and achieving the redemption only hinted at in his previous batch of haunted songs.  Here Pinnell joyfully embraces the working life, family obligations, and faith. Recorded July 2018

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Born in rural central Illinois, Christy Hays never really aspired to be a working songwriter. Hays grew up somewhat surrounded by music, her father, a luthier and guitar player showed her the major chords on her old Gibson. After two years in Nashville the decision was made to move to Austin, TX. Hays has shared the stage with Hayes Carll, Sturgill Simpson, Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis and Jeffery Foucault to name a few. Recorded May 2018 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A quick listen to the three records released by Austin, based, Jeff Plankenhorn will give you an idea of the varied styles he loves. Plankenhorn has found a way to blend the soul of the church, Motown, and funk singers that dominated his youth with the bluegrass he studied in Nashville and the lyrically driven songwriters he has performed with into an intoxicating sound that spans them all. Recorded June 2018

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India Ramey is a singer/songwriter from Birmingham, AL. She is the granddaughter of a Sand Mountain bluegrass and gospel musician and career piano tuner.Blasting twin barrels of Americana noire and southern-gothic songwriting, India Ramey fires on all cylinders with her national debut, Snake Handler. Pentecostal churches, broken households, crooked family trees, forgotten pockets of the Deep South, and domestic violence all fill the album’s 10 songs, whose autobiographical lyrics pull from Ramey’s experience as a young girl in rural Georgia. Intensely personal and sharply written, Snake Handler shines a light on the darkness of Ramey’s past, driving out any lingering demons — or snakes, if you will — along the way. 

Recorded March 2018

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Julie Lansky is the third-generation owner of Lansky Brothers, a clothing shop located in Memphis, TN. Located on Beale St., Lansky's became known as 'Clothier to the King' for dressing Elvis Presley during his Sun Records days. They have dressed countless musicians over the past 50 years! Recorded Oct. 2018

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