Articles by Anthony Easton

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  Various

  The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose: American Primitive Guitar and Banjo (1963-1974)

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2018

  Every time I think about so-called American Primitive guitarists, I think about cryptic critic Greil Marcus, who coined the term "old weird...

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  Ashley McBryde

  Girl Going Nowhere

  PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2018

  Ashley McBryde released a single ("A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega") almost a year ago, and a second single ("American Scandal") in January,...

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  Brett Kissel

  We Were That Song

  PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2017

  One could argue all day where Brent Kissel's We Were That Song falls on the country-pop spectrum, but the point is almost moot, anyway: thi...

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  Various

  Bloodshot Records' 13 Days of Xmas

  PUBLISHED Nov 14, 2017

  I always think that Christmas music has to be more utilitarian than other records. There's so much of it, and so much of it is terrible, th...

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  Carly Pearce

  Every Little Thing

  PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2017

  When I first heard "Every Little Thing," the debut single from Carly Pearce's debut album of the same name, I thought it was gorgeous, and...

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  Shania Twain

  Now

  PUBLISHED Oct 2, 2017

  One of the best things I have ever seen, aesthetically, was the part in the last Shania Twain tour during which she rode a circle around Mo...

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  Various

  Woody Guthrie: The Tribute Concerts

  PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2017

  Woody Guthrie died in late 1967. Soon after, two tribute concerts were planned: one in 1968 in New York, and one in 1970 in Los Angeles....

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  Kip Moore

  Slowheart

  PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2017

  In the last few years, the largest influence on new country has been R&B — especially R&B from the mid to late '90s. It can be heard in Sam...