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The three night Magnolia Roads American Roots Hoedown VII is fast approaching. Three nights of greet roots focused music located at three different venues around town, and featuring some of my favorite artists and bands.
The festival is heavy with Nashville artists - many of whom we regularly cover, but closing out Night 2 of the Hoedown in one of the non-Nashville bands - deFrance.
deFrance formed from the muddy banks of the Ouachita River in the vest pocket town of Camden, Arkansas. Called the “hardest working band in Arkansas,” the band has racked up more than 600 shows since forming in 2015. deFrance now calls Little Rock, Arkansas, home but these road warriors carry their modern take on classic rock & roll across the world, having performed shows at legendary international venues as well as earning the respect of fans locally, with two of their songs being selected for use in Arkansas state tourism commercials. The band’s technical prowess and deliverance of a truly pure rock & roll sound has been recognized with support opportunities for Foghat, Bon Jovi, Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Whiskey Myers, Robert Randolph, Shooter Jennings, Morris Day & The Time, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Living Colour, among others.
deFrance is scheduled to take The 5 Spot stage Saturday night at 11:15.
Here are the links to all three nights' Facebook events. Get on this right now!
Today, we have a great random shuffle - that covers a lot of musical ground. Check it out below the jump.
Featured Friday Playlist
"Motherwell on the Stairs" by Buildings and Food (from Quick Beat Save - 2018)
First up, we go back to 2018 and the debut album by the band from Toronto.
"Kiki & Bouba" by The Foresters (from House Stories - 2017)
Next up, we have the (for now) penultimate release from the band we have covered for nearly a decade. The Nork brothers and friend Luke Slomba - released this album shortly before I caught up with them at Athens Pop Fest later that year.
"I Am" by Ruth Blake (from Brave Ship - 2021)
Next up, we have the b-side of a single from 2021 by this UK based singer and songwriter.
"Future Destinations 2" by It's Karma Its Cool (from Homesick for Our Future Destinations - 2021)
Next up, we have a track from the 2021 release by this UK band.
"Morgan Meghan" by Ricko Donovan (from Full On - 2011)
One-time Nashville resident Ricko Donovan is up next with a track from his 2011 album. He is a singer-songwriter, author, and multi-instrumentalist - who often plays the hammer dulcimer.
"Mi Queso" by Psychostick (from ...and Stuff - 2022)
Next up, we have a track from the recently release collection of b-sides and other miscellaneous tracks from this Chicago based comedy metal band. Great stuff.
"Little Stuff" by C.W. Ayon (from What They Say - 2019)
Next up, we go back to 2019 and this release from the New Mexico based country and blues artist.
"Take Out Test" by Minutemen (from Post-Mersh, Vol. 2 - 1985)
This second Post-Mersh compilation by the San Pedro band includes this track originally released on Project Mersh - the final EP released by the band their their penultimate release over all. The song was written by Mike Watt.
"Om Nama Shivaya" by Dan Wainwright (Om Nama Shivaya - 2020)
And, we close with a six minute + track from the Liverpool band singer/Artist.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
NEW AND RECENT RELEASES
THIS WEEK
4/23 - Ov Stars - Tuesdays (EP)
4/26 - Brown Bird - Live from Newport (LP)
4/28 - POP ETC - "Slips Away (feat. Jason Schwartzman) (single)
4/29 - Peter Donovan - This Better Be Good (LP)
4/29 - Port Sulphur - "Kone Trips" (single)
4/29 - Holy Coves - "Desert Storm" (single)
4/29 - Frog Eyes - The Bees (LP)
4/29 - Parabola West - Stars Will Light the Way (LP)
4/29 - Family Shiloh - At the Cold Copper Ranch (LP)
NEXT WEEK
5/04 - Various Artists - Dear Who? (triute to Jaybreaker) (LP)
5/04 - The Best Around - "Didn't Come Here to Count 'em" (single)
5/06 - Pete Mancini - Killing the Old Ways (LP)
5/06 - Esc - Unauthorized Passenger (LP)
5/06 - Valorie Miller - Only the Killer Would Know (LP)
5/06 - Drop Top Alibi - "Dylsong" (single)
5/06 - Captain of the Lost Waves - Mysterium Tremendum (LP)
5/06 - Tony Jay - Hey There Flower (LP)
5/06 - Steve Casper & Cowboy Angst - Hey! (LP)
5/06 - Johnny Ray Daniels - Whatever You Need (LP)
5/06 - Doja Cuts - "Here We Are (feat. Carlton Jumel Smith)" (single)
5/06 - Tone Ranger - Desert Rose (LP)
5/06 - The Builders and The Butchers - Hell & High Water (LP)
5/06 - Caterpillars - Frontier for the Fallen (LP)
5/06 - Chuck Yoakum - The Paisley Garden Project (LP)
5/06 - James Lee Baker - Impressions (LP)
5/06 - Zach Willdee - Heart That Ain't Tame (LP)
5/06 - Valorie Miller - Only the Killer Would Know (LP)
UPCOMING
5/13 - Steve Forbert - Moving Through America (LP)
5/13 - David Olney - Evermore (LP)
5/13 - Few Miles South - "Doggone" (single)
5/13 - Christopher Lockett - At the Station (LP)
5/13 - Curtail - When the Sway Sets (LP)
5/13 - Wayne Willingham - Temptation Row (LP)
5/13 - Monophonics - Sage Motel (LP)
5/13 - Lee Rogers - Gamebird (LP)
5/13 - Ivan Nahem - Crawling Through the Grass (LP)
5/13 - Album Club - Album Club (LP)
5/13 - Green Sky Accident - Daytime TV (LP)
5/14 - Caterpillars - Frontier for the Fallen (LP)
5/18 - Silver Lining - Go Out Nowhere (LP)
5/20 - Secret Emchy Society - Gold Country/Country Gold (LP)
5/20 - Bryon White - Solo Album !? (LP)
5/20 - Cheryl Cawood - Bullet in the Cabin Wall (LP)
5/20 - Joey Quiñones - "There Must Be Something" b/w "Love Me Like You Used To" (single)
5/20 - Jeremy Joyce - Street Poet (LP)
5/21 - Danny Henry - Off Vaudeville (LP)
5/27 - James Edwyn & The Borrowed Band - Highlights of The Low Nights (LP)
6/03 - Nicki Bluhm - Avondale Drive (LP)
6/03 - Matt York - Gently Used (LP)
6/03 - Extra Arms - What is Even Happening Right Now? (LP)
6/03 - Bleeding Hearts - Riches to Rags (LP)
6/03 - Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus - Going the Distance (LP)
6/03 - Ryan Lee Crosby - Winter Hill Blues (LP)
6/03 - Wes Collins - Jabberwockies (LP)
6/04 - Widespread Haze - Move (LP)
6/10 - Flox - Square (LP)
6/10 - David Olney - Nevermore (LP)
6/10 - Vishwa Ganesh - "A Sailor's Tale" (single)
6/10 - Rod Picott - Paper Hearts and Broken Arrows (LP)
6/10 - Ryan Shelkett - Someone Becomes No One (LP)
6/10 - A Little Farther West - Vaya Con Dios (LP)
6/17 - London Plane - Bright Black (LP)
6/17 - RUINS - Pain at Heart (LP)
6/17 - The Damn Quails - Clouding Up Your City (LP)
6/24 - Andrew Weiss and Friends - Sunglass & Ash (LP)
6/24 - Lindsay Clark - Carpe Noctem (LP)
6/24 - Art d'Ecco - After the Headrush (LP)
6/24 - Rusty Tinder - Alchemy Road (LP)
6/24 - David McClaymont - Centuries (LP)
8/05 - Monica Queen - Stop That Girl (LP)
8/05 - Port Sulphur - Kone Trips (LP)
9/06 - The Grey A - D8 Ur Elders (LP)
9/30 - False Heads - Sick Moon (LP)
RECENT
4/01 - Paula Boggs Band - Janus (LP)
4/01- El No - Nothing is Possible (LP)
4/01 - Whimsical - Melt (LP)
4/01 - Brian Damage - Shit for Brians (LP)
4/01 - This Frontier Needs Heroes - "Not Gonna Write a Song" (single)
4/01 - Lesser Care - Underneath, Beside Me (LP)
4/01 - The Golden Glows - On Moonlight and Rain (LP)
4/01 - The Bloodstreams - "Clockwork Man" (single)
4/01- Nicki Bluhm - "Love to Spare" (single)
4/01 - Dave Cope and the Sass - Julee (LP)
4/02 - Conscious Route - Pyramid (LP)
4/08 - Dillon Vanders - Wildfires (LP)
4/08 - The Hengles - "Don't Say It Isn't True" (single)
4/08 - James Walker - "Expectations" (single)
4/08 - Reardon Love - "Enfant Terrible" (single)
4/08 - Mark Stewart - VS (LP)
4/08 - Rebecca Jenkins - "War on Mother Nature" (single)
4/08 - Echoes from Oblivion - "Vices" (single)
4/08 - The Singles - L.O.V.E. from the Santa Cruz Archives '82-'85 (LP)
4/08 - Roxi Copland - I Come From Crazy (EP)
4/12 - Jessye DeSilva - Landscapes (LP)
4/14 - indifferentmonkey - "Space Race" (single)
4/15 - Derek Vanderhorst - Wildflower (LP)
4/15 - David Quinn - Country Fresh (LP)
4/15 - James Edwyn & the Borrowed Band - "Sometimes We Fade" (single)
4/15 - Beth Ann McDowell - The Sim is Real (LP)
4/15 - Thyra Hilden - Trapped in Dream (EP)
4/15 - Eugenius - Crisis (LP)
4/15 - Luguber - Tabula Rasa (EP)
4/15 - Michael McAdam - Tremolo (LP)
4/15 - St. Dukes - St. Dukes (LP)
4/15 - The Warmbabies - Let's Live Underground (LP)
4/15 - New Norde - Whatever's Clever (EP)
4/19 - Lindsay Clark - "Roses in the Sky (feat. William Tyler)" (single)
4/20 - London Plane - "Bright Black" (single)
4/22 - Aaron Skiles - Wreckage from the Fire (LP)
4/22 - Sons - Sweet Boy (LP)
4/22 - GmBt Life - 10 Minutes (LP)
4/22 - Monica Queen - "I Gave You Love" (single)
4/22 - Vukovar - "Place to Rest" (single)
4/22 - Kevin Farge - Halcyon Days (LP)
4/22 - Audrey Bridgeman - Fire In Your Soul (LP)
4/22 - Richard Gjems - The YouTube Sessions 2020/21 (LP)
4/22 - Trout Fishing in America - Safe House (LP)
4/22 - Catnyp - Catnyp IIII (LP)
4/22 - John Salaway - "Toxic Lovesick (feat. Chelsea Gilliland)" (single)
4/22 - Curse of Lono - People in Cars (LP)
4/22 - Christine Sweeney - Heart in a Hurry (LP)
4/22 - Evan Barber - Until the Thunder (LP)
4/22 - Jon Chi - River of Marigolds (LP)
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