
There aren’t a lot of Warped Tour vets who can claim proficiency in the use of washboards, bottleneck slides and five-gallon buckets. Most didn’t spend their teens playing along to Charlie Patton and Bukka White albums. And just about none are fronted by a commissioned member of the Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels.
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Paper + Plastick is proud to announce the addition of Gainesville’s folk/bluegrass trio Greenland is Melting to its growing roster. With the band’s P+P debut set for release on vinyl early next year, the label is giving away the new album Our Hearts are Gold, Our Grass is Blue for free here.
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The Defibulators continue to confirm more New York City live dates in support of their debut album, Corn Money, which is released through City Salvage Records. The band just returned from touring throughout the country, including SXSW. During this tour, The Defibulators developed a fanbase outside of New York City with strong turnouts in Philadelphia, Chicago, Austin, Minneapolis, Nashville, Kansas City, Dallas/Fort Worth and Chapel Hill, to name a few. New live dates have been confirmed.
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The Big Surprise Tour is happening this August. It will feature Old Crow Medicine Show, Dave Rawlings Machine (Featuring Gillian Welch), The Felice Brothers, And Justin Townes Earle. See the dates after the jump:
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William Elliott Whitmore’s video for “Hell or High Water” premiered today on MySpace! Check it out and make sure to pick up your copy of Animals in the Dark, which was released by Anti Records.
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Date: March 14th 2009
Opening Band: Bearfoot
Band Link: link
The Saw Doctors have been coming over to the United States at least twice a year. They make their way over to the East Coast in March and then they come over here in the summer time. Their resident venue for the last few years has been the Nokia Theatre in Times Square. I rarely go to this venue, but when I do; I love it! It’s got the stadium seating in the back and it’s just a nice venue to see a show in. After seeing the Pogues the previous night at Roseland, I was ready for some more with the Saw Doctors at Nokia!
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