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Hear It First: The Stray Birds, 'Magic Fire'
- August 11, 2016
- Cindy Howes
Anyone worried about the legacy of Levon Helm and The Band need not worry; the first 10 seconds of The Stray Birds' new album, Magic Fire will ease your mind in more ways than one.

Hear It First: John Gorka, 'Before Beginning: The Unreleased 'I Know' - Nashville, 1985'
- July 15, 2016
- Kelly McCartney
It's a fascinating exercise to step back in time some 31 years to a now-iconic artist's humble beginnings.

Hear It First: Chaim Tannenbaum's debut self-titled album
- May 23, 2016
- Cindy Howes
A debut album at the age of 68 is quite unusual for a lifelong musician, but for the Montreal-born, Chaim Tannenbaum, it never felt right until recently.

Hear It First: Mark Erelli, 'For A Song'
- April 04, 2016
- Cindy Howes
Mark Erelli hasn't produced a solo album of originals like For A Song - his new self-released record - since 2010, but that doesn't mean the Massachusetts-based songwriter hasn't been extremely busy.

Hear It First: The Pines, 'Above the Prairie'
- January 27, 2016
- Kelly McCartney
As the Pines, songwriters David Huckfelt and Benson Ramsey -- along with keyboardist Alex Ramsey -- have set their sights high on their new album, Above the Prairie.

Hear It First: Kevin Gordon, 'Long Gone Time'
- September 04, 2015
- Kelly McCartney
Singer/songwriter Kevin Gordon grew up in the northeast corner of Louisiana, in a town called Monroe.

Hear It First - Old Man Luedecke, 'Domestic Eccentric'
- July 17, 2015
- Linda Fahey
*Old Man Luedecke releases his new album 'Domestic Eccentric' on July 24.

Hear It First - Twin Bandit, 'For You'
- June 26, 2015
- Kelly McCartney
The Canadian folk duo of Hannah Walker and Jamie Elliott -- aka Twin Bandit -- comes from a long line of harmony makers.

Hear It First - Sam Lee & Friends, 'The Fade In Time'
- June 12, 2015
- Kelly McCartney
From an outsider's perspective, English folk singer Sam Lee's eclectic -- if not downright eccentric -- life as a Chelsea School of Art student, burlesque dancer, and wilderness expert was either going to prepare him for absolutely anything or absolutely nothing.

Hear It First - The Good Lovelies, 'Burn the Plan'
- May 19, 2015
- Linda Fahey
(**The Good Lovelies will self-release thier new album, 'Burn the Plan' next week.

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