No place for Robert Earl Keen
1 on Americana music charts.Photo courtesy of Peter Figen By Teresa Thomas Texas singer and songwriter Robert Earl Keen says gone are the days of "singing real thought-through stuff with real melodies and with real people behind them.
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Erika Wennerstrom on Austin, influences, and Heartless Bastards' latest, Arrow
… the guitar by writing original material. Wennerstrom and the band have been through some flux and turmoil over the years, but the Austin, Texas, group's most recent album, Arrow, is filled with dusty, Americana rock that plays cool and confident.
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Song Premiere: Neil Young Sets 'Americana' On Fire
Then there are songs from the last century that include Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," complete with the original "deleted verses." Other surprises on the record, beyond the fiery versions of these songs, include a version of the 1957 …
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