Hear the Best New Folk Music with Fresh Cuts Friday
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“Katie” is on Liv Greene’s second record Deep Feeler (out October 18). Liv shares: “This [song] came out of a relationship that wasn’t my first queer love experience, but it was my first time allowing it to not be a bad thing. It comes from a place of tenderness––of allowing yourself to feel those romantic feelings and really revel in them.”
Jerry Douglas, “Something You Got”
Genius dobro player Jerry Douglas takes the mic on his latest “Something You Got,” from his upcoming album The Set (out September 20). Piecing his history and connections to the material, Douglas told Relix Magazine, “I was introduced to ‘Something You Got’ by Russ Titelman and Eric Clapton. Eric had agreed to sing it on my Traveler record that also had ‘The Boxer’ with Mumford and Sons. I loved playing this song with the guys in my band, giving it more space without drums. It’s just a great old song by Chris Kenner that will stand the test of time, and this time, I sang it. Which might be a surprise to some.”
Our favorite flowered duo Honeysuckle have a new single out, “Phoenix.” From the band: “Written as a cathartic release, a rumination on the impossible to capture, fluid trials of grief. An attempt to capture a small part of the enormity of loss in all the little moments like reaching for the phone only to remember that there’s no longer someone on the other end. An incantation, a reminder, a spark in what can seem like never ending darkness. We all carry grief with us and in writing this song I tried to do what I could to make it just a little lighter, if only for a moment.”
Bob Dylan & The Band, “It’s All Over Baby Now, Baby Blue” (live)
Ok Bob-heads this is your year. On September 20, Columbia Records / Legacy Recordings will release the 27-disc box set Bob Dylan – The 1974 Live Recordings. The massive collection features 431 tracks of Bob Dylan’s arena performances with The Band.
