Category:Country
The Witching Hour Sessions – 10/02/2018 – Alison Krauss
The Witching Hour Sessio – 10/02/2018 Alison Krauss Alison Krauss (born 1971) is an American bluegrass-country singer and musician. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987. She was invited to join the band with which she still performs, Alison Krauss and Union Station (AKUS), and later released …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – Laura Cantrell
The Witching Hour Sessions – 21/01/2018 Laura Cantrell Born in Nashville in 1967, Laura Cantrell moved to New York to study law and accounting. Laura reached a wide audience in 2000 with the release of her debut album and big John Peel favourite ‘Not The Tremblin’ Kind’. The album was full of literate songwriting and …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – Roy Orbison
The Witching Hour Sessions – 17/01/2018 Roy Orbison Roy Orbison (1936 – 1988) was an American singer-songwriter known for his distinctive, impassioned voice and dark emotional ballads. The combination led many critics to describe his music as operatic, nicknaming him the “Caruso of Rock” and “the Big O”. While most male rock-and-roll performers in the …
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The Witching Hour Sessions – The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Witching Hour Sessions – 06/12/2017 The Flying Burrito Brothers Though The Flying Burrito Brothers glory days were brief and the original lineup left behind a small but highly influential body of work, their 1969 debut album ‘The Gilded Palace Of Sin’ virtually invented country rock. Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman took the name when …
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Witching Hour Sessions – Townes Van Zandt
Witching Hour Sessions – May 1st 2017 Townes Van Zandt. Some nights being awake during the witching hour has it’s advantages. Tonight is one such night. Townes Van Zandt – Our Mother The Mountain From the LP Our Mother The Mountain (1969) My lover comes to me with a rose on her bosom The moon’s …
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