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Ryan Bingham - Roadhouse Sun

Arriving nationally with 2007's "Mescalito" and returns with his sophomore Lost Highway release.  Does this album showcase a star alt-country rocker or does it find Bingham regressing from the status many had forecasted for on him?
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Ramblin' Jack Ellott - A Stranger Here

At age 77, folk icon Ramblin’ Jack Elliot’s "A Stranger Here" offers a collection of songs that range from depression-era ballads to dark, new-orleans Mardi Gras numbers.  Is the album worth picking up?
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Andy Friedman and the Other Failures - Weary Things

This Brooklyn, NY-based artist who plays a brand of country music not often heard in the mainstream thesedays.  That's to say that it has an Americana sensibility that plays very well.  Who knew such a thing came from NYC?
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One Flew South - "Life"

One Flew South didn't score a huge hit with their first single "My Kind Of Beautiful," but the talented vocal trio certainly maintained a Top 50 presense on the charts for three or four months.  Will this song, their new single from their CD "Last Of The Good Guys," be a bigger hit?
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Pat Green - "Country Star"

After just missing the Top 10 at Country radio with his single "Let Me," Pat Green returns to the airwaves with a single that was inspired by Nickelback's silly "Rockstar."  Both songs parody the illusion of what one gets by becoming a star.  Does Pat hit the mark?
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Joey + Rory - "Freebird"

After the unexpected 'death' of "Cheater, Cheater" at country radio, likely due to some station's moral objections to the phrase "white trash ho," Joey+Rory are returning to radio with this song, an interesting reworking of the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic.  Does this version measure up?
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Trailer Choir - "What Would You Say"

After releasing the fun party song "Off The Hillbilly Hook" last summer, the Trailer Choir returns with a single that feels like it could be a hit for Big Vinny, Butter and Crystal.  Will radio and fans take to a single that is light years away from their first single?
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Melone Cannon & Willie Nelson - Back To Earth

Melonie Cannon recently released her sophomore album "And The Wheels Turn" on Rural Rhythm Records.  While marketed as a bluegrass album, the project actually features quite a few acoustic country tracks like this one, written by Willie Nelson himself.
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Randy Houser - Anything Goes

After finding success as a songwriter, Randy Houser has stepped out onto the nation stage as an artist with his hit single "Anything Goes.  Does his album of the same name suggest the arrival of a future star or is it more of the same?