These albums were selected by Mixed host George Graham from the over 500 CDs featured during the year on the New Releases segments presented daily on Mixed Bag. The Mixed Bag musical styles include rock, folk, blues, reggae, world music, Celtic, electronic, and other varieties presented on the program. The emphasis is on records that received little or no attention in the commercial media. Selection criteria include originality, uniqueness of sound, and quality of musicianship.
The list is arranged chronologically. * designates Homegrown Music Artists.
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Artist |
Album Title |
Label |
Date First Featured |
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Rob Larkin & the Wayward Ones * |
Dogwood Roots |
independent |
01/12/15 |
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Bettye LaVette |
Worthy |
MVD |
01/13/15 |
|
Intended Immigration |
Una Cartina |
Wooden Hat |
01/19/15 |
|
The Vespers |
Brother and Sisters |
independent |
01/19/15 |
|
The Rua |
Essence |
independent |
01/20/15 |
|
Baked Goods |
One of Those Things |
independent |
01/21/15 |
|
Concetta Abbate |
Waterbug |
01/22/15 |
|
|
Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King |
Fat Man’s Shine Parlor |
Blind Pig |
01/23/15 |
|
Last Charge of the Light Horse |
independent |
01/26/15 |
|
|
Belle & Sebastian |
Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance |
Matador |
01/26/15 |
|
Redtenbacher’s Funkestra |
independent |
01/27/15 |
|
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Rebel Tumbao |
Rebel Tumbao |
independent |
01/28/15 |
|
Lucas Jack |
Before I Forget |
independent |
01/29/15 |
|
Bourbon and Bliss * |
The Trouble We Gave |
independent |
01/30/15 |
|
The Levins |
independent |
02/03/15 |
|
|
11 Acorn Lane |
Time for Tea |
Wooden Hat |
02/03/15 |
|
Blackberry Smoke |
Holding All the Roses |
Rounder |
02/05/15 |
|
Frank Viele * |
Fall You Way |
independent |
02/12/15 |
|
Oak Creek * |
Glorietta |
independent (EP) |
02/12/15 |
|
Willy Porter |
Human Kindness |
Weasel |
02/16/15 |
|
Jessi Teich * |
Twisted Soul |
independent |
02/19/15 |
|
Colin Hay |
Next Year People |
Compass |
02/23/15 |
|
Brandi Carlile |
The Firewatcher’s Daughter |
ATO |
02/24/15 |
|
Ewert and the Two Dragons |
Circles |
Sire |
02/24/15 |
|
The Revel Switch * |
At Night We Sleep up in the Trees |
independent |
02/27/15 |
|
New York Funk Exchange |
This Is Your Brain on Funk |
independent |
03/02/15 |
|
The Roosevelts |
Cold Sheets |
independent |
03/03/15 |
|
Dan Masterson* |
Atlas |
independent (EP) |
03/04/15 |
|
Jefferson Thomas * |
Come Alive |
independent |
03/04/15 |
|
Caravan of Thieves |
independent |
03/05/15 |
|
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Bombadil |
Hold On |
independent |
03/05/15 |
|
The Kennedys |
West |
independent |
03/09/15 |
|
Spuyten Duyvil |
The Social Music Hour |
independent |
03/09/15 |
|
Nellie McKay |
My Weekly Reader |
429 Records |
03/10/15 |
|
Jose Gonzalez |
Vestiges and Claws |
Imperial/Mute |
03/11/15 |
|
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem |
Signature Sounds |
03/12/15 |
|
|
Mark Knopfler |
Tracker |
Verve |
03/12/15 |
|
The Nields |
XVII |
independent |
03/12/15 |
|
10,000 Maniacs |
Twice Told Tales |
Cleopatra |
03/13/15 |
|
Chris Daniels & the Kings |
Funky to the Bone |
independent |
03/13/15 |
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Ryley Walker |
Dead Oceans |
03/16/15 |
|
|
Blues Traveler |
Blow Up the Moon |
Loud & Proud |
03/16/15 |
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Tigran Hamasyan |
Nonesuch |
03/17/15 |
|
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Gypsy Lumberjacks |
Giants of America |
independent |
03/18/15 |
|
Midnight Pilot * |
Midnight Pilot |
independent |
03/19/15 |
|
Anne Stott * |
Love Never Dies |
independent |
03/19/15 |
|
The Sarafinos |
We Will Be Fine |
independent |
03/24/15 |
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Umphrey’s McGee |
Hanging Brains |
03/26/15 |
|
|
Painted Caves |
Painted Caves |
independent |
03/26/15 |
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Robben Ford |
Into the Sun |
Provogue |
03/27/15 |
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The Staves |
If I Was |
Nonesuch |
03/27/15 |
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Bob Malone |
Mojo Deluxe |
Delta Moon |
03/30/15 |
|
Clarence Bucaro * |
Like the 1st Time |
20/20 |
03/31/15 |
|
The Waterboys |
Modern Blues |
independent |
04/01/15 |
|
Tim Chaisson * |
Lost in Light |
MDM |
04/07/15 |
|
Jon Regen |
Stop Time |
Motema |
04/07/15 |
|
Tad Robinson |
Day into Night |
Severn |
04/08/15 |
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Slam Allen |
Feel These Blues |
American Showcase |
04/08/15 |
|
Buena Vista Social Club |
Lost & Found |
independent |
04/08/15 |
|
Mighty Oaks |
Astralwerks |
04/09/15 |
|
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The Speed Bumps |
independent |
04/09/15 |
|
|
Brian Wilson |
No Pier Pressure |
Capitol |
04/09/15 |
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The Cerny Brothers |
Sleeping Giant |
independent |
04/10/15 |
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Heather Maloney |
Making Me Break |
Signature Sounds |
04/10/15 |
|
The Ballroom Thieves |
Blue Corn |
04/13/15 |
|
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Sam Lewis |
Walking on You |
independent |
04/13/15 |
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They Might Be Giants |
independent |
04/15/15 |
|
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San Juan |
Horizons |
independent |
04/16/15 |
|
Macaco |
Historias Tattooadas |
Sony Masterworks |
04/17/15 |
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Van Morrison |
Duets |
RCA |
04/20/15 |
|
Ryan Montbleau Band |
Growing Light |
independent |
04/20/15 |
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Loudon Wainwright III |
Haven’t Got the Blues (Yet) |
429 Records |
04/21/15 |
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Morgan Heritage |
Strictly Roots |
independent |
04/21/15 |
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Becca Stevens Band |
Perfect Animals |
Universal Music Classics |
04/22/15 |
|
Shoebox Letters |
Buckle Up |
independent |
04/22/15 |
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Keller Williams |
independent |
04/24/15 |
|
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Cash Box Kings |
Holding Court |
Blind Pig |
04/27/15 |
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Eilen Jewell |
Sundown Over Ghost Town |
Signature Sounds |
04/27/15 |
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Giant Sand |
Heartbreak Pass |
New West |
04/28/15 |
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Led to Sea |
The Beautiful Humming of Ms. Fortune |
independent |
04/29/15 |
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Turnover |
Peripheral Vision |
independent |
04/30/15 |
|
Mazzmuse * |
The Band |
independent |
05/04/15 |
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Maura Kennedy |
Villanelle |
Varese Sarabande |
05/05/15 |
|
John McCutcheon |
Joe Hill’s Last Will |
Appalsongs |
05/06/15 |
|
Pocket Panda |
independent |
05/08/15 |
|
|
Nonpronto |
independent |
05/11/15 |
|
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Saun & Starr |
Look Closer |
Daptone |
05/12/15 |
|
Pokey LaFarge |
Rounder |
05/14/15 |
|
|
Adrian Duffy & the Mayo Bros. |
United We Fall |
independent |
05/14/15 |
|
JP Jones * |
Anywhere I Wander |
Vision Company |
05/15/15 |
|
Della Mae |
Della Mae |
Rounder |
05/19/15 |
|
Buffy Sainte-Marie |
Power in the Blood |
True North |
05/19/15 |
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Leonard Cohen |
Can’’t Forget |
Columbia |
05/20/15 |
|
Jesse Cook |
One World |
E-One |
05/20/15 |
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Sonny Landreth |
Bound by the Blues |
Provogue |
05/26/15 |
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Jeff Richman |
Hotwire |
independent |
05/28/15 |
|
Zervas and Pepper |
Zervas and Pepper |
independent |
05/28/15 |
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Otis Taylor |
Hey Joe Opus Red Meat |
independent |
05/29/15 |
|
Dawes |
Hub |
06/02/15 |
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|
Ryan Adams |
Ten Songs from Live at Carnegie Hall |
Blue Note |
06/08/15 |
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Halie Loren |
Justin Time |
06/10/15 |
|
|
Lucid |
independent |
06/11/15 |
|
|
Stephanie’s Id |
Excavator |
independent |
06/15/15 |
|
Beat Funktion |
Olympus |
independent |
06/16/15 |
|
Louie Setzer * |
Jukebox Bluegrass |
Patuxent |
06/17/15 |
|
The Grahams |
Glory Bound |
independent |
06/18/15 |
|
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard |
Django and Jimmy |
Legacy |
06/19/15 |
|
Midival Punditz |
Light a Candle |
independent |
06/19/15 |
|
Richard Thompson |
Still |
Fantasy |
06/22/15 |
|
James Taylor |
Before the World |
Concord |
06/23/15 |
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Tiempo Libre |
Panamericano |
Universal Classics |
06/23/15 |
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Good Old War |
Broken into Better Shape |
Nettwerk |
06/24/15 |
|
Laila Biali |
House of Many Rooms |
independent |
06/24/15 |
|
Sonny Knight and the Lakers |
Do It Live |
Secret Stash |
06/26/15 |
|
Hot Rize |
When I’m Free |
Ten in Hand |
06/29/15 |
|
Jim White vs. The Packway Handle Band |
Jim White vs. The Packway Handle Band |
Yep Roc |
06/29/15 |
|
Sawyer Lawson |
Shine |
independent |
07/01/15 |
|
Van Wagner * |
Ash to Ash |
independent |
07/02/15 |
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Birdsong at Morning |
independent |
07/06/15 |
|
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Steep Ravine |
independent |
07/08/15 |
|
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Galactic |
Into the Deep |
Provogue |
07/09/15 |
|
Amy Helm |
Didn’t It Rain |
E-One |
07/13/15 |
|
John Ginty * |
No Filter |
American Showplace |
07/14/15 |
|
Warren Haynes featuring Railroad Earth |
Ashes and Dust |
Concord |
07/15/15 |
|
Dana Cooper |
Building a Human Being |
independent |
07/15/15 |
|
Heather Kropf * |
Reverie |
07/16/15 |
|
|
Cabinet * |
Celebration |
independent |
07/16/15 |
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The Bird and the Bee |
Recreational Love |
independent |
07/16/15 |
|
Empire in Decline * |
The Rhythm of Regret |
independent |
07/17/15 |
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The Waifs |
Beautiful You |
Compass |
07/21/15 |
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Albert Cummings |
Someone Like You |
Blind Pig |
07/22/15 |
|
Ben Sidran |
independent |
07/28/15 |
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|
Nation Beat |
Carnival Caravan |
independent |
07/29/15 |
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Tim May & Steve Smith |
Tim May & Steve Smith |
independent |
08/03/15 |
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Miracles of Modern Science |
independent |
08/05/15 |
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Solitaire Miles |
Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas |
Seraphic |
08/05/15 |
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Church of Betty |
Fang |
08/13/15 |
|
|
Smash Palace * |
Some Kind of Magic |
Zip |
08/13/15 |
|
TufStrings |
TufStrings |
independent |
08/13/15 |
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Stolen Jars |
independent |
08/17/15 |
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|
Zac Harmon |
Right Man, Right Now |
Blind Pig |
08/24/15 |
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Ben Folds |
So There |
New West |
08/25/15 |
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Joan Shelley |
Over and Even |
No Quarter |
08/27/15 |
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Shemekia Copeland |
Outskirts of Love |
Alligator |
08/28/15 |
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Lizz Wright |
Concord |
08/31/15 |
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Gospel Machine |
Your Holy Ghost |
independent |
09/01/15 |
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Austin Plaine |
Austin Plaine |
Washington Square |
09/02/15 |
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Heather Pierson Acoustic Trio |
Still She Will Try |
independent |
09/03/15 |
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John Mayall |
Find a Way to Care |
Forty Below |
09/08/15 |
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The Mae Trio |
independent |
09/09/15 |
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Jewel |
Picking Up the Pieces |
Sugar Hill |
09/09/15 |
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Los Lobos |
Gates of Gold |
429 Records |
09/10/15 |
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Gabe Dixon |
Turns to Gold |
independent |
09/10/15 |
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Tarmac Adam |
In Place |
independent |
09/14/15 |
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Sam Pacetti |
Origins |
independent |
09/14/15 |
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Daby Toure |
Amonafi |
Cumbancha |
09/15/15 |
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The Souljazz Orchestra |
Resistance |
Strut |
09/15/15 |
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Shawn Colvin |
Uncovered |
Fantasy |
09/16/15 |
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ALO |
Tangle of Time |
Brushfire |
09/17/15 |
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Darlingside |
Birds Song |
Thirty Tigers |
09/18/15 |
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Joe Jackson |
Fast Forward |
independent |
09/18/15 |
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Judy Collins |
Strangers Again |
Wildflower |
09/21/15 |
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Avery Hill |
Dreams & Ghosts: A Family Album |
independent |
09/22/15 |
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Georgia Sound |
Love Can Change |
independent |
09/23/15 |
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Girls in Trouble |
Open the Ground |
independent |
09/23/15 |
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Phyllis Chapell |
Naked World |
independent |
09/23/15 |
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Lee Ritenour |
A Twist of Rit |
Concord |
09/24/15 |
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Pete Kennedy |
Heart of Gotham |
independent |
09/25/15 |
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Kristen Toedtman |
Limbo - Baltimore, Los Angeles |
independent |
09/28/15 |
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Boxcar Lilies |
Knockout Rose |
independent |
10/07/15 |
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Lines West |
Two of a Perfect Pair |
independent |
10/07/15 |
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Happy Traum |
Just for the Love It |
independent |
10/09/15 |
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The String Cheese Incident |
Live in Las Vegas |
SCI Fidelity |
10/13/15 |
|
Shawn Mullins |
Sugar Hill |
10/14/15 |
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St. Germain |
Nonesuch |
10/19/15 |
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|
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell |
Rounder |
10/22/15 |
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|
Ben Caplan |
Birds with Broken Wings |
independent |
10/23/15 |
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The Zombies |
Still Got That Hunger |
The End |
10/23/15 |
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Joss Jaffe |
independent |
10/26/15 |
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|
Steve Forbert |
Compromised |
independent |
10/27/15 |
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Lettuce |
Crush |
independent |
10/29/15 |
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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard |
Paper Mache Dream Balloon |
ATO |
10/29/15 |
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Maia Sharp |
The Dash Between the Dates |
E-One |
11/04/15 |
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Andrea Superstein |
Cellar Live |
11/10/15 |
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Tim O’Brien |
Pompadour |
Howdy Skies |
11/11/15 |
|
Black Masala |
independent |
11/13/15 |
|
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Little May |
For Company |
Capitol |
11/16/15 |
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Leslie West |
Soundcheck |
Provogue |
11/17/15 |
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Melissa Ferrick |
Melissa Ferrick |
independent |
11/18/15 |
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Kishi Bashi |
String Quartet Live |
Joyful Noice |
11/23/15 |
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Joshua Hyslop |
Nettwerk |
11/26/15 |
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|
Scott Krokoff * |
Realizations & Declarations Vol. 2 |
independent |
11/26/15 |
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Fat Freddie’s Drop |
Bays |
independent |
11/27/15 |
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Jono McCleery |
If Music |
12/01/15 |
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Bob Lanza Blues Band |
From Hero to Zero |
independent |
12/02/15 |
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Eliza Rickman |
Footnotes for the Spring |
independent |
12/07/15 |
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James Houlahan |
Multitudes |
independent |
12/08/15 |
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A Yawn Worth Yelling |
Play Pretend |
ind. EP |
12/10/15 |
|
Dotan |
7 Layers |
Republic |
12/15/15 |
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