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.
Recordings featured on the Mixed Bag Weekly Album Review (Wednesdays at 9:00 PM) are linked to the review on this website.
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Artist |
Album Title |
Label |
Date First Featured |
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Timothy Zeiger * |
North Light |
independent |
12/11/17 |
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Justin Gray and Synthesis |
independent |
01/01/18 |
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Jefferson Thomas * |
Play Hard |
independent |
01/09/18 |
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Umphrey’s McGee |
Nothing Too Fancy |
01/10/18 |
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Danielia Cotton |
The Mystery of Me |
independent |
01/11/18 |
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Steep Canyon Rangers |
Out in the Open |
Ramseur |
01/16/18 |
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Jamison Ross |
Concord |
01/16/18 |
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Bettye LaVette |
Things Have Changed |
Verve |
01/18/18 |
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Neil Nicastro * |
For Escaping I (EP) |
independent |
01/22/18 |
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Chris Smither |
Call Me Lucky |
Signature Sounds |
01/23/18 |
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Brenda Navarrete |
Almo-Unversal |
01/24/18 |
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The Weight Band |
World Gone Mad |
independent |
01/26/18 |
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John McCutcheon |
Appalseed |
02/01/18 |
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Renfree Isaacs |
Hit The Ground Running |
independent |
02/01/18 |
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Fireworks on Ferris Wheels |
independent |
02/05/18 |
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Danielle Nicole |
Concord |
02/13/18 |
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Janiva Magness |
Love Is an Army |
Blue Elan |
02/13/18 |
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Bindley Hardware Co. * |
Ever Satisfactory |
independent |
02/15/18 |
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I Think I Like Midnight |
This Land Is Your Mind |
independent |
02/15/18 |
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John Mayall |
Three for the Road |
Forty Below |
02/16/18 |
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Guitar Jack Wargo * |
Keepin’ It Real |
independent |
02/16/18 |
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Kyle Hollingsworth |
SCI Fidelity |
02/19/18 |
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Femi Kuti |
One People One World |
KFR |
02/21/18 |
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MiZ * |
A Year Ago Today |
independent |
02/22/18 |
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I’m with Her |
Rounder |
02/23/18 |
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Belle and Sebastian |
How to Solve Our Human Problems |
Matador |
02/23/18 |
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Joan Baez |
Razor and Tie |
02/26/18 |
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Darlingside |
Thirty Tigers |
02/27/18 |
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Rosie and the Riveters |
independent |
02/28/18 |
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Shawn Colvin |
The Starlighter |
Amazon |
03/05/18 |
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Alan Barnosky |
Old Freight |
independent |
03/07/18 |
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Jesse Terry * |
Natural |
independent |
03/12/18 |
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Adam Robert Thomas |
Adam Robert Thomas |
independent EP |
03/13/18 |
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Durand Jones & the Indications |
Durand Jones & the Indications |
Dead Oceans |
03/15/18 |
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The California Honeydrops |
Call It Home, Vol. 1 and 2 |
independent |
03/19/18 |
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Flyte |
independent |
03/21/18 |
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Poppy Ackroyd |
One Little Indian |
03/22/18 |
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Dan Masterson * |
When Reality Calls |
independent |
03/26/18 |
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The Decemberists |
I’ll Be Your World |
Capitol |
03/27/18 |
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Clothesline Revival |
Holy Cow |
Paleo |
03/28/18 |
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Van Wagner * |
King of the Quarry |
independent |
03/29/18 |
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Al DiMeola |
Opus |
EAR |
03/30/18 |
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Stacie Rose * |
Stacie Rose |
independent |
04/05/18 |
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Marcia Ball |
Shine Bright |
Alligator |
04/09/18 |
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Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite |
No Mercy in This Land |
Anti- |
04/12/18 |
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Last Charge of the Light Horse |
Race to the Sound |
independent |
04/13/18 |
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Playing for Change |
Motema |
04/18/18 |
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Dana Cooper |
independent |
04/19/18 |
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Glen Phillips |
Swallowed by the New |
Compass |
04/23/18 |
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Ruby Velle and Her Soulphonics |
State of All Things |
independent |
04/27/18 |
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Ry Cooder |
Fantasy |
05/02/18 |
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Willie Nelson |
Legacy |
05/04/18 |
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Neil Nicastro * |
For Escaping 2 |
independent EP |
05/07/18 |
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Les Poules a Colin |
Morose |
independent |
05/10/18 |
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Van Wagner * |
Recluse |
independent |
05/10/18 |
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Cancion Franklin * |
True as Time Allows |
independent EP |
05/10/18 |
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Clarence Bucaro * |
Passionate Kind |
Twent yTwenty |
05/11/18 |
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Red Steppes |
independent |
05/15/18 |
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Smash Palace * |
Right As Rain |
Zip (EP) |
05/16/18 |
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Ziggy Marley |
Rebellion Rise |
Tuff Gong |
05/16/18 |
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Reggie Harris |
independent |
05/18/18 |
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Joe Rollin Porter * |
Take This Hammer |
independent |
05/23/18 |
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Sting and Shaggy |
A&M |
05/31/18 |
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The Dead Tongues |
independent |
06/01/18 |
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Father John Misty |
God’s Favorite Customer |
Sub Pop |
06/04/18 |
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Jeffrey Foucault |
Blood Brothers |
independent |
06/07/18 |
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Oracle Hysterical |
independent |
06/15/18 |
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Cowboy Junkies |
All That Reckoning |
independent |
06/18/18 |
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Indigo Girls |
Live with the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra |
Rounder |
06/19/18 |
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Angelique Kidjo |
Remain in Light |
independent |
06/20/18 |
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Umphrey’s McGee |
It’s You |
Nothing Fancy |
06/21/18 |
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Tower of Power |
Soul Side of Town |
Artistry Music |
06/26/18 |
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The Essex Green |
Hardly Electronic |
Merge |
06/26/18 |
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Oliver the Crow |
independent |
07/03/18 |
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Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio |
Something Smells Funky Round Here |
Alligator |
07/04/18 |
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Mammoth Indigo |
Wilt |
independent |
07/05/18 |
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Brooks Williams |
Lucky Star |
independent |
07/05/18 |
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Rod McDonald |
Beginning Again |
independent |
07/06/18 |
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The Jayhawks |
Back Roads and Abandoned Motels |
Legacy |
07/09/18 |
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Ray Davies |
Our Country – Americana Act II |
Legacy |
07/10/18 |
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Bruce Katz Band |
American Showplace |
07/12/18 |
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Shemekia Copeland |
Alligator |
07/12/18 |
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Boz Scaggs |
Concord |
07/16/18 |
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Dan Navarro |
Shed My Skin |
independent |
07/17/18 |
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Milk Carton Kids |
All the Things I Did and All the Things I Didn’t Do |
Anti- |
07/18/18 |
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Vanessa Collier |
Honey Up |
independent |
07/20/18 |
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Tom Flannery & Bret Alexander * |
Tales From PA 6 |
independent |
07/23/18 |
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Halie Loren |
Justin Time |
07/24/18 |
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Charm City Junction |
Duckpin |
independent |
07/24/18 |
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The Unknown New |
Not Many Neighbors |
independent EP |
07/26/18 |
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Sheila Nicholls |
independent |
07/31/18 |
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Tiphanie Doucet |
Under My Sun |
independent |
08/01/18 |
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Gunnar Madsen * |
I Am Your Food |
Gee, Spot |
08/01/18 |
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Chet Vincent |
Where the Earth Opens Wide |
Misro |
08/03/18 |
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Jann Klose * |
In Tandem |
Gallo |
08/10/18 |
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Love Salad |
Total Eclipsed Me |
independent |
08/13/18 |
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Steve Hauschilt |
independent |
08/14/18 |
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For Peace Band |
Always Love |
Rockfire |
08/15/18 |
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various artists |
King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller |
BMG |
08/21/18 |
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The Zzips |
The Beat Goes On |
independent |
08/22/18 |
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Circles Around the Sun |
Let It Wander |
Rhino |
08/24/18 |
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Potter’s Daughter * |
The Blind Side |
independent |
08/27/18 |
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Spirits of the Realm |
Spirits of the Realm |
independent |
08/27/18 |
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Courtney Hartman & Taylor Ashton |
Free Dirt |
08/31/18 |
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Darol Anger & Emy Phelps |
Music of Our People |
independent |
09/03/18 |
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Paul Simon |
Legacy |
09/04/18 |
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Amy Ray |
Holler |
Compass |
09/05/18 |
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Great Lake Swimmers |
Nettwerk |
09/06/18 |
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Teitur |
I Want to Be Kind |
Arlo & Betty |
09/06/18 |
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Ana Popovic |
Like It on Top |
independent |
09/10/18 |
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The Lark and the Loon |
Homestead Hands |
independent |
09/12/18 |
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House of Hamill |
March Through Storms |
independent |
09/14/18 |
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Tobias the Owl |
A Safe Harbor for Wayward Echoes |
Megaforce |
09/14/18 |
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Colin James |
True North |
09/17/18 |
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Madeleine Peyroux |
Verve |
09/17/18 |
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Paul McCartney |
Egypt Station |
Capitol |
09/18/18 |
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The Rad Trads |
On Top |
Megaforce |
09/18/18 |
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John Hiatt |
The Eclipse Sessions |
New West |
09/19/18 |
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The Grip Weeds |
Trip Around the Sun |
Jem |
09/20/18 |
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The Jellyman’s Daughter |
independent |
09/21/18 |
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The Misty Mountain String Band |
Kentucky Bound |
independent |
09/24/18 |
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Judith Owen |
independent |
10/01/18 |
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Gabriel Kahane |
Book of Travelers |
Nonesuch |
10/04/18 |
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Jon Batiste |
Verve |
10/04/18 |
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Michael Jerling * |
Family Recipe |
independent |
10/05/18 |
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John Flynn * |
Vintage |
independent |
10/08/18 |
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Paper Kites |
Nettwerk |
10/12/18 |
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David Benedict |
The Golden Angle |
independent |
10/15/18 |
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The West Coast Feed |
The West Coast Feed |
independent |
10/18/18 |
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Turkuaz |
Life in the City |
independent |
10/18/18 |
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Childsplay |
The Bloom of Youth |
independent |
10/19/18 |
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Marcus King Band |
Carolina Confessions |
Fantasy |
10/22/18 |
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Frank Viele |
What’s His Name |
Horizon |
10/23/18 |
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I Think Like Midnight |
Kompromat (EP) |
Wilbur |
10/24/18 |
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Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians |
Rocket |
Verve |
10/24/18 |
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Rosanne Cash |
She Remembers Everything |
Blue Note |
10/25/18 |
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Paul Kelly |
Nature |
Cooking Vinyl |
10/26/18 |
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various artists |
Muscle Shoals: Small Town Big Sound |
BMG |
10/29/18 |
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Vivian Sessoms |
Ropeadope |
11/02/18 |
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Brian Larney * |
White |
independent |
11/05/18 |
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Jon Fuller * |
The Art of Denial |
independent |
11/07/18 |
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Somesh Mathur |
Sweetbeats |
11/08/18 |
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The Elovaters |
Defy Gravity |
Rootfire |
11/13/18 |
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Ferdinand the Bull |
independent |
11/21/18 |
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My Brightest Diamond |
A Million and One |
Rhyme & Reason |
12/03/18 |
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Alex Dunn |
Scattered Poems |
independent |
12/06/18 |
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Public Opinion Afro Orchestra |
Naming and Blaming |
independent |
12/12/18 |
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Malou Beauvoir |
independent |
12/13/18 |
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