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<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:31:42 PDT</pubDate>
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Matuto
The Devil and the Diamond
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Matuto&rsquo;s music is all about the dance. On stage, the instruments swirl together, bobbing in and out, whirling around the tension at the core of Matuto&rsquo;s music: the push and pull between the Latin syncopations of Brazilian roots music and the folk traditions of the American South. It&rsquo;s Bluegrass meets Brazil.  It&rsquo;s an unlike &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/hearthpr-brazil-meets-bluegrass-with-new-york-band-matuto.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Leo J&#039;s Folk Quest to Gather Stories]]></title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 17:49:45 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Kickstarter videos can be a difficult thing to produce. It's hard to ask your friends, fans and colleagues for money, so invariably they seem a bit a forced. But as Kickstarter's become the main way not only to support recordings and touring, but also to interact with fans, the Kickstarter video has become a central statement for an artist.

So with that in mind, I hope you'll check out the char &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/leo-js-folk-quest-to-gather-stories.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[HearthPR: Michigan deep roots duo, Red Tail Ring]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 16:48:28 PDT</pubDate>
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Red Tail Ring
The Heart's Swift Foot
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You hear it from the first note. The first word. And you know acoustic roots duo Red Tail Ring are going to be different. You hear it in the voices. On their new album, The Heart&rsquo;s Swift Foot, Laurel Premo&rsquo;s voice sounds like a swift clear mountain stream. It almost seems as if there&rsquo;s a current to her voice that keeps pulling s &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/hearthpr-michigan-deep-roots-duo-red-tail-ring.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[CD Review: Celtic Fiddle Festival Take a Victory Lap]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 19:18:33 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Celtic Fiddle Festival. Live in&nbsp;Brittany, 20th Anniversary Concert.
2013. Loftus Music.

Hard to believe it's been 20 years since the first Celtic Fiddle Festival album. I must have been 12 or 13 years old and I&nbsp;got that first album for Christmas. I put it on that night, and listened to it over and over on my little yellow walkman. I just couldn't believe the music. The swiftly flowin &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/cd-review-celtic-fiddle-festival-take-a-victory-lap.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[HearthPR: Scots Gaelic Singer Joy Dunlop&#039;s Argyll Home]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 16:26:16 PDT</pubDate>
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In our globalized, digital world, it&rsquo;s amazing how powerful it can be to turn away from the noise and bustle to focus on one small, beautiful place. This is exactly what Scottish traditional singer Joy Dunlop has done with her new album, Faileasan (Reflections), pronounced &ldquo;Fah- luh-sun.&rdquo; She&rsquo;s turned her head from the larger world to draw forth the raw and vibrantly al &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/hearthpr-scots-gaelic-singer-joy-dunlops-argyll-home.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[CD Reviews: Scandinavian Roots Roundup - Denmark & Finland]]></title>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 20:00:32 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ The albums have been piling up here at Hearth Music HQ, and I've been getting pretty behind!&nbsp;My apologies for that, but I think you'll agree that these four beautiful albums from Scandinavia were worth the wait.
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Harald Haugaard:&nbsp;Den Femte S&oslash;ster (The Fifth Sister)
2012. Pile House Records.

I first heard Danish fiddler Harald Haugaard when he was touring the US as pa &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/cd-reviews-scandinavian-roots-roundup--denmark--finland.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[HearthPR: Laura Cortese&#039;s String-Fueled Odyssey]]></title>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 17:56:57 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 

We can learn a lot from how Boston fiddler and songwriter Laura Cortese (cor-TAY-zee) approaches her music. On her new album, Into the Dark, she&rsquo;s turned the humblest sounds and ideas from American roots music into a gloriously ambitious musical project. The album centers on her masterful songwriting, but feels like a huge community affair, bringing in her many friends from the Boston ac &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/hearthpr-laura-corteses-stringfueled-odyssey.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Saro Lynch-Thomason&#039;s New Project Remembers America&#039;s Largest Labor Uprising]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:13:09 PDT</pubDate>
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In honor of May Day (International Worker's Day), we're proud to present this interview with Appalachian labor activist Saro&nbsp;Lynch-Thomason, who recently released an impressive compilation album, Blair Pathways, of artists dedicated to remembering the Battle of Blair Mountain. This was one of the largest civil uprisings in US&nbsp;history and the largest armed rebellion since the Civil Wa &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/saro-lynchthomasons-new-project-remembers-americas-largest-labor-uprising.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[HearthPR: Los Angeles Roots Music Collective The Dustbowl Revival Break Out]]></title>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:34:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
The spirit of the West is alive and well in the music of Los Angeles-based roots music collective The Dustbowl Revival. This rambling, rolling spirit is the same spark that lit a fire under the past two centuries of Westward migration in America. It comes from a need for wide-open vistas, rollicking street parties, laidback lifestyles, and communities that you build yourself. For the folks in Th &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/hearthpr-los-angeles-roots-music-collective-the-dustbowl-revival-break-out.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Inside the Songs: Iarla &Oacute; Lion&aacute;ird&#039;s Irish Journey]]></title>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:36:22 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Iarla &Oacute;&nbsp;Lion&aacute;ird has a preternatural ability to change the way we hear traditional music. Heir to the rich and ancient tradition of Irish sean-nos singing (unaccompanied ballads in the Irish language), he's turned this insider musical art form (often performed in pubs with closed eyes and near-trance-like energy) into the arena shows of his former band Afro-Celtic Sound System.  &nbsp;<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/inside-the-songs-iarla--lionirds-irish-journey.html">[&#8230;read more]</a>]]></description>
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