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Ryan Adams: PRISONER
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Basia Bulat: Full Range of ‘Motion
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KYLE MORTON: Keeping Time with an Immutable Force
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NORAH JONES: Back to Basics
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JOSEPH: I’m Alone, No You’re Not
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Leonard Cohen: Heavy with Longing, Ready to Rest
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Bear’s Den: Red Earth and Pouring Rain
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Kevin Morby: Deep-Dark-Prophet-Singer-Man
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Penny & Sparrow: Let a Lover Drown You
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Strange Trails: A study In Chiaroscuro and Saloons
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Coming Home: Good for the Soul
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