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The Bluegrass Situation sits down with Chase McBride about his Latest album ‘Pink Lemonade’ and music influences

The Bluegrass Situation sits down with Chase McBride about his Latest album and music influences

Which artist has influenced you the most … and how?

I grew up with James Taylor’s music omnipresent in my life. Whether my family was relaxing at home or taking long road trips through Montana, his voice was always somewhere in the background. I remember my Dad drumming along to “You’ve Got a Friend” on the steering wheel, and singing the high-harmony parts, which is probably where I picked up on vocal harmonizing. Even as my musical tastes have expanded, I still come back to his music, impressed by the purity of his arrangements and lyricism. READ MORE…

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Country Music Tattle Tale features Charles Wesley Godwin

West Virginia is far more than meets the eye. A native of Morgantown, singer-songwriter Charles Wesley Godwin paints a rich and honest portrayal of his homeland and its people with his debut album. Seneca is a moving snapshot of his 26 years of life and well-soiled roots in the Appalachian hills, a backdrop that has given birth to some of the most intelligent and hard-working people in the country.
When you partake in his gripping storytelling, it comes as no surprise that Godwin’s shared bills with the likes of Shooter Jennings, Tyler Childers, Colter Wall, Luke Combs, Aaron Watson, David Allan Coe, Sundy Best, Waymore’s Outlaws and Nicholas Jamerson. Godwin is truly at home on stage and alongside like-minded musicians who go against the grain and shake up the status quo.
“This album will give people a really good look into what it’s like culturally in Appalachia. People have a way-off view from the outside of what we’re all about, what our priorities are and how smart we are,” says Godwin. The record is steeped to perfection in gentle mountain streams and a way of living that is surprisingly universal. Through earnest, sinewy craftsmanship, he mitigates the stereotypes that plague the state and reconfigures expectations.
“Coal Country” brings the listener into the reality of coal workers and their families with a sharp, warm humanity.
“This song, in particular, is not an attempt to make any statement about what’s right or wrong. It’s my best attempt to examine the current state of things. I wrote it in 2016. At that point, I was trying to put into words the emotion and reality of the way things stand. It’s not necessarily good or bad. It’s a little bit of both. I tried to give a perspective of what happened and what came out of it and how I see things playing out, for better or worse.”…..READ MORE

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PopDose includes Dominique Pruitt’s “High in the Valley” as one of their favorite singles of 2018

Popdose last spotlighted Dominique Pruitt in (gasp) 2012, when she burst onto the scene with the new millennium Patsy Cline singalong, ‘To Win Your Love‘. The world appeared to have been hers for the taking — but her stellar debut album never materialized (beyond some promos that made the rounds) and suddenly we find ourselves here six years later, not with an album (yet) but with one new song. Well, the wait was suddenly worth it, straight from the opening line, “Closest that I’ve ever been to God is a Bible on a nightstand at an old roadside motel.” Pruitt delivers a gem straight outta Marty McFly’s 1950’s Hill Valley, with detours through the tattered maps connecting John Waters and Quentin Tarantino soundtracks.

Pruitt tells Popdose that the song recalls her 18th through 20th years, passing the the time with her sister in Conoga Park, getting high with a little help from her friends. She co-wrote it with Jasmine Ash,? ?Joseph Holiday and Kenny Fleetwood. Holiday produced, with an ace ensemble backing Pruitt up:  Travis Daggett (Guitar), Kevin Conroy (drums), John Schreffler (pedal steel) and Zach Kibbee (bass). This stellar band is primed and ready to play Grand Ole Opry — or Hollywood’s Hotel Cafe — and if nothing else, some smoke filled bar along Ventura Boulevard in the Valley….READ MORE

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Melodic Tonic premieres Patrick Damphier’s “Pretend It” featuring Jessica Lea Mayfield, Richard Swift, and Molly Parden

Melodic Tonic premieres Patrick Damphier’s “Pretend It” featuring Jessica Lea Mayfield, Richard Swift, and Molly Parden

Despite having a name you might not know (yet), Patrick Damphieris no stranger to the indie music scene. After touring with Angel Olsen, Laura Burhenn (The Mynabirds) and more, this veteran musician is going solo. READ MORE…