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Yet the music at times sounds like bluegrass taken down tempo or with a country-folk snap.
Bartók Over Bluegrass Jim Fusilli 2011
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For some of this year's local Grammy nominees - go-go legend Chuck Brown, up for his very first Grammy; DeVaughn, a three-time nominee; multiple Grammy winner country-folk singer Mary Chapin Carpenter; and little-known R&B newbie Carolyn Malachi - those goals are as disparate as their music.
Grammys: Washingtonians to watch - Malachi, DeVaughn, Carpenter, Brown Chris Richards 2011
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And so people wanted us to do what was working at the time, which was, you know, "country-folk singer fronts a folk-tinged country band."
Mike Ragogna: Hymns, Harrows, Harvests & More: Chatting with John Hiatt, Gillian Welch and Umphrey's McGee's Joel Cummins Mike Ragogna 2011
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Less likely victors were bro-step's leading light Skrillex, who picked up three for his trademark wub-wub noise assault, and classy country-folk duo Civil Wars, who walked away with two.
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And so people wanted us to do what was working at the time, which was, you know, "country-folk singer fronts a folk-tinged country band."
Mike Ragogna: Hymns, Harrows, Harvests & More: Chatting with John Hiatt, Gillian Welch and Umphrey's McGee's Joel Cummins Mike Ragogna 2011
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As a country-folk songwriter with a bit of rust and regret in her voice, she has her moments, but she's equally capable of the kind of drivetime blandness that endeared Sheryl Crow toAmerica's AOR radio programmers.
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On their maiden track, a guesting Deschanel does her wistful country-folk thing.
Spotlight on music singles: Arcade Fire; CyHi Da Prynce; Tired Pony; Katy Perry 2010
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On their maiden track, a guesting Deschanel does her wistful country-folk thing.
Singles file: Arcade Fire, CyHi Da Prynce, Tired Pony f. Zooey Deschanel 2010
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It's Jones's "O Brother," "Raising Sand" and "Ain't No Grave" all rolled into one, a mixed bag of roots-related styles -- blues, gospel-lite, country-folk, rockabilly, soul -- stripped of all fat and reduced to the barest elements of voice and spartan, if often electrified, instrumentation.
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It's Jones's "O Brother," "Raising Sand" and "Ain't No Grave" all rolled into one, a mixed bag of roots-related styles - blues, gospel-lite, country-folk, rockabilly, soul - stripped of all fat and reduced to the barest elements of voice and spartan, if often electrified, instrumentation.
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