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The beautiful and talented Kelly Love Jones made a stop at the CL offices to play a special acoustic set. Listen by clicking on the “+ audio mp3″ button or download it to your favorite mp3 player.
Kelly Love Jones, Live at CL’s offices - Download
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People who know Heston call him the gentle giant. He’s the big dude with the voice of an angel. And his June full-length debut, Storyteller, has been a long time coming. The Island of Dominica (British West Indies) native doesn’t fit into the standard soul singer/songwriter box that has birthed many of Atlanta’s recent greats. Instead, he peppers his emotional soul with tinges of reggae and world beat. It all adds up to diverse mix from a heartfelt performer. To hear a taste of his acoustic set, listen to a podcast of his visit to Creative Loafing, which features Billy Odom backing him on guitar.
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Isia Cooper, live at CL’s offices - Download
Although Isia Cooper has been playing guitar for only two-and-a-half years, the grace of her slow croon and spacious strumming has enchanted a growing scene around her performances. Her debut CD, Sail the Skin (New Street Records) is due out in June. Her collaboration with Duet for Theremin and Lap Steel on www.myspace.com/isiacooper, called “For My Tea,†is an arresting merger of her brittle songwriting and the avant-garde.
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To truly grasp Juju B. Solomon’s songs, one must first understand the songwriter Benjamin Solomon and the cultural short-circuits that congeal in his contemplative sound – a sound that shadows the whimsical lurch of traditional folk music. His self-titled debut (New Street Records) is an intimate collection of jaunts that chronicle the experiences of an outsider by bearing witness to social and sexual interactions in India.Read the rest of the story here.
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Juju B. Solomon live at CL’s offices - Download.
The Atlanta-bred, Grady High graduates redefine mountain music with their urbanized folk
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