Simple rewards await the wandering troubadour of “A Little Time Off Ahead,” the second single from The Wild Mercury, the new album from Washington DC’s Vandaveer. A bubbling folk tale accented by the harmony vocals of Rose Guerin, the fear…
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Less than a week into the Christmas season and I’m already posting covers of traditional carols. My method has a madness though, in that Vandaveer just announced a new album. The follow up to 2013’s Oh, Willie, Please…, the Washington,…
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When you set out to record an entire album of traditional murder ballads, most of which have already been covered by the likes of folk icons (Baez, Dylan) and country legends (Cash, Louvin Brothers), you are entering hallowed territory. Said…
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More goodness from our nation’s capital. Vandaveer will be releasing a new album, Oh, Willie, Please… Their fifth full-length release, scheduled for April 30, follows 2011’s Dig Down Deep. Heading into the making Oh, Willie, Please… the duo of Mark Charles…
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