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Review: Laura Benitez and the Heartache’s “with all its thorns”
If there’s one thing to be said about “with all its thorns,” the third release from Laura Benitez and the Heartache, it’s that she’s taken her gift of singing it like she means it and
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New Mitch Polzak Video plus NYE in Port Costa
Something special happens on New Year’s Eve when Mitch Polzak and the Royal Deuces play The Warehouse in Port Costa, a hidden town on the Carquinez Strait northeast of San Francisco where Hicks with
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Podcast: SFBA New Releases, Bands Touring Here & Americana Classics
This podcast taken from a November 25th KALW show by Hicks with Sticks features new releases from SFBA Americana bands Nashville Honeymoon, The Muddy Roses, Tim and the Anglers, Court ‘n Disaster, The Dangaleros,
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Overland Closes while Riptide Ramps Up Its Music
It’s official, Overland, at the foot of Broadway in Oakland, has closed. A few months ago, Paul Hayward, Overland’s owner/manager Overland, had expressed his concern to HWS that there were too few residential dwellings near Jack
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