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Glide Magazine premieres the new single from Stephie James’ upcoming debut LP, As Night Fades, writing, “James’ poetic approach to songwriting provides vivid imagery over a jangly arrangement that refuses to be put in a box.”

From sharing the stage with Anita Baker to working in the studio with Dan Auerbach, Stephie James has seen every side of music. The Nashville via Detroit singer/songwriter has been earning her stripes in the background while honing her skills as a frontwoman and today, it all pays off. James is announcing her debut album As Night Fades, which is set to be released on March 1. The 10-song album will be available digitally along with some physical pressings that will host two songs not on the digital version. James is giving us our first preview of As Night Fades with the Glide’s premiere of “Losing Side”, the lead single to her anticipated debut. James brings us Honytonk bygone visuals and contagious hooks that reflect a time and place when the world was just a tad… cooler.

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Glide Magazine debuts new single from Old Heavy Hands, “Coming Down,” calling it a “powerful punch that rages with a raunchy early Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers late 70s musical flair and precipitous punk urgency.”

With a band name like Old Heavy Hands, you know there ain’t no messing around with this group of rock and roll lifers from Greensboro, NC. Somewhere between the rugged worlds of Drive-By Truckers, Lucero and Whiskey Myers, Old Heavy Hands might be their most under-valued cousin in the Southern Rock meets punk and Americana island – it’s no wonder they are referred to as “”y’allternative”.

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Glide Magazine debuts new single from Beekeeper Spaceman, “Locusts and Honey,” noting its “cinematic flair and prog tenacity.”

If there ever was a profound inspiration behind a song, Beekeeper Spaceman undoubtedly earns a medal for its Greek mythology allegory. On their new song “Locusts and Honey” that Glide is premiering (below), the voice in this song is John the Baptist’s, or to use the scriptural language: ‘the voice of one crying in the wilderness.”

“In ‘Locusts and Honey,’ the prophet-singer knows he’s about to be beheaded, but he stands there, ten toes down, and taunts his feasting murderers. In the second verse, he says, ‘Who’s got the platter? Baby, get the dagger. I got the laughter.’ Then in the chorus he reminds his killers that, just like Orpheus, he’ll keep on singing even after death: ‘Dancing money can’t unsing wild song.’ It’s quite a mic drop for wild John,” says primary songwriter/ singer/guitarist Greg Brownderville.

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Glide Magazine debuts new single, “Burn Down,” from Shannon Clark & the Sugar, noting, “The band turns a dire theme into a significant musical prayer of hope and redemption.”

Glide is premiering the fervently emotive “Burn Down” from Shannon Clark & The Sugar that resonates with the narrative flair of early Lyle Lovett and the expansive roots rock colors of Rodney Crowell. The band turns a dire theme into a significant musical prayer of hope and redemption while glaringly reflecting on how the world can do a 180 on you in a split second.

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Glide Magazine premieres new single from The Handsome Family, “Skunks,” calling it “intrepid… travels with a cryptic immediacy.”

While most new listeners of The Handsome Family might have been introduced courtesy of Wilco and later Phoebe Bridgers’ cover of “So Much Wine,” or their song “Far From Any Road” which was the opening theme for HBO’s True Detective season. However, older listeners have sworn patronage to this husband-wife duo for decades, making them one of the most cherished dark Americana duos this side of Low.

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Glide Magazine debuts the new single and video for David G Smith’s “River Gonna Talk,” noting his “gravelly authentic song presentation that stings with tried and true Americana.”

Some artists just have that touch to enable a song to become something bigger than just the lyrics and notes. With a gravelly authentic song presentation that stings with the tried and true Americana, David G Smith has been spreading his own brand of gospel for years.

Smith will be releasing his 11th LP, Witness Trees on June 2nd, an album about equality, love, death, and legacy. On Witness Trees, Smith moves from blues-driven roots music that showcases his masterful slide guitar work, to more story-driven folk rock. It’s an album about recognizing the injustices of the world, looking to our future, and acknowledging that we can do better.

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