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Laura Marling latest album Patterns in Repeat

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I'm not sure if I've ever heard a song of Laura Marling , but I saw a review in The Guardian  of her latest album, Patterns in Repeat : "she is probably the closest artist her generation has to a Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez or Patti Smith". Wikipedia reports: Her sixth record, Semper Femina, was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Folk Album category, as was Song for Our Daughter. Links: Her  Instagram , album on Spotify . Folk Alley Review : "patterns blossom and fade, reminding us of the cycles of life through which our family members have passed and through which we and future generations will also pass. Laura Marling’s airy and spacious Patterns in Repeat gently meditates on the cyclical character of life: the persistent departures and returns that animate our relationships." No Depression review: "Laura Marling’s latest album, Patterns in Repeat, was inspired by the birth of Marling’s daughter and the singer-songwriter’s initiation into mot
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Some old music posts

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I discovered Ren for myself. A bluegrass list of YouTube . I love musicals . New Music to me:  Post Rats Jazz Miles Davis Molly Miller Russell Hall Septet Banana songs Ari Hoenig New Music  9/21/23 Gustav Mahler Oh, and I have an opera blog . Shit, should I collapse that one into this? I think so.
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J.D. Crowe and the New South

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" J.D. Crowe and the New South " is the best bluegrass album according to u/qmb139boss on r/Bluegrass . I honestly don't know enough about bluegrass to even have an opinion, but bold online opinions like this make me listen to an album and I enjoyed it. J D Crowe died in 2021, so we're not talking an album hot off the press, but there's something timeless about internet opinions.  He was born in Lexington Kentucky in 1937, when the Hindenburg crashed, on fire. Oh the humanity. Amelia Earhart had disappeared.  Steve Martin was the first banjo player that entered my consciousness, and he was a comedian, wasn't focused exclusively on bluegrass music.  The New South was founded in 1971.  I went to a bluegrass festival sometime in my childhood with my father, stepmother and sisters. I don't think I've ever seen any other live bluegrass, but I think it's really cool. I think music is always seeking authenticity and bluegrass seems to have the most easy
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