Out of Northwest Oklahoma, D.R. Cummins crafts country/folk songs that feel lived-in and unpolished in the best way. Check out the new EP - Subhuman Red Dirt Ballads.

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On the Music of Jacob McCoy

Introduction The bridge to David Ramirez's “New Way of Living” haunts me: There’s a plumber down in Arkansas The best writer that I ever...

Sep 3, 20247 min read

Afterward - The Gospel According to Joe: Meditations on Joe Pug's Sketch of a Promised Departure

“ Hymn # 101 " “A man cannot have a sensuous nature and be pachydermatous at the same time, and if he be imaginative as well as sensuous,...

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Part XI - The Gospel According to Joe: Meditations on Joe Pug's Sketch of a Promised Departure

10. Descent from the Cross by Torchlight If there were any doubts remaining about the Gospels as the model for this album, the title...

Aug 21, 20243 min read

Part X - The Gospel According to Joe: Meditations on Joe Pug's Sketch of a Promised Departure

9. No Place a Good Man Can Hide This penultimate track, with the last lyrics on the album, is the quintessence of a Joe Pug song:...

Aug 21, 202410 min read

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