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Album | Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing

19 September 2011
By For Folk's Sake
Album | Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing

With over a decade of experience and five other albums under their belt, Blitzen Trapper proved their worth long before creating new album American Goldwing. This of course means that they also have a reputation to uphold, particularly after failing (so far) to revisit the acclaim of their 2008 release Furr with either of...
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The Folk Artist Twitter Directory

6 May 2010
By Stephen W Thomas

Below is our attempt at a comprehensive directory of folk artists currently on Twitter – of course, we aren’t Twitter deities and as such will almost certainly have missed out on certain artists. Let us know if you can think of any tweeting folk musicians in the comments below. Akron/Family Angus and Julia Stone...
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Tags: Akron Family, Angus and Julia Stone, Au Revoir Simone, Avett Brothers, Belle & Sebastian, Beth Jeans Houghton, Blitzen Trapper, Blue Roses, Bon Iver, Broadcast 2000, Caitlin Rose, Cherbourg, Damien Rice, Efterklang, Emmy The Great, Fanfarlo, First Aid Kit, Great Lake Swimmers, Jenny Lewis, Jeremy Warmsley, Jon Hopkins, kristin hersh, Kurran & the Wolfnotes, Laura Marling, Left With Pictures, Liam Frost, Lightspeed Champion, Lisa Hannigan, Lisa Mitchell, Lissie, Local Natives, Midlake, Monsters of Folk, Owen Pallett, Peggy Sue, Rufus Wainwright, She & Him, Slow Club, St Vincent, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, The Decemberists, The Divine Comedy, The Leisure Society, The Living Sisters, The Low Anthem, The New Pornographers, The Watson Twins, Theoretical Girl, Tunng, Villagers, Wilco, Wild Beasts, Woodpigeon, Wye Oak
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EP: Blitzen Trapper – Black River Killer

10 July 2009
By Lynn Roberts

Blitzen Trapper is a folk rock band based in Portand Oregon. Recently signed with Sub Pop Records and with an album (Furr) by the label released in 2008, which became an instant American success, they have just given born to their EP baby ‘Black River Killer’.
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Blitzen Trapper

20 May 2009
By Lynn Roberts


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