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Welcome to the Weekly
Dispatch! This week, we watch Tracy Chapman return to
the Grammy Awards to sing "Fast Car" with Luke
Combs, dig into the poetic peculiarity of our February Artist of
the Month, Willi Carlisle, and much more.
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Watch Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs' Stunning
Performance of "Fast Car"
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A highlight of the 2024 Grammy Awards, Tracy
Chapman and Luke Combs’ stunning collaboration on "Fast
Car" signaled a sense of unity and come-togetherness that
many feel is woefully lacking in the current zeitgeist. [Watch]
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Artist of the Month Willi Carlisle Is a
Lyric Poet In the Most Classical Sense
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Willi Carlisle is at his best when limning complex
networks of historical figures, news, what is called “traditional
music,” contemporary poetics, and the natural world. He is a lyric
poet, in the most classical sense. [Find
out what we mean]
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American Patchwork Quartet's Debut Album
Celebrates Multicultural Folk
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The members of American Patchwork Quartet present
an array of diverse backgrounds – both musical and
cultural. However, this is not a group made for the sake of
some exaggerated or token sense of unity. [Learn more here]
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Sam Grisman Carries On the Traditions His
Father and Jerry Garcia Began
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There’s something special about music rooted in
friendship and a shared mission. Perhaps no one exemplifies this
better than Sam Grisman Project, founded by the youngest son
of roots pioneer David Grisman. [Check them out]
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Tyrone Cotton: The Louisville Legend You
Must Hear
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Tyrone Cotton, a decades-long mainstay of the
Louisville, Kentucky music scene, just released his debut
album, Man Like Me. We explore
the patchwork of influences and traditions he represents on Basic
Folk. [Read more here]
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