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Roots Culture Redefined
Mixtape
This Faux Paws Playlist Includes 'No Bad Ideas'Growing up with access to all of recorded music, it’s hard to imagine not enjoying a wide range of styles. When we all met around fifteen years ago, it was fun to see where our backgrounds overlapped and where they didn’t. Eventually, after lots of road testing, we ended up…
MixtapeApr 21, 2025

I’m rarely satisfied with the status quo. And I love roots music that is bona fide. Well, I’ve used up most of my Latin vocabulary very quickly. I didn’t know what "Tempus Fugit" meant until I got a wonderful new song from Tim Stafford and Missy Raines, both great artists, writers, and old friends. Missy…

MixtapeApr 14, 2025

Life is weird. In the words of Dan Reeder, “What the fuck is that about?” Everyone tells me I seem mellow and laid back – and I am. That said, if anyone were to take one step into my head, they’d be bombarded with a maelstrom of wonderings about death, intrusive thoughts, forgotten location of…

MixtapeApr 11, 2025

Spring is a transformation. A reawakening. A rebirth. Time marches on and no matter how cold the winter may be, the spring arrives and reminds us that we can start again. These songs represent that sound and spirit. The past three years have felt like a long spring for our band. From writing and recording…

MixtapeApr 7, 2025

The accordion is like a cousin you don’t see very often, but who is an integral, colorful member of the family. In country, folk, bluegrass and related roots music from the U.S., the accordion has always been there, more of a presence than you might think. It’s central to styles such as zydeco, Cajun, and…

MixtapeMar 24, 2025

Playlists are the new Mixtape – and who doesn’t love a good Mixtape? With the release of my brand new album, The Sound of Muscle Shoals, recorded at legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, I thought it would be cool to highlight not only a few of the most important – albeit ubiquitous –…