Each week the Hot Box at WMNF gets updated. It is literally a box full of cds that the music department want to highlight. Most of the cds are new releases- some haven’t even been released yet. A few go in and a few go out. Here are this week’s additions.
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Hard Working Americans – Rest in Chaos – Todd Snider leads an all-star band of jam band refugees through hard scrabble music about wasted lives of drugs, alcohol and mistakes.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/hard-working-americans-rest-in-chaos-20160527
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Sarah Jarosz – Undercurrent – Now 25 and already into her fourth album, the Texas singer-songwriter-musician puts out consistently “classy modern Americana” music. Good chance she will be here in early fall.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/19/sarah-jarosz-undercurrent-review-classy-americana
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Michael Franti & Spearhead – Soulrocker – No longer the overt protest rapper-singer (he swore off negative songs and affirmed only positive messages after nearly dying from a burst appendix); this continues his recent albums filled with messages of peace and love (which have raised his popularity more than his protest songs). Good WMNF values..
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/michael_franti_and_spearhead-soulrocker
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Fitz and the Tantrums – Fitz and the Tantrums – The indy-pop-soul band is back with their third album. An excellent live band, they are coming to Jannus Live this fall….
http://theyoungfolks.com/review/album-review-fitz-and-the-tantrums-by-fitz-and-the-tantrums/81806
Here is some Michael Franti
