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• Check out this brand new single from evermighty The Black Keys. Fresh song Fever is from the new album Turn Blue, released May 13th. Now, let Friday steal your heart!

Stumbled upon this gem of a song from back in the days of 2006. The Raconteurs (Detroitband with Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence & Patrick Keeler) and their Broken Boy Soldier.

Just an amazing tune, very early Led Zeppelin-ish and Jack really got the Plantesque style in full swing. Great, great song on a Tuesday nite, enjoy!

Photo: Tetiana Steblova

Ya´ll remember Swear and Shake from Brooklyn, NY? We interviewed vocalist Kari Spieler a while back, check this.

The band is one of our all-time K7-favs: Folky heavy metal with boot-stompin oohs n’ aahs downed with a bitter twist of Deliverance.

You know why listening to this great tune, Brother from album Ain’t That Lovin’. Have a roaring weekend!

Jack White got a new LP Lazaretto hitting the streets June 9. Good news all around. Here´s a taste of whats coming, a instrumental steaming rocker of a bullett called High Ball Stepper. Dig it!

You dig great outlaw-garage-fuzzers as Jeff the Brotherhood, Tweak Bird and Jacuzzi Boys? We sure do. But you aint seen nothing yet. Check out our new fav band Natural Child from Nashville, Tennessee. These guys got the vibe, let WE telleth YOU. Groovy shit for sure.

I was born in the 70´s and this is the American decade experience. Mr Young, Mr Dylan, Mr C Heat; behold. You´ll never ever sit still.

Check out their outstanding 2014-album Dancin’ With Wolves and by Lord, don´t miss the 2012-gem Hard In Heaven. Down below, listen to the almighty live version of Blind Owl Speaks and new song Firewater Liquor. Exit doors!

Mount David is David Andersson, a singer songwriter from Sweden. A man with a voice made of gold. Listening to his music strengthens the sensation of why we love music so bad. A genuine signal in the sound of white noise, a beacon of good feelings and great warmth.

Mount David resides on the same label as I’m Kingfisher Kite Recordings, a Kentuckyseven favorite. And just yesterday, he released a new song… Sit back. Relax. Enjoy.

• We love Shovels and Rope. And when the almighty Caleb Caudle covers the wonderful Carry Ann Hearst-song The Thread. Well, it´s the best of all alt-country worlds we know of. This is pure Lone Star territory, enjoy!

For you who haven´t yet discovered the man Caleb Caudle, please check out his latest album Tobacco Town. It´s stuff to adore!

Photo: Zia Anger

Angel Olsen, a new Kentuckyseven favorite, and also only the greatest indierock artist from Missouri, is this friday’s soundtrack.

Angel has worked with Bonnie Prince Billy in the past and has now a new awesome album out on Jagjaguwar ”Burn Your Fire For No Witness”, and from that same album we present: Forgiven/Forgotten. Stay free.

We love a good cover. But when it comes down to Bob Dylan (to whom we owe it all) it´s hard. There are so many! Some great, some not so great.

Among the top 10 we find beautiful takes as Sufjan Stevens – Ring Them Bells, Hederos & Hellberg – You’re a Big Girl Now, Antony & the Johnsons – Knockin’ on Heavens Door, Buddy Miller – With God on Our Side,  The White Stripes – One More Cup of Coffee, Sixteen Horsepower – Nobody ’Cept You, Nina Simone – The Ballad of Hollis Brown… and off course the almighty Jimi Hendrix – All Along the Watchtower.

But today we give ya’ll a treat. Check out Wendy Bucklew and her swoop at Buckets of Rain. Devastating!

I am sometimes asked, what kind of music do you write about on Kentuckyseven, and the answer is more than often: hard to describe, but I am sure you’d like it, it is just great music that we love. Horse Thief is a great example of just that.

A band from Texas, now ”finding themselves” in Oklahoma, with frontman Cameron Neal and his familiar voice. Lovers of bands as Fleet Foxes will feel right at home, only this is even more naked and thruthful. Horse Thief just signed with Bella Union (only the greatest label ever) and will release their new album ”Fear in Bliss” April 15.

Hype Machine has an exclusive stream… Plug in. Enjoy.