Trent Dabbs taps into his roots with his new conceptual album, Southerner. Dabbs has released six solo albums and has co-written several other songs with a number of artists. Among his songwriting credits is “Add It Up” from The Ladder by Andrew Belle. In addition, Dabbs founded the Ten Out of Tenn Tour in 2005. Lastly, Dabbs’ music has been featured on several seasons of the hit WB drama, One Tree Hill.

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“Southerner” by Trent Dabbs
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Jason Isbell has written us a story. It goes like this. “There’s one thing I can’t stand. This bar and this cover band—trying to fake their way through ‘Castles Made of Sand’. There’s one thing I can’t take. The sound that a woman makes about five seconds after her heart begins to break. She should be home by now but she ain’t (pause) because one of my friends has taken her in and given her codeine. One of my friends has taken her in and given her codeine. One of my friends has taken her in and given her codeine.” So on and so forth.

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“Codeine” by Jason Isbell

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Sarathan Records launched Sarathan Online Services (SOS) a few months ago. As a thank you to its listeners, the SOS division gave away three mp3 downloads today, including this tune by Jason Spooner. Subscribe to the mailing list and get yours here.

Jason Spooner is a singer-songwriter from Portland, ME. His latest album is titled Sea Monster. Click here for more on Jason Spooner. You may also stream more songs from him SongCircleMusic profile.

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“Seed in the Ground” by Jason Spooner