drDOCTOR

small press, literary magazine, occasional reading series, bookchanalia

[drDOCTOR @drDOCTORdrDR]

CHIMERO is READY to ROAM. The debut novel by Sam Farahmand is available to order now through dD: https://t.co/8fRiOGnOgp

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

In the lead-up to her ‘Trailblazer’ album release show, @LolaKirke shared some stripped-down renditions of “Hungover Thinkin’” and “Mississippi, My Sister, Elvis & Me” and some thoughts on creative chaos and finding herself in country music. https://t.co/OFX6dpdcZg

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

A STOCK MUSIC CHRISTMAS drops December 23!

With @tommyprine, @vincehermanband of @leftoversalmon, @jquimbymusic, & more—gather around this holiday season to find out if Tommy Prine will ever make music again or refuse to return home until his soup sings. https://t.co/iZVpmasoQz

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

.@JohnRMillerWV takes on the King of Monsters at @eastsidebowl and shares insight on sustainability, #WendellBerry, and the Crumbling Pie.

Check out this bonus feature from “Acid Americana Arcade" and take the full trip on our YouTube channel. https://t.co/qjUa0ASRMn

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

Check out our latest session with #bluegrass fiddler and singer @bronwynfiddle sharing songs from her upcoming album “I Built a World.” https://t.co/sYG7pUDH0T

[Benjamin Farahmand @benfarahmand]

hey @hankgreen. why do humans have muscle control over their nostrils? why can we flare our nostrils!?!

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

John R. Miller's “Acid Americana Arcade: Songwriting, Nashville, & the Unknown” is out now.

Tune in for a day-in-the-life with singer-songwriter @JohnRMillerWV, featuring stripped-down versions of “Basements,” “Ditcher," & “Smokestacks On The Skyline.” https://t.co/cZ0Q46tl4S

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

“John R. Miller's Acid Americana Arcade” drops Feb 20 on @ContraryWestern’s YouTube channel.

Check out @JohnRMillerWV performance and interview here and tune in to take the full trip in a few weeks.

https://t.co/hPah4zmsUw

@RounderRecords

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

Following the tradition of musicians like @JasonIsbell, @TommyPrine debuts his acting chops in Another Contrary Christmas.

https://t.co/7Chm3Uec91

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

ANOTHER CONTRARY CHRISTMAS w/ @TommyPrine, @ArloMckinley, and @treburtofficial is out now! https://t.co/rQbSq58aYG

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

.@TommyPrine, @ArloMckinley, and @treburtofficial find themselves in for a heartfelt but haunted hang at an empty holiday shindig in the 2nd annual Contrary Christmas.

“Another Contrary Christmas” Christens Contrary Western’s YouTube on December 25.

[boshemia magazine 🎀 @boshemiamag]

Re-reading @eileendotnet's essay for @drDOCTORdrDR about tattooing and grief and Joshua Tree National Park <3

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

.@AdeemTheArtist stunned us with this live version of “Painkillers & Magic” at @BluebirdCafeTN earlier this year and shared how they found their way back into country music.

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

"If anyone should have a @DukesMayonnaise sponsorship it's me or @BJBarhamTweets [of @USAquarium]," said @AdeemTheArtist in their @ContraryWestern session at the Bluebird.

So who will Duke's sponsor? Adeem? BJ? Contrary?

https://t.co/2uC0hrj8Cd

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

Just before their show at @BluebirdCafeTN earlier this year, @AdeemTheArtist shared a stripped-down version of “Painkillers & Magic” with us and spoke about surrealism in songwriting, growing up in North Carolina, and the magnificence of @DukesMayonnaise. https://t.co/pciGT6caQk

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

.@ChrisShiflett71 covered Merle Haggard’s “Ramblin’ Fever” and reflected on the role of country music in Southern California—from Gene Autry and televised westerns to #BuckOwens and @merlehaggard, on through to #GramParsons.

[Chris Shiflett @ChrisShiflett71]

👏👏👏

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

.@ChrisShiflett71 shared an intimate, in-studio version of “Overboard” and spoke about recording his new album ‘Lost at Sea’ in Nashville with @thejaren, @charlieworsham, & more—before also playing a #MerleHaggard cover and stripped-down “West Coast Town.” https://t.co/0wPsHZXPrp

[cecil fenn @cecil__fenn]

“We are left to transform alone, to carry the narrative of passing singly, an internal weight.”

This gets at the troubled heart of contemporary grief. I’m looking forward to reading the whole book.

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

.@tommyprine shared a striking cover of “Videotape” by @radiohead, a moving version of “Ships in the Harbor,” & spoke to the different genres he grew up listening to and the influence @jasonisbell had on him finding a deeper connection to Americana music.

https://t.co/URBSfEG64q

[Contrary Western @ContraryWestern]

ICYMI: @ChrisShiflett71 with a stripped-down version of "Dead and Gone" and a conversation about the punk and country continuum.

#ChrisShiflett #ContraryWestern @blueelanrecords

https://t.co/ztwGgZ28Or