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Scientists finally figured out why tomatoes don't kill you | Popular Science

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Report reveals impressive change in massive energy markets: 'We expect to see significantly more growth'

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Song Review: Sierra Hull - “Spitfire”

Sierra Hull really embraces her inner Alison Krauss on “Spitfire.”

Not just in the voice, which has always shown a resemblance to the singing angel, but also in the sparse, Dobro-dominated arrangement, which recalls Union Station while being entirely its own thing.

The song is an ode to Hull’s grandmother - She’s in my blood, Hull sings - and tells the story of woman who went from 18-year-old widow to elderly matriarch with one kidney. As single No. 3 from A Tip Toe High Wire, it also gives the LP its title.

She’s a spitfire, spitfire/queen of a tip toe high wire/no, you really can’t blame her/that nobody can tame her/she’s a spitfire

Everyone should have a song written for them. Getting a song like “Spitfire” is a particularly high honor.

A Tip Toe High Wire is due March 7; read Sound Bites’ previous coverage here.

Grade card: Sierra Hull - “Spitfire” - A-

2/24/25

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Félix Thiollier, 1899

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Open-stooped

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Nettie Jane Kennedy Grandmother’s Dream 1940s

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Spring's Approach. Kaoru Yamada

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never surrender

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kitchen ghosts

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Music starts 2:15 in.

Song Review(s): Billy Strings - “My Little Georgia Rose,” “Cabin Song” and “Heartbeat of America” (Live, Feb. 22, 2025)

It began deep in the tall, blue grass, location-specific and full of harmony, before spiraling in to the stratosphere. Billy Strings and company thus displayed multiple sides of their collective personality with three songs in Atlanta.

So when “My Little Georgia Rose,” with a cappella intro, and “Cabin Song” gave way to “Heartbeat of America” Feb. 22 in Atlanta, Strings transformed from acoustic to electric guitarist with echoey voice from on high while Jarrod Walker, Royal Masat, Billy Failing and Alex Hargreaves retained their respective and essential roles as mandolinist, bassist, banjoist and fiddler.

The three-song livestream sampler showed off the quintet’s ability as singers, players, students of Bill Monroe, composers of their own material, down-to-Earth ’grassers, space cowboys, soloists, ensemble players and incredible talents.

Though it is Sound Bites’ least-favorite of the triptych, “Heartbeat” is remarkable for its melding of most of these elements, particularly in how the music morphs from a winding stream of acoustical playing to a frothing storm of electricity.

Grade card: Billy Strings - “My Little Georgia Rose,” “Cabin Song” and “Heartbeat of America” (Live - 2/22/25) - A/A/A-

2/23/25

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Bison Bison

2/25/27

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