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Welcome, Indie music fans from around the world to Episode #35 of INDIEcent Exposure. I'm your host, the mongrel, and, as always, I'll be spinning you a wide selection of choice tracks from far flung locales and genres.

We speak with Michael Timmins of legendary alt-rock-country-blues-folk act Cowboy Junkies this past week as the band gets ready to do a micro Northeast U.S. tour.

Cowboy Junkies is a nearly 40-year collaboration between (left to right) Alan Anton, Peter Timmins, Margo Timmins, and Michael Timmins ; featured photo by Heather Pollock

Raccoon Raccoon; photo by Yoris, photographer.

Your ears did NOT deceive you if you thought you heard the voice of Michael Timmins during the cold open. This amazingly talented member of legendary alt-rock-blues-folk act Cowboy Junkies spoke with us this past week as the band gets ready to do a micro Northeast U.S. tour. We'll be hearing about 12 or 13 minutes of our talk on this episode, in addition to a couple tracks off their recent release, All that Reckoning, right here on this episode.

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We'll get to our chat with Michael Timmins and the tunes in just a bit, but first, let's open this show with a group we've heard from before — Racoon Racoon, from France, by way of Los Angeles, has just released another single, "Thunderbird." And if I've been accused of not having a softer side, well, I guess featuring this track puts the lie to that notion. So wistful and sweet, you just about have either to start with it or end with it, so here's "Thunderbird," on INDIEcent Exposure.

A little like a tune out of time, right? Again that's "Thunderbird" by Racoon Racoon.

In this Episode

Racoon Racoon • "Thunderbird" • singleCowboy Junkies • "All That Reckoning Part 1" • All that ReckoningCowboy Junkies • "When We Arrive" • All that Reckoning Wes Buckley • "Golden Runner" • Dancing the Bliss Rad Trads • "Wishing Well" • On Tap Tanya Gallagher • "Dolphin in the Snow" • One Hand On My HeartLouis Ville • "Combien De Lunes" • EponymeTumbler • "Diamond In A Drawer" • Come to the EdgeFlowers For Jayne • "So Much Better" • singleLizzo • "Truth Hurts" • Truth Hurts, Dubmatix Pressure Remix

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Wes Buckley; photo by Jason Velázquez.

Now, if you're familiar with Cowboy Junkies, but haven't heard 2018's All that Reckoning, you're in for such a treat. I don't review many albums on this show, and I won't be reviewing this one, but I will say that the tracks on this release stack up to any album of originals they've released to date. If you don't know their work, you may want to pause this episode, pick up downloads of Pale Sun, Crescent Moon and The Trinity Session, have your mind blown, and then come on back. Or you could do that later and just enjoy the title track off this latest effort, "All that Reckoning, Part I."

Cowboy JunkiesNovember 9, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. Ridgefield Playhouse 80 East Ridge Road Ridgefield, Conn. November 10, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. The Egg Empire State Plaza Albany, New York

So much of Cowboy Junkies signature smokiness in that one, and it only gets better from there. As I mentioned, Michael generously gifted us about 30 minutes of his time, and I've selected some of his answers to questions that are compact enough to present in a block...