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Videos of the Day – week of 8/15/16

8/15 – see above for the new video by Colorado quartet SHEL & check out their Just Crazy Enough fashion challenge on social media!

8/16 – an inventive use of cocktail napkins in Marian Hill’s new lyric video…The Corner is proud to Welcome Marian Hill to The Jefferson Sept. 11!

8/17 – Skyward has ties to Harrisonburg & Charlottesville & are doing a CD release party 8/27 at The Southern…hear this track tonight at 8pm on Live & Local!

8/18 – as heard last night on TFR, interesting new track from Australia’s Gordi called “Wanting”

8/19 – as heard yesterday on The News At Noon, Dawes has a new song out (and a fun, super slo-mo video too)!  New album “We’re All Gonna Die” is out 9/18…

 

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