NEM#224: Steve Dawson (Dolly Varden) Elevates Americana

<p>Steve fronted Chicago's Dolly Varden for six albums from the '90s through 2013. He also started releasing albums under his own name 2003 and has just released his seventh.</p>
<p>We discuss "A Mile South of Town" (and listen at the end to "Oh, California") from <em>Ghosts</em> (2024), the title track from <em>The Dumbest Magnets</em> by Dolly Varden (2000), and "Bronko Nagurski," a 1989 recording by the early iteration of Varden, Stump the Host. Intro: "Saskatchewan to Chicago" by Dolly Varden from <em>For a While</em> (2013). More at <a href="stevedawsonmusic.com">stevedawsonmusic…;
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