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INTERVIEW: ALAMOSA SENTINEL

Rito Seco Records on AI, Artistic Integrity, and an Industry at a Crossroads “We Put Our Name On It”by Caitlin Ruark, The Alamosa Sentinel, May 13, 2026 The boardroom at Rito Seco Records is a spare, practical room — a long table, six rustic chairs, a whiteboard with something partially erased on it that looks…
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IN PERFORMANCE: LIVE AT AYRSHIRE HALL

The group played a matinee set at the old theater in Charlotte, North Carolina, May 9, 2026, to an appreciative crowd. From the Floor at Ayrshire Hallby Max Unger, A&R, Rito Seco Records Backstage blessing. Selah jokes this is where Elara passes on her fearlessness. Jonah says it’s no joke. Photo: M. Unger Charlotte surprised…
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ALBUM REVIEW: SNAKEWEED SEASON

New from Kat’s Sundog (Rito Seco Records) In Season: Place & Poetry in Snakeweed Season by Kat’s SundogReviewed by Dr. Nora BallantyneHigh Lonesome: A Journal of American Roots Music, Vol. 14 Let me say at the outset what this review is not going to do. It is not going to spend its first five paragraphs…
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INTERVIEW: AMERICAN MERIDIAN — PBS NEWS

Broadcast Transcript — Approximate Runtime: 14 minutes American Meridian is a weekly primetime newsmagazine broadcast on PBS, known for its longform cultural and investigative profiles. Now in its nineteenth season, the program draws an average of four million viewers and is produced in association with WBRD Asheville. “A Long Way From Anywhere”Correspondent Kate Severance on…
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INTERVIEW: THE SOUTHERN AMERICAN
SAM Quarterly | Spring Music Issue, 2026 The Songs She Left BehindSelah and Elara Vance on folk music, found poetry, and the eleven yearsbetween them by Deanna Marsh The Appalachian Collection at Belk Library occupies the fourth floor of a building that smells of old paper and institutional carpet, and Selah Vance moves through it…