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Willie Nile
"American Ride"

Released in 2013

Willie Nile is a singer-songwriter born and raised in Buffalo, New York who moved to NYC when he started playing music professionally. His songs today are the musical embodiment of the city - gritty and creative; sometimes optimistic, sometimes depressing. His first record came out in 1980, but it was the records from 2006 on that caught my attention. Record after record seemed to be classics. It's rare to see an artist have 10 straight great albums, but Willie has been in an incredible groove. His song "One Guitar" from "The Innocent Ones" album has become something of the Light of Day anthem as a finale type song with all of the artists performing it on stage together.
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COLUMNS

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The Makin Waves Song of the Week is "Blessing," the first single from Jersey Shore songstress Brielle Brown's forthcoming full-length debut album, "In Art & Soil the Same."

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UPCOMING SHOWS

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