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On his debut EP, Get to the River Before It Runs Too Low, Sea Wolf's Alex Brown Church puts his skills to good use on a collection of delicate, timeless pop songs. At times, the disc recalls classic '70s and '80s songwriters like Mark Knopfler and Tom Petty.

Jon-Rae Fletcher may be Canada's finest indie-gospel-country-soul songwriter, and his backing band The River — a rotating cast of friends who occasionally include members of a gospel choir — accompanies his charismatic odes to sex, drinking, rock 'n' roll and God.

In "Red River," the muddy bass and lean drums aren't flashy, but they make a sturdy soapbox for singer-songwriter Rocky Votolato and his guitar. Smoky vocals place a sedate mask on his words, making them easy to swallow.

Whitmore has been called a folk singer, a roots troubadour and an heir to Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen. He grew up on the fertile land between the Mississippi and Des Moines Rivers, on a horse farm in Iowa. Whitmore's new album, Field Songs, is an ode to family farmers.

In "Sare Mabo," Sorry Bamba adds a colorful new piece to the splendid puzzle that is Malian music.

Storms have been sweeping across California since last December. Areas with high elevation are forecasted to experience the brunt of this week's extreme weather.

The eye came ashore near Ocean Isle Beach before the system weakened into a tropical storm. It's expected to linger in North Carolina before swirling up the Mid-Atlantic coast.

The marine mammal was spotted in the narrow canal that connects the Chesapeake and Delaware bays just a few days after one was seen in an estuary of the Potomac River.

A cease-fire is still technically in place but some fighting continues. The government is pressing an offensive on the valley of the Barada River and Damascus' water supply is badly affected.

Israel's Security Cabinet approves a plan to greatly expand the ground offensive in south Lebanon against Hezbollah before the international community imposes a cease-fire. The plan calls for a wider push north toward the Litani River to try to weaken Hezbollah’s rocket-launching and ground-fighting capabilities