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Author: Venita Munir

Venita is a diverse writer, editor and doctor based in Melbourne, Australia. She has a lifelong love of music and travel, and writes music reviews and interviews. She has received awards for microfiction, has published short stories, and is completing her first novel about a solo female trucker in outback Australia. She dreams of desert roadtrips to a Calexico soundtrack. websites: www.venusianmoon.com and www.venitamunir.com
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Calexico Takes a Slight Detour

Venita Munir January 16, 2018 No Comments AmericanaCalexico

Calexico – The Thread That Keeps Us (Anti Records, 2018) Calexico’s 9th studio album, The Thread That Keeps Us (Anti- records), is a slight detour…

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They’re Happy Days

Venita Munir March 9, 2017 No Comments HuapangoLone PiñonMexican musicMexicoUnited States of America

Lone Piñon – Días Felices (Living Music Duplication, 2017) This new release from New Mexico, the self-professed “land of enchantment”, is sure to get you…

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Paris Texas via Tucson

Venita Munir March 6, 2017 No Comments John ConvertinoNaïm Amor

Naïm Amor and John Convertino – The Western Suite and Siesta Songs (Living Music Duplication, 2016) The first thing that springs to mind listening to…

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