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The Hand in the Ocean

Passionate Americana

by Patrick Dunn

posted 3/1/2013

Call it what you want--indie folk, folk-rock, Americana--but banjo-driven hooks and plaintive country-influenced melodies are the pop music flavor of the moment, from Mumford & Sons to the Lumineers. Detroit band the Hand in the Ocean prefers the term "post-folk" for their take on that sound, acknowledging the group's distance from true traditional folk, yet the

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