February 2017 – Page 10

Surprise! New Dawes live album out now – Listen

February 16, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Kind of a better surprise too than some of the nastier ones we’ve had in recent months. Paste report: “Dawes are a band that have largely built their reputation as road warriors, with shows that give […]

Video: Worry Dolls “Miss You Already”

February 16, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Fabulous harmonies on this pedal-steel driven song from the Worry Dolls, taken from their new album, Go Get Gone, and released to coincide with their UK tour.

New Robyn Hitchcock album due April – Listen

February 15, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

The legendary (and we use that word frugally) Robyn Hitchcock will release his new record on the Yep Roc label on 21st April. The 21st studio recording (spookily) and first-ever eponymous release of the British artist’s four-decade career, […]

Cary Morin “Cradle To The Grave” (Independent, 2017)

February 15, 2017 Mark Nenadic 1

Cary Morin possesses finger-picking skills that many guitarists would sell their soul for. A Montana native and member of the Crow tribe, Morin’s music rolls together blues, folk, jazz and a host of other flavours into […]

Hurray for the Riff Raff announce UK dates, new album

February 15, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Hurray for the Riff Raff’s new album “The Navigator” comes out on March 1oth on ATO Records, with Alynda Segarra “telling an interwoven, cinematic story of a wandering soul at a crossroads of identity and ancestral […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

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If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

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A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

Ad for American Beauty album 5th December 1970

For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”