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Month: May 2017

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Video: Jason McNiff “Cairo (Stuck In The Past)”

May 5, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0
Taken from his double CD retrospective anthology, Rain Dries Your Eyes, out now, this is a great song from the much underrated Jason McNiff.
Album Reviews

Joe Martin “Small World” (Independent, 2017)

May 4, 2017 Mark Nenadic 0
Youthful Red Rose native Joe Martin has crossed the Pennines to begin his musical adventures from a West Yorkshire base, physically at least. Spiritually he’s rooted in the 1970s American singer-songwriter world of Don McLean, Jackson […]
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John Murry announces new album, UK summer dates

May 4, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
John Murry’s new album “A Short History of Decay” is out in July and he’s announced a handful of gigs/festival dates around the UK to promote it, one of which is tonight if you’re lively. The […]
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Ha Ha Tonka “Heart-Shaped Mountain” (Bloodshot, 2017)

May 4, 2017 David Cowling 0
In which HHT continue to expand their brand of indie-Americana, sometimes resulting in excursions into areas that maybe should remain off limits. Mostly though they find a sweet spot where they find surging choruses that scream […]
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Martha Tilston “Stories” – Listen

May 4, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
‘Stories’ is the second single to be taken from Martha Tilston’s forthcoming album “Nomad” which is set for release on Friday next week. Speaking about the song, she says: “‘Stories’ is about climbing up from the difficult […]

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

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In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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“I meditate every day, I hope that this feeling can go away” sings Cassandra Violet over a backing that can only be described as quirky, before wistfully adding ” back to when I was in High […]
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Gretchen Peters announces new album “The Show: Live from the UK”

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2022 marks the 25th year since US singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters first set foot on a UK stage and she is celebrating the anniversary in style with the release of a live album recorded during a 2019 […]

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