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Month: October 2017

Album Reviews

Days Are Done “Closer” (Independent, 2017)

October 9, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0
The debut EP from London-based Days Are Done, aka Emmy Kay and Adam Lewis, is as with most EPs a showcase for the range of their music. It will probably be classed as folk-rock by those […]
Tracks

Track premiere: Amelia White “Rhythm of the Rain”

October 9, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1
This is a nice way to start a wet Monday morning. Amelia White’s new album “Rhythm of the Rain” which we recently described as “East Nashville’s finest at the top of her game” is out in the […]
Videos

Video: May Erlewine “Never One Thing”

October 9, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0
Now this is very good indeed, a life-affirming song with gospel overtones and a powerful message  from May Erlewine, who’s one third of The Sweet Water Warblers and has released more than a dozen solo albums.  […]
News

Johnny Cash’s Unearthed will be released as a huge vinyl boxset

October 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
And some final news from Pitchfork before you break up for the weekend.  Have a good one dear readers. They report: “Johnny Cash’s 2003 box set Unearthed, a posthumous collection of previously unreleased recordings with Rick Rubin, […]
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Pick Of The Political Pops – Merle Haggard “Oke From Muskogee”

October 6, 2017 Paul Villers 0
From down here in the AUK Bunker it often seems as if the Left (like the devil?) has all the best tunes. We have identified this as a decent little ditty from a small ‘c’ conservative […]

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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

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