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Jon Boden announces Spring 2018 dates

November 30, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
As both a “him” and a “them”. Ex-Bellowhead frontman Jon Boden will hit the road firstly as a solo act in mid-April, starting at Brecon’s Theatr Brycheiniog before picking up The Remnant Kings later in the month […]
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Video premiere: Paul Mosley and The Red Meat Orchestra “Wintertide”

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Composer Paul Mosley has reached his 10-year anniversary (Tin?) as a musician and to celebrate, while most people would buy a cake, he’s instead reuniting with his Red Meat Orchestra to release a new EP of […]
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Imelda May, Royal Albert Hall, London, 22nd November 2017

November 30, 2017 Keith Clifford 0
On the last night of her UK tour Imelda May walked onstage to rapturous applause for her first headline gig at the Royal Albert Hall and performed a stunning stripped back rendition of Call Me.  This […]
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Johnny Cash “Greatest Hits – The Sun Records Years” (Charly Records, 2017)

November 30, 2017 Paul Kerr 0
Ho hum. Another Cash (in) collection I hear you say. Well, yes, it is a compilation of songs that any self respecting fan will already have, probably several times over. However these 20 songs arrive encrypted […]
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Rachael Yamagata + Brandon Jenner, Islington Assembly Halls, London 21st November 2017

November 30, 2017 KC Vines 0
“Oh, you need to get up here” says Rachael Yamagata. The young man in middle of the sixth row needs no more encouragement as he skips out of his seat nimbly and bounds up on to […]

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Sons of Town Hall “Of Ghosts and Gods”

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A magnificent, imaginative journey impeccably blending folk and americana along the way. Singer-songwriters Ben Parker and David Berkley are Sons of Town Hall. A project born over a decade ago in a London pub. For this […]
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Oklahoma jamgrassers The Steppers announce release of sophomore album

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Oklahoma City jamgrass band The Steppers have announced their forthcoming 11-track album The Lights Are Always On on 26th June 2026. The Steppers are described as a “fast-picking, hard-driving psychedelic string trio” comprising Jake Tobey (guitar, […]
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Track Premiere: Lone Piñon “El Tecolote”

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What a melting pot of music this Americana thing is – and here’s an opportunity for us to further expand our horizons as we look towards Northern New Mexico and the band Lone Piñon.  This song […]

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