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Video: Rosie Hood “Adrift, Adrift”

July 31, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

From her new album The Beautiful And The Actual, this is the gorgeous voice of Rosie Hood with a powerful song about migrants and displacement.

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Interview: Jim Miller (Western Centuries)

July 30, 2017 Maurice Hope 0

Americana musician of long standing Jim Miller is breaking new ground with fellow creative minds Cahalen Morrison, Ethan Lawton and other members of Western Centuries as they bring a new and exciting, and slightly experimental sound […]

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Quiet Loner “The Battle for the Ballot” (Independent, 2017)

July 28, 2017 David Cowling 0

I should have reviewed this record during the General Election campaign and it would have provided the perfect backdrop and context. It is an inspiring record, the result of Matt Hill’s stint as songwriter in residence […]

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Gillian Welch talks vinyl with Stereogum

July 28, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

After yesterday’s terrible Fleet Foxes related news (lol as the kids say), calm yourself with this nice little interview Gillian Welch has done with Stereogum where she talks about the vinyl reissue of her most recent […]

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Surprise! Margo Price releases new “Weakness” EP

July 28, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

First Passenger and now Margo Price – although we still remember the time when it was a surprise to go a week without a new record from Ryan Adams.  Pitchfork report: “Margo Price has released a new […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Taylor Young Band “Mercury Transit”

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Texas folk artist Taylor Young turns up the tempo but relaxes the vibe. The Taylor Young Band is from the 90s, and it never left. Timewarp is a concept that Americana and Country have never had […]

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