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David Rawlings “Cumberland Gap” – Listen

July 28, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

New music from David Rawlings is always a bit of a treat and this Southern gothic tune appears on the singer-songwriter’s new album ‘Poor David’s Almanack,’ which is due out August 11th. “That song was written a […]

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The Vine Brothers “No Candy” (Independent, 2017)

July 28, 2017 Mark Walton 0

Some clarification to begin: they’re not brothers and none of them is called Vine. That should not in any way undermine the authenticity that the Arkansas trio bring to their rootsy folk/bluesgrass sound, a genre noted […]

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Storm the Palace “The Moon above Villiers Street” – Listen

July 28, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Sometimes music doesn’t come quickly – it takes time to mature, to be just right.  Sophie Dodds knows this, having spent nine years getting the songs on Storm The Palace’s debut album Snow, Stars and Public Transport just […]

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Video: Neil Young & Crazy Horse “Like a Hurricane”

July 28, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

And Friday’s retro slot is filled by Neil Young, live in San Francisco in 1986.  No further explanation needed.

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Passenger announces surprise new album, out tomorrow

July 27, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Passenger has announced a new album, and if you saw any of the live stream last night (which you can catch below, but not live) (obviously), you’ll have heard that it’s his most americana-y record to […]

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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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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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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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It may have a traditional sound to it, but this rocking offering from Eoin Glackin rails against a creeping conformity brought by the endless screeching of bullies, on-line trolls and disinformation.  ‘High King Falls‘ is the […]

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Andrew Sheppard “Steady Your Aim” (Wood River Records, 2018)

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Records that sound like the journey an artist has travelled to make the music you’re listening to are few and far between these days. Andrew Sheppard’s backstory includes growing up in the high desert plains of Hailey, […]

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