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Video: Sam Gleaves & Tyler Hughes “When We Love”

June 20, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

This is the new single from Sam & Tyler, from their eponymous first album together, out in June.  Sam’s solo debut Ain’t We Brothers deservedly made many Best Of lists in 2015 and this is just […]

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William the Conqueror “Tend to the Thorns” – Listen

June 19, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Indie-rock trio William The Conqueror have released their single ‘Tend To The Thorns’ – lead track from their debut album ‘Proud Disturber Of The Peace’ due to be released via our friends at Loose on August […]

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North Mississippi Allstars new album and tour dates

June 19, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

Those sons of the infamous Southern behemoth that was James Dickinson, North Mississippi Allstars have announced several UK dates in support of their latest album, Prayer For Peace. Founded in 1996 by brothers Luther (guitar and vocals) and Cody […]

Live Reviews

Yola Carter, The Borderline, London. 8th June 2017

June 19, 2017 Keith Clifford 0

At a recently revamped Borderline, Yola Carter took to the stage amidst an air of anticipation with Carter having recently won UK Artist of the Year at the AMA UK Awards. Carter is an immediate stage […]

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Steve Earle discusses new album with RS

June 19, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Happy Monday morning everyone. If you’re sitting in an air conditioned freezing office looking at the sun through tinted windows, warm yourself with this piece from RS Country: “For the vast majority of Steve Earle’s studio LPs, […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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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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Writing a book, on such an iconic figure in the music industry as Merle Haggard, is not something anyone would undertake lightly. This is a man who, alongside Buck Owens, came to define the Bakersfield sound […]

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Joe Kaplow “Time Spent In Between” (Independent, 2019)

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Joe Kaplow is unlikely to be a name familiar to many. Living in what he fondly refers to as “the rich Santa Cruz music community” Kaplow has found himself a base from which he can devote […]

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Julian Taylor “Pathways”

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Another fine recording by this Canadian folk-blues singer-songwriter, an AUK favourite, on something of a roll. What an ongoing pleasure it is to get the opportunity to listen to and review artists who have somehow flown […]

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