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My Darling Clementine “Still Testifying” (Continental Song City, 2017)

June 19, 2017 Phil Grant 0

The thought of working with our sweet and loving partner may be enough to send many of us quivering into the corner (or perhaps the pub) but that’s exactly what husband & wife team Michael Weston King and Lou […]

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Video: Man, Woman, Friend, Computer “Exordium/Outgrown”

June 19, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Something a little different here but it’s truly outstanding.  The video is by Yuliya Tsukerman, the music by Austin band Man, Woman, Friend, Computer.  The marionette animation is astonishing and very moving and the music fits […]

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Donald Byron Wheatley “Moondogs and Mad Dogs” (Maiden Voyage Recording Co, 2017)

June 18, 2017 Muff Fitzgerald 0

Rear-ended by a car which sent me and my bicycle flying through the air, the kerb-stone rose up and smashed me in the face. Paramedics diagnosed a broken nose, fractured arm, wrist and cracked ribs, and […]

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Ben Millburn “Local Honey” EP (Independent, 2016)

June 18, 2017 Muff Fitzgerald 0

It was Marcel Proust who wrote: ‘To a young pup in love, a bitch’s ass smells sweet.’ Austin, Texas resident, Ben Milburn has testified a true story, on his new ‘Local Honey’ EP, that to this […]

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Jason Isbell “Nashville Sound” reviews round up

June 16, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1

The reviews have started to come in for Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit’s new album “The Nashville Sound” which is out today.  Rolling Stone has given it 3 and a half stars out of 5, […]

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

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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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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Lonely Avenue “Lonely Avenue” (Aum Studio Music, 2016)

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Here is a winner, an unforgettable record with its American buffalo cover that takes you securely into thoughtful, rocking Americana territory. This is the band’s first full length studio album. The first, unforgettable, track, has a winning hook […]

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Gillian Welch’s 2011 album, the GRAMMY-nominated ‘The Harrow & The Harvest’ is going to be released for the first time ever on reel-to-reel tape via her own Acony Records. David Rawlings reveals about the release, “as […]

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Paperback Riders: Bob Dylan “Chronicles Volume One”

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Books Editor, Rick Bayles, writes – When Gordon submitted this latest article for his ‘Paperback Riders’ series neither of us knew it would, sadly, be his last. It has been a genuine pleasure to work with […]

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