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Sam Baker heads to the UK for dates

June 13, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Texas singer-songwriter Sam Baker whose new album we reviewed in glowing terms last week, is heading to our shores for some dates later this month. Rolling Stone called his last album “Say Grace” one of the 10 […]

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MYATB (Me You & The Boy) “MYATB” (Independent, 2017)

June 13, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0

Hmmmm. This is a short EP that gives a taster of the the acoustic guitar-based duo MYATB (Me You & The Boy). Essentially it sounds as if the duo have taken their busking exploits into a […]

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Frightened Rabbit “Fields of Wheat” – Listen

June 13, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Scottish indie-folksters Frightened Rabbit have ripped into the Tories after last week’s election loss by sharing the new track “Fields of Wheat” on Soundcloud which asks: “Are you ready for the pinch you’ll feel, the fractured […]

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Joe Purdy, The Portland Arms, Cambridge, 9th June 2017

June 13, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Perhaps the events of the previous night gave this Joe Purdy gig an additional frisson – who couldn’t be even more than usually moved by songs asking for – nay, demanding – equality, tolerance and understanding […]

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Jupiter Owls “The Fallow Cry Of The Jupiter Owls” (Cupboard Under The Stairs, 2016)

June 13, 2017 Michael Farley 0

Jupiter Owls are a four piece band hailing from Frome in Somerset. This is their first release with all eleven tracks here (one co-write excepted) having been written by John Libert who appears to be the […]

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