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Video: Red Moon Joe “The High Lonesome”

May 15, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

A nice Gram Parsons-inspired song and video from Red Moon Joe’s forthcoming album Time & Life, due in July.

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The Weeks “Easy” (Serpents and Snakes Records, 2017)

May 12, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s no surprise at all that The Weeks are on the Kings of Leon’s label – Talk Like That, the opening track of Easy, could be The Kings of Leon in full Southern Rock Band mode […]

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David Starr announces UK tour dates

May 12, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

David Starr is an Americana singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who has been making music since the age of 10. He has seven releases under his belt both as a solo artist, duo artist and member of […]

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Chris Shiflett “West Coast Town” (SideOneDummy Records, 2017)

May 12, 2017 Peter Churchill 0

Nashville based Grammy award winning producer Dave Cobb is hot. His work with the likes of Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton and Sturgill Simpson have garnered a well-deserved reputation for excellence. Thus, any work with his name […]

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Howie Payne “Some Weekend Night” – Listen

May 12, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Former Stands frontman Howie Payne has lifted this new version of ‘Some Weekend Night’ from the forthcoming boxset ‘The Stands Recordings 2003-2005’, due for release June 23rd on limited edition vinyl. The serious Ennio Morricone guitar […]

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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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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Ada Lea—the nom de scene of Montreal-based musician Alexandra Levy— has announced the release of her new album, “when i paint my masterpiece”, on 8th August 2025 via Saddle Creek. This marks the third album from […]

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Video: Emily Rose & The Rounders “Too Much Too”

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The new video from Emily Rose & The Rounders is an excellent cinematic visual that has been artfully directed and edited by Christopher Slater, who also supplied the Super 8 Footage.  He showcases the band at […]

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