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Justin Townes Earle announces UK dates

May 3, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1

Just a handful mind you but if you’re in or about Bristol, York or London then you’re in luck (as you are if you have tickets to the Maverick Festival in July). Earle is set to […]

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Grandaddy bassist, founding member dies

May 3, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Some very sad news this morning from RS. Grandaddy skirt around the boundaries of americana but are basically a great songwriting band in the vein of Mercury Rev or Flaming Lips. They report: “Kevin Garcia, the bassist […]

Videos

Video: Daniel Romano “When I Learned Your Name”

May 3, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

A great piece of powerpop-ish rock’n’roll from Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Romano, whose new album, Modern Pressure, is out on May 19th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w7WJPywrY4

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Dirty Dozen: Jason Haywood

May 2, 2017 Rudie Hayes 0

Jason Haywood’s new album Folklore began with the idea of a man walking across a frozen lake in heavy snow, not sure if the sounds he’s hearing are the howling wind, the ghost of his murdered […]

Features

MerleFest 2017 – RS lists the 11 best things they saw

May 2, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

We’re too lazy to reproduce all the photos they took although you can overcome our laziness by reading the original article here. Or you could just scroll here, you’re the boss. Rolling Stone Country reports: “This […]

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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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