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Darlingside “Eschaton” – Listen

November 28, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Alt-folk quartet Darlingside are back with a new single and a new album for 2018.  Eschaton is taken from the forthcoming release “Extralife” due out February which will be launched officially in London on January 30th at the […]
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Bap Kennedy tribute EP to raise money for cancer charity

November 28, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
The music of the late Belfast singer-songwriter Bap Kennedy is being celebrated with a new release ‘Raving for Bap’ by The Raving Beauties, all profits of which will be going to Belfast’s Marie Curie Hospice. The release […]
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Jon Boden & The Remnant Kings, Scala, London, 22nd November 2017

November 28, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Those who still pine for the folk excesses of Bellowhead can take some comfort from Jon Boden’s latest outfit. After a solo tour Jon Boden has got the old band back together and is taking new […]
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Rebecca Pronsky “Witness – Hillary’s Song Cycle” (Independent, 2017)

November 28, 2017 Mark Nenadic 0
A mini album dedicated to Hillary Clinton’s ‘defeat’ in the 2016 US Presidential Election and her (imagined) personal aftermath. Let’s not dwell on the name of her opponent, shall we? As is fitting for such a […]
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Robin Jackson “Drifting At Sea” – Listen

November 28, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s easy to hear the influence of Robin Jackson’s previous band, the dark boho-cabaret band, Vagabond Opera.  It’s no real surprise that the Portland based multi-instrumentalist has also worked with Amanda Palmer.  The moody Drifting at Sea is […]

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