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Nick Ellis “Daylight Ghosts” (Mellowtone Records, 2017)

March 23, 2017 David Cowling 0

Throughout this record Ellis’ guitar playing is excellent and the sound is clear and resonant (it was recorded in Liverpool St George’s Hall Crown Court Room) and it’s clear the further that Ellis gets from standard […]

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Emmylou Harris to play anniversary show at the Ryman

March 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

News from Rolling Stone Country this morning: “Emmylou Harris is set to kick off a year-long celebration of the 125th anniversary of Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium with a special show there on May 2nd. The Grand […]

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Dweezil Zappa tours 50 Years Of Frank

March 23, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Frank Zappa certainly out did other fathers – nothing as simple as a Boy named Sue for Frank. Moon Unit, Dweezil, these are names of distinction. Well, they’re distinctive. So Dweezil got an interesting start – […]

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Video: Kate Ellis “Ones You Love The Most”

March 23, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

A powerful song and a beautiful performance from Kate Ellis, taken from her album Carve me Out, which will be released on June 2nd.

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Tom Snow “Uptown Hopeful” (Slipstream Records 2016)

March 22, 2017 Michael Farley 1

Tom Snow has enjoyed a 50 year career in the music industry and is best known as a songwriter penning Linda Ronstadt’s hit “Don’t Know Much” and Leo Sayer’s “Thunder In My Heart” plus many more. […]

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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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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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Chaim Tannenbaum “Chaim Tannenbaum” (Storysound Records, 2016)

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Ah, the eponymous debut album marking the emergence of a new talent. Only that’s not quite it this time, Chaim Tannenbaum has been active in music, on and off, for more than forty years. When he […]

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Ferris and Sylvester debut album out today

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Ferris and Sylvester release their debut album ‘Superhuman’ today. The twelve-track album was recorded at Bear Creek Studios, Seattle, USA, with Grammy-nominated producer Ryan Hadlock (The Lumineers, The Strokes) and Sawmill Studios, Cornwall UK, with producer […]

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