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Sophia Marshall “Bye Bye” (Independent, 2017)

October 16, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Following on from her solo debut EP last year comes a full album from Leicester’s Sophia Marshall, once half of the much missed Havenots.  It’s a slender little thing, with nine songs clocking in at a […]

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Cameron Blake “Fear Not” (Independent 2107)

October 16, 2017 Michael Farley 4

This is a very thoughtful and in some respects mystical album from Cameron Blake a classically trained music scholar now resident in Michigan. The album consists of twelve songs all written by Blake who is also […]

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The Nickajack Men “Can’t take it anymore” – Listen

October 16, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Can’t take it anymore is the latest single from Glaswegian quintet The Nickajack Men. In case you’re wondering, Nickajack is an area of the rugged Appalachian foothills in eastern Tennessee and northeastern Alabama, which in Civil […]

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Video: Blitzen Trapper “Wild And Reckless”

October 16, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

This is a brilliant song with a mighty get-up-off-your-backside sound on the title track of Blitzen Trapper’s new album, due out on November 3rd.

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Jacob Thomas Jr. “Whiskey Roller Coaster” – Listen

October 13, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Whiskey Roller Coaster is the first single from Jacob Thomas Jr.’s upcoming album “Electric Sex” which comes out in February next year, a rock-infused, alt-country journey that finds Thomas reflecting on his favorite vice. Thomas describes this first […]

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