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Month: January 2018

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Rob Corcoran “Inverse Alchemy” (Independent 2017)

January 4, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0
An album of delicate playing, strong emotion and beautiful harmonised playing and singing. What more could a listener ask from an album. Not much, really. For the most part this is a collection of fully realised […]
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Martin Harley & Daniel Kimbro to tour the UK

January 4, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
The combination of slide-guitar and bass that Martin Harley and Daniel Kimbro present is musicianship of the highest quality.  The much-praised duo will be returning to the UK as part of Celtic Connections, and will then […]
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Video: Tyler Childers “Whitehouse Road”

January 4, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
From his album Purgatory, getting a UK release on January 26th, is this excellent slice of dirt and grit from Tyler Childers.
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Turnpike Troubadours – “A Long Way From Your Heart” (Bossier City, 2017)

January 4, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
It is an immutable law of album reviewing that at the end of every year when things are winding down and there’s very little new around an album pops up that is, quite simply, immense. It’s […]
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Barney Benthall “The Drifter and The Preacher” (True North Records 2017)

January 3, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0
Multi platinum selling Canadian singer songwriter’s 10th album which was released in his home country in July last year but has now been released here. It is in many ways what you would expect from a […]

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Something for the weekend: Lambchop featuring Justin Vernon “Weakened”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Kurt Wagner’s Lambchop outfit who have announced details of their new album Punching The Clown which […]
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Cut Throat Finches “High Horse”

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The first great, breezy, summer “pop” record is here, from a self-described “Americanish” band with an old-country soul. Much like their previous efforts, High Horse, by Cowtown’s Cut Throat Finches, defies easy categorisation. Is it a […]
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Zoh Amba to tour Europe and UK in autumn 2026

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Zoh Amba, who previously announced their Matador debut album, Eyes Full, which is out on 5th June 2026, has shared details of a run of UK and European tour dates. The European leg kicks off on […]

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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