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Josh McGovern “Weight” – Listen

July 23, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
The new single from Brighton singer/songwriter Josh McGovern, ‘Weight’ is a beautifully haunting piece of dark alt-folk/Americana addressing mental health. The song features Josh’s vocals pairing with some rather lovely harmonies alongside lush string and brass […]
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Ruen Brothers “All My Shades Of Blue” (Ramseur, 2018)

July 23, 2018 Tim Merricks 0
Ruen Brothers aka Henry and Rupert Stansall are Scunthorpe’s very own success story. Having been catapulted from boozy ‘Sunny Scunny’ dives to Rick Rubin’s Malibu Shangri La studios they could be forgiven for being a little […]
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Video: Treetop Flyers “Sweet Greens & Blues”

July 23, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
There are a lot worse ways to start the week than with the new single from Treetop Flyers from their eponymous new album, out on August 24th.  A wonderful retro-tinged West Coast Americana song, it’ll improve […]
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I See Hawks In LA, The Green Note, London, 19th July 2018

July 23, 2018 Jonathan Aird 2
I See Hawks In LA opened their extensive UK tour with this sold out performance at London’s Green Note, and were in fine form. Playing as a four piece and “acoustic” with Paul Lacques on lead […]
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Willie Nelson “does” Frank Sinatra, September – Watch

July 20, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Not in that way obviously. Have a good weekend dear readers and we leave you with news that Legacy Recordings will be releasing ‘My Way’-Willie Nelson’s new studio album (and 12th for the label)- on Friday, September […]

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Leeroy Stagger “Pilgrimage”

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A memorable change in direction in this celebration of rural Celtic communities. Leeroy Stagger, born and raised in rural Vancouver Island before moving to southern Alberta, is a prolific artist. Pilgrimage is his thirteenth studio album, […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “Chances Are”

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

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Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

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It’s impossible to listen to the new album from Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter Jenn Rawling without being reminded, and forcefully too, of the Be Good Tanyas. Rawlings slow dreamy indie-folk, breathy vocals and minimalist accompaniment is a […]
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