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Courtney Hartman and Taylor Ashton “Been On Your Side” (Free Dirt Records, 2018)

August 1, 2018 Michael Farley 0
This is the debut album offering from two friends and fine musicians who have honed their art in the industry for a number of years. Courtney Hartman was until very recently part of Della Mae a […]
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Carousel “Don’t Let it Die” – Listen

August 1, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Hard to believe but Carousel are a new band – on their new single ‘Don’t Let it Die‘ they sound just so assured – with harmony vocals zinging around over a perfect Summertime high energy folk-rock […]
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Erin Rae putting on shows in the UK

August 1, 2018 Mark Underwood 0
Erin Rae will tour the UK & Europe this summer in support of her critically acclaimed recent album ‘Putting on Airs’ which came out on Single Lock records in June, and combines indie rock, folk and […]
Live Reviews

Hannah Aldridge + Guests, The Lexington, London, 23rd July 2018

August 1, 2018 Mark Underwood 2
Hannah Aldridge has certainly put in the spade work where touring Europe in the recent past is concerned. She finished her series of UK dates in London with a live album recording before heading to Sweden […]
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Video: Awkward Family Portraits featuring Cara Rose “Baby Blue”

August 1, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
Glasgow’s splendidly named Awkward Family Portraits bring us a great piece of retro run here and have a brilliant video to accompany it.

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Thrum (Tenement and Temple Electric), C2C Aftershow , SWG3 Glasgow,  8th March 2019

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No strangers to previous C2C fringe events, Johnny Smillie and Monica Queen appear tonight under their old moniker Thrum as opposed to their most recent incarnation, the duo Tenement and Temple, the difference perhaps best explained […]
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Bob Dylan – Nobel Laureate for Literature

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It can hardly have passed by anyone’s attention that the Nobel committee have announced that this year they will be awarding the sumptuous gold medal and even more sumptuous cheque – payable to cash – to […]
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Interview with Alan Tyler

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  It’s no exaggeration to say that Alan Tyler has probably done more than just about anyone in the UK to keep the torch of americana music burning since the early ’90s. Alan and Steve Pulford […]

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