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Nick Mulvey to guest curate Cambridge 2019

September 28, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

So the weekend beckons dear readers.  Have a good one whatever you get up to. Leaving you today with news that Cambridge Folk Festival have announced that local lad Nick Mulvey will be returning to Cambridge in 2019 as […]

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Billy Wylder “Strike The Match” (Sand & Gold Records, 2018)

September 28, 2018 Peter Churchill 0

Billy Wylder is the songwriting project of Avi Salloway who was a touring member of African Tuareg/desert rock band Bombino for years. Salloway’s social and environmental activism has taken him across Africa, the Middle East, the […]

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Jason Isbell is the Twitter big hitter against right wing trolls

September 28, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

RS Country has a nice piece in it today about Jason Isbell’s excellent track record with combating Trump supporting Twitter combatants which, let’s face it, would be a drain on anyone. They describe how almost a decade on […]

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Pick of the Political Pops: John Cale “Buffalo Ballet”

September 28, 2018 Mark Whitfield 4

The track ‘Buffalo Ballet’ taken from John Cale’s 1974 album ‘Fear’ describes the scene in Abilene, Texas, the sparse piano-based sound lulling you into a deceptive ease as it starts off describing the town as “young and […]

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Matt Krahula & The Nightmare River Band “Stormville” (Independent, 2018)

September 28, 2018 Graham McCusker 0

‘Stormville’ is the third release from New York City’s Matt Krahula & The Nightmare River Band. The three-piece already have a diverse back catalogue, having covered punk on their debut ‘Call The Cops!’, before going a […]

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