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Video: Plainsong “Even The Guiding Light”

September 28, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
Now here’s a thing for this week’s retro slot.  According to Youtube less than 200 people have watched this which is a crying shame as it’s a lovely 1972 performance of a delightful country-rock song from […]
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Interview: Matthew Logan Vasquez

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A collection of songwriters holed up on the outskirts of Santa Fe in a ramshackle house, fuelled by alcohol, camaraderie and hot tubs, Glorietta sounds like some kind of creative utopian dream.  Delta Spirit’s Matthew Logan […]
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Vanessa Peters “Foxhole Prayers” (Idol Records, 2018)

September 27, 2018 Michael Farley 0
This is an infectious record and one of those which has many “ear worm” moments but all in a good way. Vanessa Peters is a Dallas based singer-songwriter and this her eleventh album is a triumph […]
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Alejandro Escovedo “The Crossing” (Yep Roc, 2018)

September 27, 2018 Steven Howlett 0
Alejandro Escovedo is renowned for his eclectic catalogue; slipping easily between genres and unafraid to tack between diverse musical reference points he is as comfortable with the raucous six strings of his guitar as he is […]
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Dan Wilson “Leave My Baby Alone” – Listen

September 27, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Dan Wilson, The Guardian says, makes Tom Waits sound like Tiny Tim and we don’t disagree – His debut album ‘All Love is Blind’ was released in 2015 and the title track was singled out as […]

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An impressive blues-influenced mixture of laid-back and edgier numbers. Coast of Light is Luke Winslow-King’s ninth album after having debuted with Luke Winslow-King in 2008. It is a bit of an outlier from many of the […]
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The night opened with Bassie Gracie, a bold spoken word poet grounded in hope, proclaiming that making art can be the remedy to worry. This Celtic-and-proud waif delivered rhythmic anti-racism with barely veiled anger at the […]
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Folk-tinged harmonies and sophisticated indie-pop for turbulent times. Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson are originally from Knoxville, Tennessee – together they make up The Montvales. During their middle school years, the duo started out by busking […]

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