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Jason Isbell tells Republicans: “I’m hinged as hell!”

August 22, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Don’t tell Jeremy Hunt for God’s sake Jason.  News from RS Country today around a spat that’s broken out between the lovely Mr Isbell and the Republican Party in the US.  RS Country report: ““I was […]

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Video: Joshua Hedley “Weird Thought Thinker”

August 22, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

Nashville man Joshua Hedley will be this side of the pond from August 31st for a few UK and European dates and his new album, Mr Jukebox, from which this excellent song was taken, is very […]

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Paul Simon “In The Blue Light” (Sony Music, 2018)

August 21, 2018 Mike Elliott 0

Almost two years following 2016’s magnificent ‘Stranger to Stranger,’ Paul Simon announced he was retiring from the road before embarking on the appropriately named “Homeward Bound – the Farewell Tour.”  Simon’s thoughts may have been on […]

Tracks

County Line Runner “Hard to Find” – Listen

August 21, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

You may detect just a hint of The War on Drugs, fronted by Lou Reed, and riffing on Dylan’s ‘Series of Dreams‘, but that’s ok, we hear it too.  County Line Runner is the latest musical […]

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Zero Love! Teenage Fanclub says adios to founding member

August 21, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

Some sad news this morning from the lovely Teenage Fanclub who’ve announced that the band will part ways with their bassist Gerard Love at the end of this year after 30 years – to put that […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Josh Ritter “Fever Breaks” (Pytheas Recordings/Thirty Tigers, 2019)

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For his tenth studio album Josh Ritter has teamed up with the currently red hot Jason Isbell and his 400 Unit on production and playing duties and delivered an album that will only do all of […]

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Live Review: William Tyler + Natalie Wildgoose, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London – 4th June 2025

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The world feels exceptionally heavy these past several weeks. At times, it becomes absurdly surreal that everyday life drags on with little to no acknowledgement of just how chaotic and frightening things have become for so […]

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Track Premiere: Crowes Pasture “Don’t Blink”

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Crowes Pasture are Monique Byrne (vocals and banjo) and Andy Rogovin (vocals and guitar) – the duo takes its name from the salt marsh and tidal flats known as Crowes Pasture, hidden away on the north […]

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