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Loren Cole “For The Sake Of Being Honest” (Independent, 2018)

July 5, 2018 Michael Farley 0

Loren Cole is a young artist based in Los Angeles, California and the sunshine from that State exudes from this album from the start of the very first track. Echoing the style and vibe of Fleetwood […]

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Chuck Prophet and Stephanie Finch tour UK in September.

July 5, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Everyone’s favourite guitar god returns to the UK this September with Stephanie Finch – keyboard maestro of the Mission Express, star of the album ‘Stephanie Finch and the Company Men‘ and…married to Chuck Prophet.  It’s described […]

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Adam Plomaritas “The Other Side”- Listen

July 5, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Why do musicians keep on persevering in what seems a one in a million lottery to get some modicum of success?  And why do they carry on when the offer of a settled life and marriage […]

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Video: Ruston Kelly “Jericho”

July 5, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

Now this is good.  From his debut album Dying Star, out on September 1st, Ruston Kelly delivers a song full of heart and soul, a quiet slice of ragged glory.  Nice video to accompany it as […]

Album Reviews

Tracy Grammer “Low Tide” (Independent, 2018)

July 4, 2018 Michael Farley 0

Tracy Grammer has been in the business some time and was part of a folk duo with Dave Carter in the 90’s until Carter’s death in 2002. She has released a number of albums since but […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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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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Commuting is a joy. Or at least it will be when I take delivery of my new car as mentioned last week. Some of my colleagues have been less than complimentary about my fearless championing of […]

Live Reviews

SummerTyne Americana Festival , Sage Gateshead, 19th – 21st July, 2019

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Returning for its fourteenth year, one of the pioneers of the Americana festival scene continues its very relaxed mix of fun and music. When it started, the question was, “What is Americana?” but nowadays it is […]

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Rita Coolidge currently playing London dates

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The fabled Delta Lady, Rita Coolidge, is currently on a rare four day residency at Canary Wharf’s Boisdale in London promoting her latest album,  ‘Safe in the arms of Time’. The Grammy winning singer-songwriter is best remembered […]

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