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Austin Coleman “The Change” – Listen

July 2, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

On ‘The Change‘ Austin Coleman finds himself halfway between Jason Isbell and Fleetwood Mac (post Peter Green, prior to eviction of Lindsey Buckingham).  ‘The Change‘ has a dreamy countryesque feel, perfect summer listening as the heatwave […]

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Mountain Lions “We Are” (Independent, 2018)

July 2, 2018 Mike Elliott 0

After contributing to the sunny, catchy pop of The Lighthouse and the Whaler, singer-songwriter Steven Diaz relocated to the Research Triangle in North Carolina – an area covering three counties in the north-central part of the […]

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The Band’s “Music From the Big Pink” gets 50th anniversary re-release

July 2, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

On July 1, 1968, The Band’s landmark debut album ‘Music from Big Pink’ seemed to spring from nowhere and everywhere. Drawing from the American roots music panoply of country, blues, R&B, gospel, soul, rockabilly, the honking […]

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Thomas Wynn And The Believers, The Horn, St. Albans, 26th June 2018

July 2, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

If this review were being written by one DJ Trump then you’d hear how this was an all time record crowd for The Horn, which is a pretty unsubtle way of trying to soften the blow […]

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Sarah Watson “A Mother’s Guilt” (Independent, 2018)

July 2, 2018 Mark Nenadic 0

Twenty years is a long time away from making music to feel the urge to start over again. West Yorkshire based, Welsh born Watson has done just that. Brave. Here she presents a simple, uncomplicated set […]

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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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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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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Americana has often been used to make political and social statements.  ‘Couldn’t Breathe’ from Donal Hinely is a powerful, topical response to the world we’re living in.  Musically and lyrically, Hinely takes a direct, straightforward approach […]

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The Song Remains: Norma Waterson 1939 – 2022

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A unique innovator within the folk tradition and the UK’s own Maybelle Carter. One of the great voices of British Folk Music will sing no more. Norma Waterson, a founding member of The Watersons and a […]

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