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Pick of the Political Pops: Utah Phillips “There Is Power In A Union”

June 8, 2018 Paul Villers 0

Two snippets of information reached us this week: on one hand a certain rabidly right-wing foaming at the mouth hack is said to be walking away from is job of stirring up the elderly middle class […]

Album Reviews

Nathan Evans Fox “Texas Dust” (BMI, 2018)

June 8, 2018 Alan O'Hare 0

Nathan Evans Fox sounds like the truth. In the end, that’s what we go to songwriters for, isn’t it? That sense of themselves that reveals a glimpse of ourselves, too. Fox sings about his own family, […]

Album Reviews

Bruce Springsteen “The Album Collection Vol. 2 1987-1996” (Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings 2018)

June 8, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

What do you buy the Springsteen fan who has everything (other than a brief for his Broadway shows)? Well, this comprehensive collection of his Columbia output from ’87 until ’96 would probably be a good starter […]

Tracks

Milk Carton Kids “Younger Years” – Listen

June 8, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

What more superlatives can we pluck from our mighty chest of superlatives to apply to The Milk Carton Kids?  And what more can we say about the new album ‘All the things that I did and […]

Videos

Video: Little Feat (with Emmylou Harris & Bonnie Raitt) “Dixie Chicken”

June 8, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

A live version of a stone cold classic from Little Feat for this week’s retro slot, with the added bonus of Bonnie Raitt and Emmylou Harris.   Have a great weekend everyone.

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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

February 10, 2026 0

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

February 9, 2026 0

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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It’s trad, dad – California country rockers mine a rich seam, but there’s too much fool’s gold and not enough precious metal. BRIM’s debut album is intended as “a paean to the dirt-road back streets and […]

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Merry Hell “Let The Music Speak For Itself”

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Essential album for lovers of folk music that can proudly sit among the great albums of that genre. In an age the general public, as we are led to believe, only listen to a song for […]

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Video: The Mastersons “Don’t Tell Me To Smile”

February 28, 2018 0

A great video for a great song from Americana UK faves The Mastersons.

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