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Paddy Nash & Paul Casey “Hard Act To Follow” – Listen

May 4, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Hard Act To Follow’ is the first song from a forthcoming brand new album by two of Derry’s finest singer-songwriters, Paddy Nash & Paul Casey.  It’s something of a heartfelt roots-rocker of a tune about the […]

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Video: Loudon Wainwright “I’m Alright”

May 4, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

This week’s retro slot is filled by an impossibly young looking Loudon Wainwright III, a man who in the course of a near fifty year career has never made a bad album, with a typically wry […]

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Dan Israel “You’re Free” (Independent, 2018)

May 3, 2018 Peter Churchill 0

Dan Israel is going for it. After 13 albums as a part-timer Israel quit his Minnesota day job to concentrate fully on his music. So, probably not a coincidence that his first subsequent release is entitled […]

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James Perryman “The Narrow Gate” (Independent, 2018)

May 3, 2018 Denis Parkinson 1

‘The Narrow Gate’ is the new EP release from James Perryman. Consisting of five high quality songs with a clear American roots sound, this is a mature collection with a varied approach. Never over-produced, there is […]

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Yo La Tengo, SWG3 , Glasgow, 29th April 2018

May 3, 2018 KC Vines 0

A Sunday night in Glasgow’s Finnieston and a mixture of die-hard fans and the curious has gathered in hushed expectation for the Hoboken trio. “When will we be set free?” sings bassist James McNew at the […]

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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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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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Rob Cheatham “Villains and Ghosts” (Delicious Records, 2018)

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The latest album from Rob Cheatham, ‘Villains and Ghosts’ is an assured, alternative country offering, with strong songs and a sense of melancholy that runs through the work like a rich vein. Self-described as a singer-songwriter […]

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