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Lewisburg “Slow Morning” – Listen

April 19, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Lewisburg are a band from North London born out of the solo project of singer-songwriter Ali Robertson.  Now a four piece with Julien Baraness (guitar), Alessandro Taglione (bass) and Adrien Latge (drums) they make a music they call […]

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The Sheepdogs, The Lexington, London, 11th April 2018

April 19, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

A place of which it was once said: “Saskatoon’s got nothing but hookers and hockey players,” the northern Canadian outpost of only around 300,000 denizens is now  shaking off any past negative association with a seemingly […]

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Video: Covey “Same White Shoes”

April 19, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

This is a fun video to accompany this fine slice of layered folk pop from Covey’s album Haggerty, out now.

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Go cruising with Drive By Truckers and Lucinda!

April 18, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

In the nice “sail on a boat” sense.  Rolling Stone reports, for all of you moneybags out there: “Nothing says “outlaw” like a Caribbean cruise, and for the fourth year running the Outlaw Country Cruise will set sail […]

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I’m Kingfisher “Transit” (Fading Trails Recordings, 2018)

April 18, 2018 David Stevenson 0

Hailing from Sweden, I’m Kingfisher is the moniker of folk singer-songwriter Thomas Jonsson who returns with his sixth solo recording and third under the name I’m Kingfisher entitled ‘Transit’. With over 600 shows under his belt […]

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