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Month: February 2019

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South City Revival “Singer In A Country Band” – Listen

February 27, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

Chicago!  The Blues!  And…whatever it is that other band plays.  That’s not the whole story though – South City Revival  are busy defining a “Chicago Country” sound, and on this, their latest single, they extol the […]

Album Reviews

Vandoliers “Forever” (Bloodshot, 2019)

February 27, 2019 Mark Johnson 0

All six band members of this Dallas-Fort Worth troupe have a VFFV tattoo (Vandoliers Forever, Forever Vandoliers). Now that’s a sign of commitment, which is evidenced immediately on this album by raucous enthusiasm.Vandoliers’  third album is […]

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Video: Melissa Etheridge “Faded By Design”

February 27, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

A rocking and indeed epic new song from Melissa Etheridge, from her latest album The Medicine Show, out on April 12th.

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Here comes another great UK americana festival, Stomp and Twang

February 26, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

As if we didn’t have enough good americana hitting our shores this year, news arrives today of another festival which will be landing in Cornwall from May 31st- June 2nd. ‘Stomp and Twang’ has a great […]

Album Reviews

Katie O’Malley “Never Be The Same” (Independent, 2019)

February 26, 2019 Mike Elliott 0

With a steady clock-like tempo provided by a snare rim and shaker, we enter the world of Katie O’Malley.  The song is ‘Heart of Gold,’ and it’s fueled by subtle acoustic strumming, dirty slide guitar, bass, […]

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Interview: Caleb Caudle values endurance and radical empathy

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Caleb Caudle has been making music for longer than you might guess since the night he walked up to an open mic night, sat down and strummed his first chord in a live setting. He sings […]

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Interview: Chatham Rabbits can pull from a hatful of songs

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It’s hard to pin down and stamp a genre like a Notary Public would on Chatham Rabbits. The husband-and-wife duo of Austin and Sarah McCombie started out in bluegrass and old-timey music, but they have taken […]

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Interview: Jennifer Castle opens the door into her world of song

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