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Ben Hemming “Dead Man Blues” – Listen

May 22, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Dead Man Blues‘ leads off Ben Hemming’s new album ‘The Devil Beside Me‘ which is released on May 31st. The song has a pulsing beat which adds an additional edge to Hemming’s unsettling growl of a […]
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Video: Southbound Fred “Ballad of Grateful Fred”

May 22, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Here in Merseyside we have americana coming out of our ears, and part of its illustrious history is down to Barry Jones who fronts the Southbound Attic Band, one of Liverpool’s musical institutions. This cracking tune […]
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Nick Lowe “Love Starvation/ Trombone” (Yep Roc Records, 2019)

May 21, 2019 Jim Finnie 0
He may be on the wrong side of 70 but Nick Lowe isn’t one for letting the grass grow underneath his feet and his latest EP is a case in point.  It may only be four […]
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JJ Cale “Stay Around” (Because Records, 2019)

May 21, 2019 John Vaites 1
‘Stay Around’ is a posthumous collection of previously unreleased JJ Cale tracks curated by longtime friend and manager Mike Kappus and Cale’s musician widow Christine Lakeland Cale. Rarely can there have been such a rich treasure […]
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Jamestown Revival “Round Prairie Road” – Listen

May 21, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Just a little while ago Jamestown Revival would probably have found themselves being compared to the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, but here in the 21st century the topical comparison is the Milk Carton Kids.  That’s […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Video: Siv Jakobsen “Fear the Fear”

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‘Fear the Fear’ by Siv Jakobsen is gently, eerily beautiful.  The video has her finding her way in the dark and complements the emotionally intense song well.  The Norwegian singer-songwriter continues to explore these themes of […]
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Video: Tui Mamaki “Follow”

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This is  rather beautiful from New Zealander Tui Mamaki, and has a rather beautiful video to accompany it.  It’s taken from her new EP, out now on Beating Drum Records. Think Beth Orton, Joni Mitchell, that […]
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GospelbeacH “Let It Burn” (Alive Naturalsound Records)

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‘Let It Burn’  is the third studio album from GospelbeacH, the LA based band led by singer-songwriter, Brent Rademaker (formerly of Beachwood Sparks), and the follow up to ‘Another Summer of Love’ (Shindig! magazine Record of the Year […]

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