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Albi & The Wolves “This Is War” – Listen

June 28, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

New Zealand folk trio Albi & The Wolves make a big sound with just three people – Chris Dent fronts the band on guitar whilst Pascal Roggen adds electric violin and bass comes from Micheal Young.  […]

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Dean Maywood “Dean Maywood” (Independent, 2019)

June 28, 2019 Elise Kennedy 1

Dean Maywood is an Irish born singer-songwriter, who has played extensively live in both Ireland and the US.  This musical experience has influenced his musical journey with traces of bluegrass in his playing. His debut EP […]

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Video: Neil Young “Keep On Rockin’ In The Free World”

June 28, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

As it’s that weekend again here’s Mr Young there in 2009 with an incendiary “Rockin’ In The Free World” followed by a lovely version of “A Day In The Life“.  Have a great weekend wherever you […]

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Native Harrow “Happier Now” (Loose Music, 2019)

June 27, 2019 Jim Finnie 1

Let’s get straight to the point.  This is a captivating, almost mesmeric album of the highest quality.  That last sentence alone will tell you what is to come during the rest of this review but let’s […]

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Songs for the apocalypse: Aimee Mann “Going Through the Motions”

June 27, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

I first saw Aimee Mann back in the early 90s twice in Liverpool – once at the Royal Court supporting someone I now can’t remember and once at a jazz club on Hope Street whose name […]

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Malcolm Holcombe “Bits and Pieces”  

June 8, 2023 0

One more collection of peerless Holcombe vignettes for the road. Musicians often talk of their existential need to create. Making music, they say, is something essential to their being, it is not a choice they make […]

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Chris Frye and the Analog Ghosts “And There We Were in the Flamin’ 20s”

June 8, 2023 0

A third excellent, fascinating and contemporary side project by The Bills’ Chris Frye. The Bills are a high-class eclectic Canadian roots music band that incorporates folk, country, some blues and pop in its repertoire. Formed about […]

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Robert Ellis “Yesterday’s News”

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Authentic tales of life’s anxieties set to acoustic guitar picking. ‘Yesterday’s News’ is an intriguing album written by Robert Ellis using the freedom he had after leaving his record label and management company after over 10 […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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Live Review: Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit + His Lordship, O2 Apollo, Manchester – 18th November 2022

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AUK’s Clint West sees Jason Isbell complete a journey from small venue troubadour to the first modern americana superstar. On November 25th 2013 Jason Isbell played at Manchester’s Ruby Lounge in support of his newly released […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 Danny George Wilson songs

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June 8, 2023 1

Danny George Wilson needs absolutely no introduction. Whether you’ve been on the journey with him since the late 90s when Grand Drive were formed, are familiar with the wonderful ‘The Famous Mad Mile’ solo album release […]

Malcolm Holcombe “Bits and Pieces”  

Album Reviews
June 8, 2023 0

One more collection of peerless Holcombe vignettes for the road. Musicians often talk of their existential need to create. Making music, they say, is something essential to their being, it is not a choice they make […]

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Video: The Tallest Man on Earth “Looking For Love”

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June 8, 2023 0

The Tallest Man on Earth goes searching for meaning on the beach near Amsterdam in the new video for ‘Looking For Love’. This is the third single from the ‘Henry St.’ album on Anti- Records, a […]

Dream Team Triple Header – Sam Lee, Rhiannon Giddens and Teenage Fanclub

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June 8, 2023 0

Songkick offers just one real wildcard this time in its triple header not really a triple header email…err…header – Rhiannon Giddens and Sam Lee are a pairing that would, of course, naturally go together, maybe at […]

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Chris Frye and the Analog Ghosts “And There We Were in the Flamin’ 20s”

Album Reviews
June 8, 2023 0

A third excellent, fascinating and contemporary side project by The Bills’ Chris Frye. The Bills are a high-class eclectic Canadian roots music band that incorporates folk, country, some blues and pop in its repertoire. Formed about […]

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