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Sammy Kay “civil/WAR” (Independent, 2019)

September 27, 2019 Jim Finnie 0
Sammy Kay has picked a stonking opening track for his new album ‘civil/War’. Straight from the off the gravelly-voiced New Jersey singer-songwriter grabs your attention with the superb ‘Silver Dollar’ and quickly backs it up with […]
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Diesel Park West “Let it Melt” (Palo Santo Records, 2019)

September 27, 2019 Jeremy Searle 1
Leicester’s Diesel Park West are one of rock’s great survivors. Their debut album ‘Shakespeare Alabama’ was rightly acclaimed then and now as a minor classic and even gave them a small whiff of commercial success, but […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: The Bobby Fuller Four “I Fought The Law”

September 27, 2019 Paul Villers 0
Boris Johnson, holder of the highest political office in the land, is a liar and a lawbreaker. We’d quite like to come up with our usual smart-arse funny stuff but on this occasion we think we’ll […]
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Don Gallardo feat. Lilly Winwood “In the Name of Good Intentions” (JTM Music, 2019)

September 27, 2019 Peter Churchill 0
With his heart in the Americana sound, coming out of his long-time East Nashville residence, but with roots that are firmly in the soil of California, it should probably come as no surprise that Don Gallardo […]
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Black Sea Dahu “How You Swallowed Your Anger” – Listen

September 27, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Black Sea Dahu’s Janine Cathrein, the Swiss songwriter, found herself musing after two failed relationships that there was nothing left for her on land – this thought went swimming through her brain whilst surfing.  Desperate thoughts […]

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