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Video: Mekons “In The Desert”

June 10, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

This is an excellent desert-rock style track from veteran folk-punk warriors Mekons new album “Deserted”.  The video is… strange, but brilliant.

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Brandi Carlile and Emmylou Harris perform Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel” – Watch

June 7, 2019 Mark Whitfield 3

We leave you this wet weekend dear reader with something fairly special. Earlier this week Brandi Carlile played a headlining show in her home state of Washington called ‘Echoes Through the Canyon’ which included performances by […]

Album Reviews

Sunday Morning “Four” (Bronson Recordings, 2019)

June 7, 2019 Tim Merricks 0

Following on from the release of Sicilian Fabrizio Cammarata’s critically acclaimed ‘Lights’, the Italian Americana (is that a coffee?) theme is continued by Sunday Morning, who returned with a new line-up in 2015 after eight years […]

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Rhiannon Giddens set for autumn tour with Francesco Turrisi

June 7, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

Rhiannon Giddens has had a busy time of late. In  February, she led the  ‘Our Native Daughters’ project, collaborating with US musicians Allison Russell (Birds of Chicago), Amythyst Kiah, and Leyla McCalla to recover and highlight some […]

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Michael Roberts “Mixed Emotions” (Lost Honey Records, 2019)

June 7, 2019 Rick Bayles 0

Michael Roberts, leader of alt country band Wooden Dinosaur, steps up into the spotlight for his debut solo album, ‘Mixed Emotions’, a collection of nine songs written by Roberts himself. I’m guessing he simply felt that […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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A strong outing that proves Americana can thrive just as much in the North West of England as it can in the American South. Liverpool might not seem like the most likely of places for an […]

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In all honesty we don’t know a lot about Cruel, cruel – they are from Bogota, they have an EP out called Submerso.  There’s a clip of them on Youtube which our Spanish is not up to.  […]

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Leeroy Stagger “Love Versus” (Independent 2017)

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Stagger’s eleventh studio album sees him really hitting some impressive heights as a songwriter. This is an old school album in the sense that it is a singer/songwriter opening his heart and reflecting his concerns and […]

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