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Peter Bruntnell + Sophia Marshall, Gullivers, Manchester, 30th May 2019

June 4, 2019 Clint West 1

Deciding whether to catch the support artist or not can be a bit of a lottery. Stay in the bar and you risk missing out on something special, roll up and you can end up shuffling […]

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Owen-Glass “The Rope & The Rabbit” (August Eckler Media, 2019)

June 4, 2019 Mike Elliott 0

One of the best albums of the first half of 2019, Owen-Glass’s ‘The Rope & The Rabbit’ keeps on giving; each song is better than the last.  Delicious, hushed harmonies hover above folk-pop arrangements that stay […]

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Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul, O2 Forum, Kentish Town, London, 24th May 2019

June 4, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0

A gig with bongo, flute, trumpet, trombone and saxophone solos, delivered in the context of a street party atmosphere, is offering something truly different. A busy and buoyant crowd packed into the O2 Forum to experience […]

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Track Premiere: 3 Pairs of Boots “It Ain’t Easy”

June 4, 2019 Jonathan Aird 1

There is one thing that we don’t understand about husband and wife duo Andrew Stern and Laura Arias who are 3 Pairs of Boots and it is this – and we fully expect you to be […]

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Video: Oliver Hazard “Dandelion”

June 4, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

A great live take, with more than ten musicians crammed in, of the new song from Ohio indie-folkers Oliver Hazard.  Fun and rather lovely.

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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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‘The Songbird’ is the second single from the forthcoming album from Ned Roberts.  ‘Dream Sweetheart’ will be released on 4th February, with the album launch at The Slaughtered Lamb.  This is melodic folk with engaging vocals […]

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Taken from her album Wild Heart, Kashena Sampson is the archetypal late starter who it is hard to believe has been previously overlooked.  No more – Rolling Stone have given her a nod as someone in […]

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Matthew James Adkins delivers his world-weary vocals so convincingly on ‘Stoned on My Own’ that it’s easy to imagine that he is several albums into his music career.  However, this is the title track from his […]

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