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The Cactus Blossoms “Easy Way” (Walkie Talkie Records, 2019)

March 8, 2019 Linda Jameson 0
Would you ever get sick of being compared to the Everly Brothers? Praise doesn’t get much higher when we’re talking about tight, sweet harmonies and the kind of blending of sound only possible when siblings sing […]
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Tony Benn “People Give…Advice” – Listen

March 8, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
There is a half-swallowed word in this PG-version of Tony Benn’s new single, which has the acoustic roots artist criticising the endless streams of information that bombard him from all electronic directions.  Let’s put it this […]
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Jackie Leven “Standing In Another Man’s Rain”

March 8, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0
Here’s the late great Jackie Leven accompanied by Michael Cosgrave live in Hamburg in 2007 with the wonderful (but then all his songs are) Standing In Another Man’s Rain.  Have a good weekend everyone.
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Henry Derek Elis “The Devil Is My Friend” (Independent, 2018)

March 7, 2019 Harold Hogan 0
Henry Elis is a stalwart of the Los Angeles metal scene, fronting many bands over the years, and currently lead vocalist for the trash metal supergroup “Act of Defiance“, which was formed by ex-Megadeth memebers  Chris […]
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Video: The East Pointers “In Bloom”

March 7, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0
Now here’s an interesting thing.  A live cover of Nirvana’s ‘In Bloom’ by Canada’s East Pointers, recorded live at the Silk Mill Studios in Staffordshire.  Well worth your time.

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We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

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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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