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Cum on feel the Noiz – Jon Aird’s Review of 2020

December 22, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1
  It goes without saying that this has been a terrible year in many ways – trade you a pandemic against the bizarre play out of politics in the USA. And then conflate them – now […]
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Van Morrison joins Black Deer 2021 line-up

December 22, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0
If you’re looking to book an act who’s guaranteed to turn up and play a festival even if we’re in Tier 5 lockdown, it’s Van “don’t wear a mask” Morrison who will be bringing his super-spreader […]
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Dan Friese takes ‘The Twang Factor’ S1 runner-up slot

December 22, 2020 Clint West 0
Having yesterday revealed West on Colfax in third place, today we can announce the runner-up of The Twang Factor. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Dan Friese blew us away with the energy and enthusiasm of his performance. The […]
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The Looneys “Days Crawl By” – Listen

December 22, 2020 Jonathan Aird 1
It seems iniquitous to single out one band member of The Looneys for the  header shot (that’s Chris Holm by the way), but they don’t have a band photograph.  For the very good reason that they […]
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Video: Angela Perley “All I Want for Christmas is Your Kiss”

December 22, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
With the best roller-skating you will have seen in a video this year, Angela Perley brings you the video to her new festive single.  ‘All I Want for Christmas is Your Kiss’ is an upbeat, unself-conscious […]

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March 25, 2026 0
Toronto music stalwarts’ third album is a confident step forward. The Sarandons are a Toronto-based band made up of Dave Suchon (lead vocals and guitar), Damian Coleman (vocals and bass), Edmund Cummings (vocals and keys), Craig […]
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Sam Grassie “Burning Of Auchindoun” – flames take you, and be damned

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There is something exciting going on in the world of folk, at least it seems that way, as we seem to be going through one of those periods of renewal when a crop of astonishing musicians […]
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Video Premiere: Brock Davis “Nowhere Near Ready”

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Here’s the video premiere of the heartfelt new single from Santa Cruz, California-based singer-songwriter Brock Davis. The notes tumble and roll from Davis’s guitar in a stream of melody while his reflective, intimate vocal flows over […]

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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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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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Track Premiere: Steady Habits “I’d Rather Be Alone”

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A Garbo-esque sentiment for today’s premiere, with a twist of be careful what you wish for irony to it.  Sean C. Duggan, the prime mover in Steady Habits, wrote the song a few years ago as […]
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Video: Shane Smith and the Saints “Wheels”

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Life on the road in grainy black and white, Shane Smith and the Saints release a new video for ‘Wheels’.   The band lets fans take a glimpse at life behind the scenes and the players getting […]
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Video Premiere: Ruby Friedman Orchestra “Flower Whore”

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‘Flower Whore’ is the intense new single from Portland-based Ruby Friedman Orchestra, and it’s a song with plenty of sonic surprises that blends observation and autobiography about “…opium, flowers, money, and sex work.” It begins with a […]

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