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Video: Fay Hield “Hare Spell”

September 8, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The atmospheric video for ‘Hare Spell’ is the perfect accompaniment to this striking song.  It’s taken from her new album, ‘Wrackline’, which is out on 11th September.  This song follows Isobel Gowdie’s witch trial confessions from […]

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VERSIONS – “John Barleycorn”

September 7, 2020 Paul Villers 5

Here we are again with another of our occasional series in which we examine a tune and explore the various ways in which different artists have interpreted them. This time Martin Johnson goes all folk on […]

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Julian Taylor “The Ridge” (Howling Turtle Inc, 2020)

September 7, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Julian Taylor is best known as the onetime front-man of Canadian rock band Staggered Crossing, and leader of his own blues/soul/rock outfit the Julian Taylor Band, but he also has a sideline going as a folky […]

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Arlo Mckinley “Die Midwestern” (Oh Boy Records, 2020)

September 7, 2020 Tim Merricks 0

Ohio’s Arlo Mckinley was on the brink of giving up on music when he caught the attention of one John Prine. The legendary singer-songwriter and his son Jody signed him up to their label Oh Boy […]

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Video: Christo Graham “Lucky Me”

September 7, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Lovely vocal and guitar melodies and an upbeat vibe make the latest single from Christo Graham stand out.  It’s taken from the Canadian singer-songwriter’s new album, ‘Turnin”, due out on 6th November.  The album is a […]

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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

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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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Any music fan who has visited Nashville will have spent at least one evening at Robert’s Western World on Lower Broadway.  In 2024, the venue, known as Nashville’s Home of Traditional Country Music, is celebrating its […]

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Melissa Carper “Borned In Ya”

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Unique Texan voice revels in the old-times(y), again. Thirty plus years of devotion to music and music-making and three albums into a career as a solo recording artist and Melissa Carper here offers up her definitive […]

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