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Studio Life: Jonathan Hultén

April 3, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Jonathan Hultén has just released his debut solo album, ‘Chants From Another Place’.  It’s mesmerising music inspired by acapella folk and church choir compositions. Hultén says the album, which was recorded in his own studio in […]

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Songdog “A Happy Ending” (Junkyard Songs, 2020)

April 3, 2020 Tim Martin 0

Songdog, Lyndon Morgans and confederates Karl ‘Pod’ Woodward and Dave Paterson have released eight albums without rising above the radar. 2017’s ‘JoyStreet’ was well-reviewed with AUK’s own Jeremy Searle describing Morgans as a genius. Nothing on […]

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Video: Swamp Dogg “Billy”

April 3, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

This is a video to give your full attention to.  It’s brilliantly animated and tells a heart-breaking story.  Those characterful, emotional vocals we expect from Swamp Dogg are perfect for this tale of loss and hope.  […]

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10 songs showing how the human spirit deals with illness

April 3, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Before free and easy access to doctors and medical care, many people struggled to understand disease. This is where folk and popular songs of the day played an important role in public awareness. The birth of […]

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Pick of the Political Pops: Larry Sparks “The Testing Time”

April 3, 2020 Paul Villers 0

Err… well. This is some bollocks happening right here, right now huh? We truly hope you and yours are ok, that you’re managing OK, hopefully making sense of stuff and staying as safe as you can.

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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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Michael & Michelle “The Watching Silence”

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Downtown Abbey meets americana – or does it? When I received the notification from my editor asking me to review this record, he said “Bet you didn’t think you’d get to mention Downton Abbey in a […]

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David Hershaw & Sandie Forbes “Here Comes Tomorrow” (Independent, 2017)

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This is a twelve track debut album from a Scottish contemporary folk duo with all but one of the songs being largely written by them. The album is very strong and demonstrates the undoubted talents of […]

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