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Video: Nina Yates “Just a Girl”

October 15, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

In the latest video from Nina Yates, she explores what it means to be woman.  The song revolves around a mother who does what it takes to provide for her family, including moonshining.  During the prohibition, […]

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Skittish “Savannah Sessions” (Independent 2020)

October 15, 2020 Jason McDonald 0

Skittish’s latest album was made by Jeff Noller (the primary member of Skittish) while he was in Savannah Georgia completing his film sound degree.  The music on the ‘Savannah Sessions’ is a mix of folk, rock […]

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Sturgill to release first bluegrass album

October 15, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

Sturgill Simpson has announced the release of his first solo bluegrass album, ‘Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions’ which comes out today. Or tomorrow, whichever way you look at his Instagram post on it. […]

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This is the Kit “Off Off On” (Rough Trade Records, 2020)

October 15, 2020 Keith Hargreaves 0

This is an extraordinary album of such charm, brio and musical dexterity that listening demands attention and admiration in equal measure and over time this combination distils nicely into deep affection, not only for the material […]

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Track Premiere: Devin Sinha “If You Can”

October 15, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Devin Sinha is a singer/songwriter living in Seattle, hailing from Midwestern roots as he spent his formative years around Kansas City.  His music is a sophisticated folk blend which is grounded in finger-picked guitar enriched with […]

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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

February 10, 2026 0

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

February 9, 2026 0

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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Dry Stick “Annualis Naturalis” (Nordic Music Society, 2019)

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Truth be told, an artist name evocative of trees and an album title in Latin more than likely sparks images of neo-hippies lamenting on their ukuleles. But don’t take that for granted, as Dry Stick delivers […]

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Scottish singer-songwriter James Yorkston has announced his latest album, “Songs for Nina and Johanna”, will be released via Domino on 22nd August 2025. The album is his sixteenth on Domino and his third to be recorded […]

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