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Andrew Rinehart & Bonnie Prince Billy “Friend Of The Devil –

July 29, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Hey, it’s that Bonnie Prince Billy again!  Well, they say that the Devil finds work for idle hands – so to avoid that eventually here he is helping out on a recording from Andrew Rinehart’s new […]

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Ric Robertson “Carolina Child”

July 29, 2021 Helen Jones 0

An electric mix of songs with some impressive collaborators makes for an enjoyable journey. For many years Ric Robertson has made his home happily in New Orleans, revelling in the crackling vibrancy of cultures but as […]

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John Prine classic to get deluxe vinyl reissue

July 29, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

John Prine’s Grammy-winning album ‘Fair & Square’ which was originally released back in 2005 is getting a deluxe reissue treatment this autumn. The double album edition will land on October 1st via the late songwriter’s own […]

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The Huguenots “Heyford EP Remasters 2021”

July 29, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

Remastered 2014 debut reaffirms need for new material. Five tracks by the duo who received a fair amount of attention for their EP released earlier this year entitled ‘Post Christmas Lullaby’. These were originally recorded in 2014 […]

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The return of Spiers & Boden

July 29, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

When not Bellowheading or Remnant Kinging, John Spiers and Jon Boden formed what was widely regarded as one of the best folk duos of their generation.  They really were very good.  And then it seemed as […]

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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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When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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“The darkness is creeping all over my soul / hold me closer to that flame” sings Eric Bolander on this song taken from his album ‘The Wind‘ (due out March 29th).  For Eric Bolander the darkness […]

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Being the youngest of six children, and being named Mean Mary, didn’t hold back Mary James in the slightest – one would say quite the reverse.  Picking up the guitar at the age of 4, making […]

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