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Zach Churchill “Bartender” – Not your typical bar side story

October 25, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Zach Churchill’s big ballad is not the love-lorn, one for my baby type story that you might well be anticipating.  The Los Angeles based singer released it last Friday to coincide with the USA’s National Substance […]
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Video: Kate Ellis “Wonderland”

October 25, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
When beautiful melody, compassion and a real depth of purpose combine, the result is music like this.  the third single from Kate Ellis’s forthcoming new album takes us on a journey into the natural world, exploring […]
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Something for the weekend: Corb Lund and friends “This Is My Prairie”

October 22, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1
Well that’s it for us for another week dear reader – tonight we will be in Manchester at their lovely Folk Festival seeing Harbottle and Jonas do their thing. Do join us if you can. We […]
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Martha Tilston “The Tape”

October 22, 2021 Jason McDonald 0
Tilston records a soundtrack which works well as a standalone but is best enjoyed with its accompanying film to appreciate its beauty. Martha Tilston is a quadruple threat – writing, acting, directing and making the soundtrack for […]
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Classic Clips : Nils Lofgren with Grin

October 22, 2021 Paul Kerr 1
No apologies here for going back to the dark old days of 1973, another world really when it was still legal to discriminate against half of the UK population on the grounds that they were women. […]

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Video Premiere: Erik Stucky “Bag of Bones”

May 11, 2026 0
The new single from Nashville-based Coloradan Erik Stucky is a compelling song, driven forward by Justin Vorp’s lightly insistent percussion and Steven Schumann’s pulsing bass. Full of unresolved tension, Bag of Bones hooks us in with […]
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Something for the weekend: Lambchop featuring Justin Vernon “Weakened”

May 8, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Kurt Wagner’s Lambchop outfit who have announced details of their new album Punching The Clown which […]
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Cut Throat Finches “High Horse”

May 8, 2026 0
The first great, breezy, summer “pop” record is here, from a self-described “Americanish” band with an old-country soul. Much like their previous efforts, High Horse, by Cowtown’s Cut Throat Finches, defies easy categorisation. Is it a […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0
Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Video: Sunday Morning “Broken Arms”

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This excellent song is from the new album ‘Four’  by Italian outfit Sunday Morning, which is out now.  They’ve got a big sound, anthemic even though it’s still acoustic-driven.  We like it and them.  Great video […]
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Heather Aubrey Lloyd “Panic Room With A View”

October 14, 2025 0
Six years in the making, this is a powerful statement on recent times. Heather Aubrey Lloyd is part of the edgy folk group ilyAIMY (I Love You And I Miss You). It was back in 2017 […]
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Emma Swift “Blonde On The Tracks” (Tiny Ghost Records, 2020)

August 20, 2020 0
Dylan has been one of the most covered songwriters since the ‘60s. In fact, in 1965, Columbia Records ran a media campaign with the message “No one sings Dylan like Dylan”, as covers were outselling Dylan’s […]

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