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Serious Sam Barrett “The Seeds Of Love”

September 20, 2021 Lyndon Bolton 0

“Proper folk” from the Yorkshire Dales to Appalachia. A long-held aim of Yorkshire folk artist Serious Sam Barrett’s has been to make a “proper folk album”. Those familiar with his music would not hesitate to attach […]

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AUK’s Chain Gang: The Barr Brothers “Come In The Water”

September 20, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 1

Joe Brown was always on tour with his ‘bruvvers’ when treading the boards and hence the leap into the arms of the wonderful Montreal-based combo The Barr Brothers with this redemptive track from their wonderful 2014 […]

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Taylor McCall “Black Powder Soul”

September 20, 2021 Peter Churchill 0

The guitar’s the star and he really does want to make it cry or sing. After a number of EP releases Taylor McCall’s full album debut ‘Black Powder Soul’ is a curious mix. In parts Americana, […]

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Nora Brown “The Very Day I’m Gone” – take those trains no more

September 20, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Want that authentic folk sound?  Then record your new album in mono, live to tape in a large 19th century vaulted stone cellar, below the streets of Brooklyn.  It’ll give you that raw and immediate quality […]

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Video: Ewan MacFarlane “Stirrin’ in the City”

September 20, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

With a strong beat, grooving bass and rhythmic flourishes, ‘Stirrin’ in the City’ is a genuinely stirring anthem.  This is the first single from Ewan MacFarlane’s debut album, which is expected in October.  On this showing, […]

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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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