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Ellen Foley “Leave Him Janie” – storming little number

September 2, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Ellen Foley has a new album, ‘Fighting Words‘ that has been out for a couple of weeks now, her first release in eight years.   It’s certainly not what one might expect from the singer who was […]
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Video Premiere: Moors & McCumber “Survival”

September 2, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
We are delighted to premiere ‘Survival’, the video for the title track of the forthcoming album from Moors & McCumber.  James Moors and Kort McCumber are both supremely talented multi-instrumentalists who had each released six albums […]
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Interview: Foy Vance on why his songwriting is now more real

September 1, 2021 Martin Johnson 0
Why Aberfeldy is more inspiring than London for songwriting and more stimulating than drugs and alcohol. Foy Vance has been a songwriter for more than 20 years, a performer for 30 and he has just made […]
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The Twang Factor 2 presents: Concrete Prairie

September 1, 2021 Clint West 0
The splendidly named Bath-based four piece indie, folk, country and americana band Concrete Prairie are our guests on the Twang Factor 2 this week. The song that Concrete Prairie have chosen to perform for The Twang […]
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Track Premiere: Josh King “Turn Away”

September 1, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
North Carolina’s Josh King returns with a new single, ‘Turn Away‘ which is out today on Screwdriver Records.  It’s his first new music since last year’s album ‘The Shed‘ (naturally a lockdown album!), ‘Turn Away’ begins […]

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Jackson Browne press conference September 1997
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jackson Browne

June 10, 2026 2
I can already hear the cries, “Jackson Browne, a bad album – what heresy is this.” After a moment, though, those same voices say more reflectively, “Well, there is his recent output,” or “Well, there was […]
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Various Artists “Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow – Words And Music Tom Waits And Kathleen Brennan”

June 10, 2026 0
Bang on target: 19 shells from the Waits and Brennan cannon. Since Tom Waits’ last studio album, Bad As Me (2011), apart from the odd reissue and a contribution to Marc Ribot’s Songs Of Resistance 1942 […]
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Other Brother Darryl “Hey Yeah Hey”

June 10, 2026 0
Harmonies to the fore in Boston eight-piece’s swift sophomore album. You would have to be of a certain vintage to recognise where Boston-based Other Brother Darryl may have garnered their moniker. If it means nothing, it […]

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Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

June 10, 2026 0
With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]
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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

June 5, 2026 1
Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]
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Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

May 29, 2026 0
To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]

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Live Review: Septembersong, Braziers Park, South Oxfordshire – 6th-8th September 2024

September 20, 2024 0
This is the second year of the Septembersong festival, which is billed as “a slightly psychedelic seasonal celebration”. It takes place at Braziers Park, set in the south Oxfordshire countryside and is run by brothers Joe […]
Album Reviews

Conor Donohue “Let Love Contaminate” (Digital Serving, 2019)

March 11, 2019 0
“Typically, the best albums are the ones you have to work at to get into”  Conor Donohue said back in 2012, when he was promoting his first solo album ‘Sway’.  Fast forward seven years in the […]
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Israel Nash announces new album “Topaz”

December 9, 2020 0
Israel Nash is back with ‘Topaz’, his first album since 2018’s critically acclaimed ‘Lifted’ which deservedly featured in our end of year list for the year. Set for release in March 2021, ‘Topaz’ is described as […]

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