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Tim Easton “You Don’t Really Know Me”

August 26, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

Timeout for a lifestyle change. It may seem odd to say, but for some folks the pandemic, with all its restrictions and limitations, may have come along at a good time. A chance to slow down, […]

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Jesse Malin “Tall Black Horses” – Don’t go breaking his heart

August 26, 2021 Jonathan Aird 1

A new song from Jesse Malin, ‘Tall Black Horses’ is taken from Malin’s first double album of his career, “Sad And Beautiful World“, which will be released September 24 through Wicked Cool Records, alongside a European tour across […]

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Video: Nelson Sobral “In the Middle of the Night”

August 26, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s a song from Nelson Sobral that will lift you up, lighten your mood and make you want to move.  The Toronto singer-songwriter and his band are in fine form and it’s a delight to see […]

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Classic Americana Albums: The Byrds “Sweetheart Of The Rodeo”

August 25, 2021 Jim Finnie 6

Following hot on the heel of the detailed work a few weeks ago by my esteemed colleague Martin Johnson with his excellent piece on ‘Ballad of Easy Rider’, it seemed like an ideal opportunity to follow […]

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Roland Roberts “All About The Timing”

August 25, 2021 Jim Finnie 0

A warm appealing voice with engaging lyrics combine to create a fine debut album. In recent times, the great state of Alaska seems to have been coming to the fore as something of a hotbed of […]

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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

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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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Let’s get straight to the point.  This is a captivating, almost mesmeric album of the highest quality.  That last sentence alone will tell you what is to come during the rest of this review but let’s […]

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