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Andrea Ramolo “Italian Summer” – non si lavora più per una settimana o due

August 9, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Just to prove – should such proof be needed – that not all of the singer-songwriter output is doom laden and melancholic Canadian Andrea Ramolo has a new single out, and it is focused on dreams […]
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Video Premiere: Krissy Matthews “Grateful”

August 9, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
We’re pleased to share the premiere for the new video from Norwegian-British singer-songwriter Krissy Matthews. ‘Grateful’ references many of the challenges everyday people face, from prejudice to financial hardship, before encouraging listeners to be thankful for […]
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Something for the weekend: Billy Bragg “Ten Mysterious Photos That Can’t Be Explained”

August 6, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for another week dearest of readers and we leave you with a track from the newly announced record by Billy Bragg ‘The Million Things That Never Happened’, his 10th studio album […]
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Interview : Don Gallardo on surviving COVID and writing his lockdown album

August 6, 2021 Paul Kerr 0
Nashville’s Don Gallardo was almost an honorary European for a time as his last tour coincided with the first lockdown. If Don Gallardo has kept a diary of his plague year, it certainly has a riveting […]
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Laney and the Bird Dogs “Through the Smoke”

August 6, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0
The fourth album from Montana’s modern bluegrass quintet Laney and the Bird Dogs is about survival and optimism. Since forming in 2013 in Bozeman, Montana’s Laney Lou and the Bird Dogs have toured extensively in the […]

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The tribute album seems to have leapt in popularity in recent times. The tribute element can take numerous forms: celebrating, honouring an influential artist, raising the profile of an artist, raising money for good causes (including […]
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Book Review: Paul Slade “Blood On The Leaves”

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A few years ago, at a local gig to see the Pennsylvania band The Stray Birds, the crowd was overall polite and receptive to the music; however, let us just say they needed to warm up. […]
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Ben Chapman “Feet On Fire”

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Country rock and soul combine to fine effect on Ben Chapman’s latest release. In 2019, David Hepworth published the latest in his excellent sequence of books about rock music, and the stars and rascals who purveyed, […]

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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]
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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

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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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Impressive and sophisticated first album from Spain’s deep south. The Americana community reaches from Alabama to Alaska and from Australia to Andalusia. Andalusia? The last of these may not spring immediately to mind alongside such established […]
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The Band Of Heathens is set to release their new album, described as “a celebration of two decades of staying true to their sound”. Self-produced with long-time collaborator Jim Vollentine (Spoon, Patty Griffin, White Denim), “Country […]

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