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Live review: Lady Nade, St Georges, Bristol -19th June 2021

June 28, 2021 Tim Martin 0

For what was our first live show in 18 months, the Café/Bar at St Georges, a former Georgian church in central Bristol, was a great setting. This was the last of four sold-out shows celebrating the […]

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Jason Isbell covers Johnny Cash song for soundtrack album – Listen

June 28, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Jason Isbell has released a new song online – it’s the opener to the soundtrack for the new Netflix movie ‘The Ice Road’ which is a cover of Johnny Cash’s trucker anthem ‘All I Do Is […]

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Shadow Captain “April Moon”

June 28, 2021 Helen Jones 0

Nostalgic and moving, this album is proof that everything old is new again. ‘April Moon’ is the first full album from Shadow Captain, but the man behind the alias – Liverpool singer-songwriter Stuart Todd – is […]

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Laura Quirke & Joshua Burnside “Far Away The Hills Are Green” – Listen

June 28, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

The second – and last for 2021 – single from Laura Quirke (of Lemoncello) and Joshua Burnside is a fragile semi-asleep reflection of a song.  It takes, says Joshua Burnside, the viewpoint of a young Irish […]

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Video Premiere: Dan Whitaker “One More Story Told”

June 28, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

The new single from Dan Whitaker is about that familiar conflict between wanting freedom but also seeking the reassurance of love, attachment and commitment.  In this story of self-defeat, the main protagonist is the one who […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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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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Track Premiere: Red River Hymn “Catalyst”

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Nashville based Red River Hymn proclaim themselves to be purveyors of “Sad Southern Rock“, and today’s premiere ‘Catalyst‘ certainly fits the bill with declarations of “apologies in advance” before spilling out fears of a love falling […]

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