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Track Premiere: Joana Serrat “Demons”

May 25, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Demons‘ is the last single to be released prior to the arrival of Joana Serrat’s new album ‘Hardcore From The Heart’ comes out on June 11th.  It is Serrat’s fifth album, and for the recording she travelled from […]

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Video Premiere: John Louis “Gone Too Far”

May 25, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest single from John Louis has the feel of a song by John Prine or Kris Kristofferson, thanks to the beautifully constructed lyrics and his warmly characterful vocals.  A real highlight of ‘Gone Too Far’ […]

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Whatever Happened to… Uncle Lucius

May 24, 2021 Rick Bayles 2

Not surprisingly, Uncle Lucius came out of Austin, Texas. They really couldn’t have come from anywhere else, given the sound of the band. Rooted in the old-time country, blues, and rock of Texas music, dripping with […]

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Counting Crows “Butter Miracle Suite One”

May 24, 2021 Peter Churchill 0

Short but sweet – The Crows are back with a suite of comfort and joy. ‘Butter Miracle Suite One’ is the first new music from Counting Crows in seven years and, comprising only four tracks, die-hard […]

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The Wallflowers “Maybe Your Heart’s Not in it No More” – Listen

May 24, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

The Wallflowers are returning with their new album ‘Exit Wounds’ on July 9th which will land here via New West Records. The 10-song set is their first album in nearly a decade and features the acclaimed […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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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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The Felice Brothers pull out all the soulful country stops on this bleak vision of reality that makes up the latest single to emerge in advance of the new album ‘Undress’.  There’s acceptance though in the […]

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Abigail Lapell “Lullabies”

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Traditional songs from around the world with a very modern meaning. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a lullaby as, “A soothing refrain, used to please or pacify infants”. Applied to Abigail Lapell’s similarly titled album this […]

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Violet Whimsey “Come To Me” – no, we are in love. Trust me.

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New Jersey band Violet Whimsey are led by Ann Kim who wrote this song, the band’s new single, with a little help from a seminar.  See, they can work.  As she tells it, it all began […]

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