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Neal Sawyer “Ballads of the Mortal”

May 24, 2021 David Jarman 0

A promising debut from home-grown multi-instrumentalist Sawyer, with southern Gothic flavours. ‘Ballads of the Mortal’ is the debut solo release on CD from Neal Sawyer, hailing from Staffordshire. Previously the founder and songwriter in quartet Guile, […]

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AUK Chain Gang: Patterson Hood “Come Back Little Star”

May 24, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 3

Will Johnson to Patterson Hood – How is this you ask? In 2012 one of the all-time great Americana bills played at the Forum Kentish Town. The Alabama Shakes headlined supported by Patterson Hood and one… […]

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On his 80th birthday – Bob Dylan has a song for you

May 24, 2021 Jonathan Aird 2

The thing is that there is really no such thing as a bad Bob Dylan studio album.  You disagree?  Well, you’re entitled to your opinion but for an album to be truly bad then there has […]

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Gawain And The Green Knight “Fingers” – Listen

May 24, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Gawain and the Green Knight are a literary folk duo of Alexia Antoniou and Mike O’Malley, whose stage act (as far as we know) does not include challenging the pure of heart to a little game […]

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Video: Molly Tuttle feat. Iron & Wine “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore”

May 24, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Molly Tuttle’s fabulous guitar-playing and melodic vocal are both flawless and, seemingly, so effortless in this performance of ‘You Don’t Get Me High Anymore’.  This Phantogram song is another perfectly-chosen cover from Tuttle, who is an […]

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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 music of Canadian band Port Cities balances Nashville with Nova Scotia into a rustic and atmospheric sound, with an indie intimacy that betrays the band’s globe-trotting ambitions – 2017 sees them embark upon their second […]

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Watchhouse “All Around You” – finding home

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Watchhouse have paid their dues – starting over a decade ago playing coffee shops and local restaurants around North Carolina they have now released their latest album ‘Rituals‘, their first in four years.  From the small […]

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