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Jesse Aycock “Jesse Aycock”

April 28, 2021 Ben Roberts 0

Traditional Alt-Country from Hard Working Americans sideman Jesse Aycock. Jesse Aycock has had this self-titled album in the works for a few years now. The Hard Working Americans member is joined by fellow Tulsa musicians, Paddy […]

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Reece Sullivan “Middle Sea”

April 28, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

Real bar band music from Arkansas and Louisiana from a seasoned road dog. I had not heard of 46-year-old Reece Sullivan until his self-released record ‘Middle Sea’ came whizzing through the ether and I suspect that, […]

Live Reviews

Judy Collins, Town Hall Concert Revisited, 16th – 18th April 2021

April 28, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Judy Collins first revisited her 1964 live recorded first New York solo concert, on the same stage some fifty seven years later in February  of this year.  This special weekend was an “encore” performance – another […]

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Counting Crows are back with a new EP – Listen to the first song from it

April 28, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

After an absence of nearly seven years now (maybe they broke a mirror and didn’t want to risk it?) our favourite avian musos Counting Crows have announced their return with a new EP oddly titled ‘Butter […]

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Water Tower “Fly Around”

April 28, 2021 Ljubinko Zivkovic 0

Water Tower plays out their album title by flying around genres, while still being grounded in roots. What can you expect from a guy who shares his love for bluegrass/folk and all things psych/punk/shoegaze at the […]

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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

February 10, 2026 0

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

February 9, 2026 0

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 Song Remains: Shane MacGowan (1957-2023)

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Irish cultural icon status should not obscure his artistic gifts as a sublime lyricist. Anyone catching the mainstream media on 30th November 2023 could not fail to be moved by the tributes to Shane MacGowan following […]

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Nashville songwriters release anti-Trump comp

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Looks like somebody has heeded the clarion call from RS Country a few months back.  Paste reports: “As the epicenter of America’s typically patriotic country-music scene, Nashville is officially combating the hate and bigotry seeping out […]

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Video: Abbie Gardner “Only All the Time”

May 27, 2022 0

As ever, watching Abbie Gardner play the Dobro is mesmerising.  Greatly skilled, she makes it look effortless and she also plays with a delightful sense of joy, taking pleasure in the performance and sharing her infectious […]

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