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Live Stream Gig Review: Darlingside, 11th February 2021

February 23, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

A busy first night back playing together for Darlingside, as they’d bubbled together so that they could rehearse and then performed two gigs on the same afternoon/evening with a late Q&A session after the second gig. […]

Loretta Lynn and Margo Price “One’s on the Way” – Listen

February 23, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Loretta Lynn’s 50th studio album ‘Still Woman Enough’ is due out next month. The album features updated versions of classics like ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ plus covers of some of her favourite songs such as ‘I Saw […]

Jason Isbell releases new live album

February 23, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit have released a new live album, ‘Live At Altria Theatre’ which is available now via Bandcamp, and documents the band’s concert at the Altria Theatre in Richmond, Virginia which took […]

artwork for Chris Pierce album "American Silence"

Chris Pierce “American Silence”

February 23, 2021 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Passionate, well-constructed, generously-spirited protest music that can’t be ignored. There’s a quote attributed to Americana/folk musician Todd Snider out there where he says ‘I didn’t write this song to change people’s minds, I wrote it to […]

Ten top Swamp Pop tracks

February 23, 2021 Rick Bayles 7

In the 1950s Cajun music and Rock and Roll got together and produced a daughter – they called her “Swamp Pop”! By now, regular readers will know I’m quite a fan of Cajun and Zydeco music […]