Superb collection of cover versions from alt-country veterans. The Cowboy Junkies initially came to most people’s attention via their cover version of ‘Sweet Jane’ released over 30 years ago. Their first album in 1986 was comprised […]
So last week we had some Canadian gunslinging with the wonderful The Guess Who. Firepower has been a relative constant in music over the years, inevitably providing musicians with powerful references. Looking back at the my […]
Tales from a fictional world with a chilling link to reality. Inspired by the dystopia in the TV drama ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and the novel by Margaret Atwood that lies behind it, ‘Letters from Gilead’ by […]
With “Stolen Time”, Abigail Lapell has come up with an almost timeless set of songs. How do you come up with a musically subdued album without resorting to the standard singer-songwriter concept of just a voice […]
We all know what to expect from Mary Gauthier – do we not? Intensity, savvy anger, grit. Well, prepare to be as surprised as Gauthier herself who has this to say about ‘Fall Apart World‘ : […]
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