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Video: Grant-Lee Phillips “Remember This”

April 6, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
It’s an absolute joy to see Grant-Lee Phillips lost in the music as he performs his recent single ‘Remember This’.  His vocal performance is genuine and heartfelt, just like the simple, direct expression of love in […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: The Replacements “Swingin’ Party”

April 5, 2022 Cam Fraser 2
Where better to look for a suitable link to Alex Chilton’s ‘No Sex’ than from a band that wrote a homage to him in one of their best-loved songs. And where better to go when feeling […]
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Pete Gow “Where Else Would We Be Going” – come on, get shifting

April 5, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
The first single from Pete Gow’s third solo album ‘Leo‘ (to be released 22nd April on Clubhouse Records), and it’s a high tempo horn laden piece of wonderful.  And for all the hugeness of the sound […]
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Elles Bailey to support Don McLean on his Autumn tour

April 5, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Don McLean has announced his 50th Anniversary ‘American Pie Tour’: a 17-date tour, starting in Cardiff on 11th September and playing throughout the country until 4th October, ending at the London Palladium. Support will come from […]
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Grady Spencer & the Work “Wait”

April 5, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Texan group prove that the future and the past can coexist. By day, Texan Grady Spencer is a superintendent for a commercial construction company; at other times, he is a member of The Work. The band […]

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Something for the weekend: Lambchop featuring Justin Vernon “Weakened”

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Artwork for Cut Throat Finches album "High Horse"

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Zoh Amba to tour Europe and UK in autumn 2026

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Something for the weekend: Lambchop featuring Justin Vernon “Weakened”

May 8, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Kurt Wagner’s Lambchop outfit who have announced details of their new album Punching The Clown which […]
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Album Reviews

Cut Throat Finches “High Horse”

May 8, 2026 0
The first great, breezy, summer “pop” record is here, from a self-described “Americanish” band with an old-country soul. Much like their previous efforts, High Horse, by Cowtown’s Cut Throat Finches, defies easy categorisation. Is it a […]
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Zoh Amba to tour Europe and UK in autumn 2026

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Zoh Amba, who previously announced their Matador debut album, Eyes Full, which is out on 5th June 2026, has shared details of a run of UK and European tour dates. The European leg kicks off on […]

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  • Book Review: Tom Piazza “Living In The Present With John Prine”
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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0
Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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A collaboration from opposite sides of the globe. Kacy & Clayton from Saskatchewan in Canada and Melbourne-based New Zealander Marlon Williams. This combination leads to a mouthful of a name; but more importantly, to an album […]
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Given the inclement weather and the fact that we forgot to buy Our Glorious Leader (The Editor) a Valentine’s Day card we have chosen to repair to The Bunker for a few days to drown our […]
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Video: Hayes Carll “We’re Only Human”

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The aching, piano-driven new song from Hayes Carll reflects on the universal human experience. He sings of love and loss, tragedies and mistakes, fear and hope, blame and shame; it’s all here, all that makes the […]

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