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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 64

September 16, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

And we’re back in room… So there it is gone but not forgotten, just. The summer holidays are rightly cherished by all those in the teaching profession. By the end of the academic year tempers are […]

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Dropkick Murphys revive Woody Guthrie songs – new single out now

September 16, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Dropkick Murphys have released a new single and video, ‘Ten More Times‘ from the forthcoming album ‘This Machine Still Kills Fascists‘. The new album will be released digitally and on CD on September 30th via the […]

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Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen “Hold On”

September 16, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Blistering bluegrass from two-time Grammy nominees. Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen are a progressive bluegrass band that have twice received Grammy nominations for Best Bluegrass album and, on the strength of this new album, it looks […]

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Sara Rachele “Sad Song” – sorrow is my constant companion

September 16, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Sara Rachele is not kidding when she says this is a ‘Sad Song‘, it oozes a relentlessly downbeat mood, like a spiral down into a depressive state, but laced with an attractive melancholic indulgence.  Or as […]

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Video Premiere: Annie Dressner “I’ve Always Been Like This”

September 16, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

We are delighted to premiere the latest single from Annie Dressner, who moved from New York City to the UK eleven years ago.  Now, three full albums and an EP later, Dressner delivers an anthem for […]

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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 Right Stuff” is the new single to be released by The Americans who have just signed to one of our favourite americana labels, Loose. Hailing from Los Angeles, the quartet blend country and blues with […]

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Nathan Xander “Blue House” (Trailer Fire Records, 2017)

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Originally from Pennsylvania, Nathan Xander terms himself a troubadour, widely travelled in the States as he sings his songs. Blue House was recorded in upstate New York with a small band set up – guitar, bass, […]

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Restos “Ain’t Dead Yet”

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Solid country rock with memorable melodies and tight harmonies. Restos is a band born from the ashes of well established Texan outfit, Western Youth. All five members of Restos were members of (six-piece) Western Youth. The […]

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