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Ben Harper “We Need To Talk About It” – it’s past time to do so

June 20, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Taken from his new album ‘Bloodline Maintenance‘, due via his new deal with Chrysalis Records on Friday, July 22nd, Ben Harper cuts through with a new style on a song that speaks directly about an issue […]

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AUK’s Chain Gang: Mary Gauthier “I Drink”

June 20, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Following Paul Gibson’s excellent choice last week, of Lincoln Le Fevre’s ‘Hope & Crown’, it seems only right that the next link in this chain is a song about drinking. So, I took a slow look […]

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Above The Bit “Above The Bit”

June 20, 2022 Paul Russell 0

Fascinating Australian debut from duo with twelve dark historic stories. Any country’s history, often tragic and bleak, has often been the inspiration for great music and this is a really interesting debut from Australian duo Nigel […]

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Live Review: Madison Violet, Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 10th June 2022

June 20, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Madison Violet arrived for their first visit to Lincolnshire’s premier Americana venue, the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, right in the middle of their current UK tour which had started at the Shetland Festival and will […]

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The Damn Quails “Clouding Up Your City”

June 20, 2022 Ian Kennedy 0

New album from reunited ‘Okie’-folk band, built on live touring.  Only the third album from The Damn Quails in over twenty years, but it benefits from the lessons learnt, and scars gathered, along the way.  The band’s […]

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