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Dream Team Double Header – Judy Collins & Wizz Jones

June 1, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Randomness – it can be a great thing.  To hit town and find a favourite artist is playing that night, to stoop down and pick up a £50 note blowing along an empty street, to… well […]

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Classic Americana Albums: John Prine “In Spite of Ourselves”

June 1, 2022 Emily Dongray 1

In spite of throat surgery – one of the all-time greatest collaborative albums. In April 2020, the americana community on both sides of the Atlantic was saddened by the news that at age 73, John Prine […]

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Drive-By Truckers “Welcome 2 Club XIII”

June 1, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

Revitalised after the enforced lockdown, Drive By Truckers roar back in fine form. After three albums which reflected on the angst ridden and perilous state of the USA and then an enforced hiatus due to the […]

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Leland And The Silver Wells “Straight To Your Town”

June 1, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

Well produced record from multi talented Leland Ettinger and her band. Leland Ettinger is undoubtedly a talented artist, not only is she is a multi-instrumentalist, but also a gifted photographer. The Silver Wells comprise some of […]

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Interview: Andrew Davie of Bear’s Den on how the pandemic influenced their songwriting

June 1, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

How car journeys to school with his teacher father made him the songwriter he is today. Like many bands, Bear’s Den have had to endure the challenges of the pandemic and adapt to the post-pandemic world. […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Bonny Light Horseman may have come together as a “folk supergroup” almost by accident but the combined talents of Anaïs Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson and Josh Kaufman’s, here augmented by Justin Vernon do not produce haunting […]

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