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Los Lobos win best americana album at 2022 Grammys

April 4, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

The Grammys were held last night and without anyone getting hit in the face, it was left to the awards themselves to do the heavy lifting. Los Lobos’ lovely ‘Native Sons’ album which we raved about […]

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Beth Nielsen Chapman signs to Cooking Vinyl, Autumn tour announced

April 4, 2022 Emily Dongray 0

Acclaimed American singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman has signed a new worldwide artist deal with Cooking Vinyl, ahead of the release of her upcoming fifteenth solo album – ‘CrazyTown’ out this autumn. Inducted into the Songwriters Hall […]

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Justin Baker “Buyer’s Remorse”

April 4, 2022 Jonathan Smith 0

Debut album from literate American wordsmith. Having first engaged in seriously learning the guitar in 1996, a full 25 years went by before the arrival of ‘Buyer’s Remorse’, Justin Baker’s debut album. He describes a pivotal […]

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The Song Remains: Jimmy Karstein 1944 – 2022

April 4, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

One of the architects of the Tulsa sound and lifelong drummer with J J Cale. Tulsa musicians and fans are in mourning following the death of drummer Jimmy Karstein at his Tulsa home on Sunday, 27th […]

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GospelbeacH “It’s Too Late” – man, it’s never too late, you know?

April 4, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

After a detour into bubblegum covers with last years ‘Jam Jam EP‘, GospelbeacH have returned to wonderfully sparkly new music.  Adding Luther Russells (from labelmates Those Pretty Wrongs and previously The Freewheelers)  pretty 12 string and […]

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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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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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RS Country has started to publish what they’re calling “Social Distancing” interviews with some of the better-known names in music including Lucinda Williams and Jess Malin where they ask them a standard set of questions about […]

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Bonnie “Prince” Billy covers Merle Haggard with his dogs – Watch

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This is pretty amazing from Pitchfork over the weekend. It beats Marc Métral and his talking dog Wendy. They report: “Bonnie “Prince” Billy, aka Will Oldham, gave morning television viewers in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky a […]

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Video Premiere: Lou Kyme “Want You Back With Me”

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With a great groove, excellent guitar work and an uplifting melody, here is the new single from Lou Kyme. It’s taken from the upcoming album, ‘What’s the Worst That Could Happen?’, due out on 4th September.  […]

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