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Track Premiere Clint Alphin “Another Highway Song”

September 29, 2022 Jonathan Aird 1

Small towns are nothing to be ashamed of, but they can be constraining “there ain’t no fast lane in this town” sings Clint Alphin, adding in the voices of local low ambition “there ain’t no leaving […]

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Dropkick Murphys “This Machine Still Kills Fascists”

September 29, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Amplifier’s turned off as Massachusetts rockers breathe fire into Guthrie’s lyrics, strikingly relevant for such times as these. For well over twenty years Dropkick Murphys have unapologetically delivered their brand of American Celtic Punk Rock supplying […]

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View from Across La Manche #8 – from our own correspondent

September 29, 2022 Rick Bayles 3

The sun has set on summer. Despite the continuing high temperatures and bright sunny days, summer is officially over. So it’s nice to be back, ruminating on life here in France. Once the 1st of September […]

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Mike Pope “Songs For People (High & Low)”

September 29, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Captivating album from an artist with an experimental edge. Mike Pope is an interesting musician. Seemingly well established on the local scene around San Diego in particular, and Southern California in general, he has avoided making […]

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Interview: Kate Taylor on waiting over 50 years to revisit the sound of “Sister Kate”

September 29, 2022 Martin Johnson 2

Recording again with Peter Asher in LA and touring with Scotland’s Alan Thomson. The only sister of James, Livingstone, Hugh, and Alex, Kate Taylor’s 1971 debut album ‘Sister Kate’ was not just a great listen, it […]

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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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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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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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