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The Song Remains: David Crosby (1941 – 2023)

January 23, 2023 Jonathan Aird 4
The death of David Crosby, who passed on the 19th of January, was hardly unanticipated – it’s not just that he was 81, but he had been saying in interviews “how am I still alive?” as […]
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Jolé “Let Go” – parting is the sweetest sorrow…

January 23, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
This is the title track of the new EP by Jolé (who was raised in Frome as Josh Oliver), and it is an understated lo-fi modern folk song about coming to terms with an ending.  As […]
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Video: Doug Paisley “Sometimes It’s So Easy”

January 23, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
Doug Paisley’s music is always impressive but the video for ‘Sometimes It’s So Easy’ demonstrates that his guitar skills go to another level.  It really is incredible to see Paisley playing his Gibson while effortlessly cycling […]
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Something for the weekend: David Crosby “Guinnevere”

January 20, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it for another week dear reader and who else could we leave you with today other than arguably one of the pioneers of the americana movement, David Crosby, who of course died yesterday following […]
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Cat Rose Smith “Half Moon Light” – Do we have an 8th level cleric?

January 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Cat Rose Smith is a Californian, with Irish ancestry who currently lives in London where she makes Americana/Folk inspired music, backed by a band of Irish musicians: Jake Curran, John Bird Jr., and Cian Hanley.  Cat […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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The Hanging Stars “Hollow Heart”

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The Hanging Stars are close to perfection on a magnificent album which just about defines “cosmic country” From the moment The Hanging Stars glide gently into the perfumed garden which is ‘Ava’, the opening song on […]
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The Song Remains: JD Souther (1945- 2024)

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