January 2023 – Page 23

Ryan Hicks “No Life For Me” – just not carpe diem-ing right now

January 10, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Ryan Hicks is a Canadian singer-songwriter who cites as musical influences Ron Sexsmith, Father John Misty and David Bowie amongst others. And it shows on new song ‘No Life For Me‘ which considers the downsides of […]

Video: The Sarandons “So Long”

January 10, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out recent single ‘So Long’ from Canadian indie-rockers The Sarandons. Featuring bursts of great guitar from Craig Keeney, it’s big and anthemic, warm and open-hearted. The song is driven by a great rhythm section and […]

Track Premiere: Lawson Hull “Canada ’17”

January 9, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Lawson Hull is an Australia based singer who has self described as “an Aussie take on Tom Petty, but half as good.” And you can hear what he means on today’s premiere of ‘Canada ’17‘ which […]

AUK Chain Gang: Forest for the Trees “Dream”

January 9, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 2

So how to follow Martin Stephenson and the Daintees? Well… and this is a bit of a left-turn genre-wise, but stick with me. Let’s take the name Stephenson and follow it. I’m suggesting Karl Stephenson, producer […]

Jake Swamp and the Pine “Simpson & Banks”

January 9, 2023 Paul Russell 0

Gloriously atmospheric vocals carry a set of passionate, emotive and classy songs. Boston-based Drew Zieff has an ambitious attitude to his music – as Jake Swamp and the Pine he alone wants to blend the ruckus […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

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If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”