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Month: May 2023

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Melissa Carper to finally tour UK this Summer

May 22, 2023 Emily Dongray 0
Singer-songwriter and upright bassist Melissa Carper has announced a short UK tour with four dates starting in Glasgow in mid-June. The delayed tour promotes her most recent album ‘Ramblin’ Soul‘ which came out last year. Reviewer Tim Martin […]
Album Reviews

Bob Dylan “Shadow Kingdom”

May 22, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Dylan travels in time and space to an imagined European jazz club – reinvention ensues. The Bootleg series aside, where the occasional historic or archive recording has featured, Bob Dylan is not famed for the number […]
Tracks

Son Volt “Sometimes You’ve Got To Stop Chasing Rainbows” – grasp the nettle of reality, man

May 22, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Son Volt (the band that Wilco could have been) have a new album ‘Day Of The Doug’, coming out June 16th via Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers.  It’s a themed album of carefully chosen covers celebrating the musical […]
Videos

Video: Tommy Prine “Mirror and a Kitchen Sink”

May 22, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
There’s more than a little punk in the latest single from Tommy Prine.  It’s raw and full of energy, with a driving rhythm and sing-along, shout-along chorus.  Above all, Prine displays an ear for a great, […]
Videos

Something for the weekend: The Smiths “The Boy with the Thorn in his Side”

May 19, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader and while we tend to swerve paying a blind bit of notice to Morrisey these days, the news that Smiths bassist Andy Rourke has died is […]

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The Jayhawks announce new album “Sanctuary Park”

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artwork for Andrew Sa album "American Rough"

Andrew Sa “American Rough”

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Ben Folds Five

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Ady Johnson “Under Gainsborough Skies”

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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

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News

The Jayhawks announce new album “Sanctuary Park”

June 24, 2026 0
Putting some meat on the bones of last week’s passing reference to a new album when announcing their upcoming live dates, we can now reveal that the new album by The Jayhawks is called Sanctuary Park […]
artwork for Andrew Sa album "American Rough"
Album Reviews

Andrew Sa “American Rough”

June 24, 2026 0
The remarkable debut of a 21st-century crooner. Where do crooners come from? Surely this thought must have kept you awake in the late hours, when time stands still and there’s nothing to do but face the […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Ben Folds Five

June 24, 2026 0
Ben Folds Five were a three-piece band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They were together only a short while before the seven-year itch sent lead vocalist Ben Folds off to work on solo projects. This article […]

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  • Andrew Sa “American Rough”
  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Ben Folds Five
  • Ady Johnson “Under Gainsborough Skies”
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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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The small village of North Newbald, with a population of approximately 800 people, lies within the idyllic East Riding of Yorkshire, around 13 miles north-west of Hull. Despite its size, it houses a fair few attractions, […]
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Folk Tracks Roundup – January 2025

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And so the ever-popular Folk Roundup returns after a short pause to allow for the flood of Winter Festival Themed songs (you remember all of them).  And in this return there’s a very modern folk feel […]
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