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Fred Abbott + The Wild Unknown “Shining Under The Soot”

July 13, 2023 Darren Lumbroso 0

A patchwork album which wears its rock credentials on its sleeve. Since Noah And The Whale split in 2015, their guitarist Fred Abbott has been busying himself working as a producer, writer and session player for […]

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Andy Falco and Travis Book honour Jerry Garcia

July 13, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Andy Falco and Travis Book of The Infamous Stringdusters have teamed up to honour one of their biggest musical influences, Jerry Garcia, through a collaborative album ‘Falco and Book Play Jerry Garcia’ available on August 4th via Americana Vibes.  It’s an album that […]

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The All Night Chemist “Lunchtime Special”

July 13, 2023 FredArnold 0

Britain’s first dad-rock retro folk band use humour and domestic memories to explore real-world issues. The All Night Chemist are a four-piece London-based band, formed in 2021, led by banjo player and singer-songwriter Jimmy Grayburn, an […]

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Ross Cooper “Everyone Wants To Be A Cowboy” – let’s go shovel that manure!

July 13, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1

Yes, Ross Cooper knows the reality – the wearing leather chaps, the riding a horse, the big, big hat.  These are the things that people like about being a cowboy.  Oooh, and the boots and the […]

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Video Premiere: Ryan Kennedy “A Lifetime” (Unplugged)

July 13, 2023 Andrew Frolish 1

Here’s the video premiere of the gorgeous ‘A Lifetime’ from Québécois singer-songwriter Ryan Kennedy.  Following the critical success of his first two albums, 2015’s ‘Home Fires’ and 2017’s ‘Love Is Gold’, Kennedy released a third record, ‘Libertine’, […]

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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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Tennessean Andrew Combs, an artist who has managed to make big strides  both in the indie and Americana worlds over four beautifully crafted albums, is an increasingly regular visitor to these shores over the last few […]

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