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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 113

September 29, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
Back in the saddle for 3 days. So despite giving up teaching full time in the summer I have been strong-armed (by a charming colleague who played to my ego by telling me I was indispensable) […]
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Good Lovelies announce UK tour for 2024

September 29, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
Canadian folk/country harmony trio, Good Lovelies have announced a 12-date tour of the UK in support of their new album, ‘We Will Never Be The Same’, which lands next week on October 6th via Outside Music. […]
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Night Flight “Songs from Echo Zoo”

September 29, 2023 Helen Jones 0
Beautiful vocals contrast against folk-laden indie to make an album of meaning that showcases a band with a true identity. Cast your mind back to the first Covid lockdown of 2020 and a few things might […]
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The Northern Belle “Merchant Navy Hotel” – like paradise, but better

September 29, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s been a while, but here at last is some new music from one of our favourite Nordicana bands – Nordicana of course being the even more finely genre slice that covers the Americana style music […]
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Video Premiere: Mae Simpson “Cap Guns”

September 29, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
Here is the latest single from Minneapolis singer-songwriter Mae Simpson, known for her powerful, compelling voice.  Full of nostalgia, ‘Cap Guns’ takes listeners back in time, back to our childhoods, right from the opening: “Cap guns […]

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An accessible and literate roots-rock gem. Renowned for her energetic and charismatic live persona (and also for being an award -winning English professor; yes, really), Florence Dore returns with the follow-up to 2022’s Highways and Rocketships. […]
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Catskills-based singer/songwriter Hannah Cohen has announced a series of tour dates in the Nordic countries and the UK in August 2026. Cohen has also unveiled her first new music since her album Earthstar Mountain that was […]
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Live Review: Truman Sinclair + May Payne, The George Tavern, Stepney, London – 28th April 2026

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Interview: Rodney Crowell

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Houston-born singer-songwriter and longtime Nashville resident Rodney Crowell continues to lift his game as a songwriter, and his latest album ‘Close Ties’ (New West) qualifies as the most honest set of work he has ever done. […]
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