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The First Time: Stiff Little Fingers, Dundee University Students Union – 30th October 1982

July 25, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

Suspect (Memory) Device. Forty Years on. As the deadline for this post approached the old memory would not oblige. I can remember bits. Travelling to Smokey’s Nightclub in Arbroath to catch the Associates. Alan Rankine’s father […]

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Sunny Sweeney announces 2023 UK tour

July 25, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

Following stand-out shows in the UK last summer, including The Long Road and Millport festivals, ACM-nominated recording artist Sunny Sweeney is returning to our shores this coming November for tour dates, kicking off in Newcastle’s Cluny […]

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Seven Dark Lords “Ghost in Here”

July 25, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

There’s no sin in trying. At first, the name of this band conjured up an image of a wayward metal group offering up their album to Kerrang but Seven Dark Lords describe themselves as a new […]

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The Fighting Side “Can’t Help Myself” – just not stopping

July 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1

Rarely have we seen a press image that more loudly screams out “caption competition.”  This is The Fighting Side, a band from St. Louis who bring in disparate musical backgrounds with members whose backgrounds are members […]

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Video Premiere: Dwight Twilley “No Place Like Home”

July 25, 2023 Andrew Frolish 1

Check out the latest single from the acclaimed Dwight Twilley.  ‘No Place Like Home’ is a stirring, upbeat song with an engaging singalong melody.  In this absorbing song, a catchy vocal tune soars above the powerful […]

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Interview: Trevor Sensor on connection, bataille and love in the time of confusion

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“Are you really real, do you feel the same thing that I do, girl, when I touch you, girl?” ~ Ricky Nelson According to iconic filmmaker Federico Fellini, “The visionary is the only true realist.” Before […]

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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

December 12, 2025 0

Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

December 11, 2025 0

The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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