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Shred Kelly “Blurry Vision”

December 5, 2023 Peter Thompson 0
Dark times but not without hope; the theme of a pleasingly varied record that bears repeated listening. Shred Kelly. If you see the band’s name and assume this album will be full of heavy rock music […]
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Andrea von Kampen “Sister Moon” – Environmental worries

December 5, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
This beautiful song alludes gently to rising moons and rising Spring tides – and how these cycles may be becoming broken.  It focuses on the lack of power to control forces that are generated in part […]
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Video Premiere: Old Heavy Hands “Coming Down”

December 5, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
The pulsating new single from Greensboro band Old Heavy Hands is built upon a thudding bass line and thumping drums.  It’s hypnotic, absorbing songwriting and makes for an engaging listen.  The twanging guitars give way to […]
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VERSIONS: “Satisfied Mind”

December 4, 2023 Clint West 1
Written by Joe Hayes and Jack Rhodes “Satisfied Mind” takes hold of the age-old assertion that “money can’t buy you happiness” and expresses it in a simple song. Hayes claimed that the idea came from his his […]
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The Bacon Brothers “Ballad Of The Brothers (The Willie Door)” –

December 4, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
The Bacon Brothers are, of course, Michael and Kevin Bacon – the one an A-list Hollywood actor and the other an Emmy-winning composer.  Their musical collaboration as The Bacon Brothers is not a new thing though […]

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Another stellar offering from a band with a burgeoning reputation. Norfolk’s Brown Horse is a band that is nothing if not prolific. Total Dive is the band’s third album in as many years. That productivity probably […]
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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Annie Hughes “Stay Awhile” – go on, you know you want to….

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We’re easing you into Monday morning this week with a song that could easily be an ode to extending a Sunday feeling for just a bit longer…if Annie Hughes were to slip in the line “let’s […]
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The music of Canadian band Port Cities balances Nashville with Nova Scotia into a rustic and atmospheric sound, with an indie intimacy that betrays the band’s globe-trotting ambitions – 2017 sees them embark upon their second […]
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The Nervous Hex “Wash” – the answer lies within

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Recently released on Dead-Stare, The Nervous Hex’s self-titled four song EP aims to evoke the guitar bands of the late eighties.  Specifically, the band’s Ryan Traster has explained the plan: “Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth said that Today by Galaxie 500 was ‘the […]

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