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Video: The Miserable Rich “Quietly”

January 9, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0
The Miserable Rich have released two masterfully-crafted songs as a double-A side: ‘Quietly’ and ‘We All Know’.  Here we have the video for the excellent ‘Quietly’ from the Brighton-based indie/orchestral collective.  Beginning with delicately-picked guitar, the […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Joan Armatrading “All The Way From America”

January 8, 2024 Kimberly Bright 0
Kittitian-British singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading’s ‘All The Way From America’ was the second single from her 1980 album ‘Me Myself I.’ The album, like the artist, was difficult to classify and may have come along too early […]
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Holler Choir “Songs Before They Write Themselves”

January 8, 2024 Andy Davidson 0
Old tools crafting out contemporary bluegrass-tinged gems. The album title implies an uncertain fate for songwriters and musicians, what with AI now mimicking human creative endeavours, but thankfully these ten tracks offer reassurance and hope. Holler […]
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Live Review: The Rye Sisters, Album Launch Party, St Mary’s Guildhall, Lincoln – 15th December 2023

January 8, 2024 Graeme Tait 0
Just a mere six years after the release of their debut album ‘Brave Unbeaten Paths’  The Rye Sisters finally deliver the perfect Christmas present for their ever increasing fan base with the news of the imminent […]
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Preview: John Calvin Abney heads to UK for dates later this month

January 8, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0
US singer-songwriter John Calvin Abney is kicking off 2024 with a run of much-anticipated tour dates in the UK and Europe. The tour marks Abney’s first trip to the continent since he last visited in 2017 […]

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Something for the weekend: Lambchop featuring Justin Vernon “Weakened”

May 8, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a brand new track from Kurt Wagner’s Lambchop outfit who have announced details of their new album Punching The Clown which […]
Artwork for Cut Throat Finches album "High Horse"
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Cut Throat Finches “High Horse”

May 8, 2026 0
The first great, breezy, summer “pop” record is here, from a self-described “Americanish” band with an old-country soul. Much like their previous efforts, High Horse, by Cowtown’s Cut Throat Finches, defies easy categorisation. Is it a […]
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Zoh Amba to tour Europe and UK in autumn 2026

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Zoh Amba, who previously announced their Matador debut album, Eyes Full, which is out on 5th June 2026, has shared details of a run of UK and European tour dates. The European leg kicks off on […]

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

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
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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The Frisbys “Hurt Me” – actually, just don’t

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The Frisbys – headed up by Twins Helen (vocals, flute) and Nicola Frisby (vocals, acoustic guitar) – take a look on ‘Hurt Me‘ at the end of a relationship and how this can poison with doubts […]
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No Thee No Ess “California” (Folkwit Records, 2017)

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The Welsh psychedelic wizards relax the weirdness (a bit – the opener Mind Flow Bender is still far out into a universe where Hawkwind are a little bit tame) and head towards Americana. California (the title […]
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Video: Violet Bell “Howl”

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Here’s a great (and slightly disturbing) video for the new single from North Carolina duo Violet Bell.  Taken from their album ‘Honey In My Heart‘, out on October 11th, it’s about being who you want to […]

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