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Malcolm MacWatt “Dark Harvest”

February 7, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

A bold, dark and deeply moving modern folk album. Having set a high bar with his previous release, ‘Settler’, Scotland’s Malcolm MacWatt manages to surpass it on ‘Dark Harvest’, an album of sombre acoustic folk songs […]

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Rob Jones & The Restless Dream “January Man” – Laurel Canyon by way of Manchester

February 7, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Rob Jones & The Restless Dream relive a lonely New Year’s Eve in their new single ‘January Man’. This is one of three singles being in the early months of 2024. A former school teacher and […]

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Classic Americana Albums: Dylan LeBlanc “Renegade”

February 7, 2024 FredArnold 1

Dylan LeBlanc came racing out of the traps with a very fine self-produced debut album in 2010 (‘Pauper’s Field’) when he was just 20 years old. The album caught fire, due to its fine writing and […]

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Blitzen Trapper announce new album “100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions”

February 7, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

Watch the video for the first single from it below. Portland’s Blitzen Trapper who we are big fans of around these parts have announced their new album “100’s of 1000’s, Millions of Billions” will be released […]

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Swimming Bell “Charlie”

February 7, 2024 Peter Churchill 0

Gorgeous vocals raise the stakes on impressive album. ‘Charlie’ is the second album from LA-based songwriter Katie Schottland’s Swimming Bell project. The album’s beginnings date back to 2019 and before a relocation from Brooklyn to the […]

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Interview: Dan Bern has still got his fastball, and a change-up

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In the smart and lively songs of Dan Bern, nuances are at work like honeybees in a hive. A busy swarm of subtleties generates a nucleus of narrative honeycomb that has more layers than an archaeologist’s […]

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Behind the Songs: Dillon Warnek “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep”

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Dillon Warnek’s “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep” is a sharp and dizzying collection of songs about everything and anything. “Rolling Stone” raved that his debut album “Now That It’s All Over”, was full of “wry character […]

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Caught Light: Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers on time, trust and the art of letting go

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As we meet, Tony Dekker is sitting outside a café in Vancouver, Canada. It’s a fitting setting for a conversation with the Great Lake Swimmers’ frontman – calm, thoughtful and quietly attuned to the world around […]

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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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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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