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Casii Stephan “Law & Order” – featuring Crys Matthews and Jay Burgess

October 9, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
So, sometimes what happens is that it just seems more appropriate to let the artists’ statements do the talking, and this is certainly a case where trademark flippancy is really not appropriate.  So – Casii Stephan’s […]
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Video: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit “This Ain’t It”

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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit deliver over eight minutes of musical magic in this electrifying live performance of ‘This Ain’t It’.  Isbell and his band are incredible performers – a tight, precise collective bursting with […]
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Gemma Hayes “Blind Faith”

October 8, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 0
A reflective, maudlin, mixture of folk, analogue synth and old-school indie. ‘Blind Faith’ is Gemma Hayes’ first album in 10 years, following a hiatus to spend time with her two children. The cover shows a figure […]
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Good Lovelies to release expanded edition of “We Will Never Be The Same”

October 8, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
To celebrate this first anniversary of Good Lovelies’ JUNO-nominated album “We Will Never Be The Same”, the band is releasing a deluxe digital reissue of the record on October 25th. The new release includes acoustic versions […]
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Curtis Eller’s American Circus “Another Nice Mess”

October 8, 2024 Andrew Raw 0
Quirky, interesting and original themes backed by sparse banjo-picking. You get the feeling that Curtis Eller is a truly larger-than-life character. “Another Nice Mess”, his eighth full-length album, takes you aback with the originality of its […]

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Video Premiere: Roswell Road “Weirdo at the Party”

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