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Video Premiere: Alison Wilder “Wilder”

December 16, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s the dreamily-captivating new single from Alison Wilder (formerly known as Alison Rae).  “Wilder” features gentle, tumbling keys over sustained notes – a subtle, beautiful instrumental foundation for Wilder’s sweetly melodic vocal.  Her warm, tuneful voice […]
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Something for the weekend: The Milk Carton Kids “The First Noel”

December 13, 2024 Mark Whitfield 2
Well that’s it from us for another week and we leave you dear reader with a track from our brothers from another mother(s) The Milk Carton Kids whose new album “Christmas in a Minor Key” landed […]
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Jingle Bells Friday – so, we are having a tree then?

December 13, 2024 Jonathan Aird 2
We’re entering that point in December when it is likely that there has already been the opportunity for hitting the festive-themed sandwiches heavily, or stacking high the Winterval pizza offerings, or to have had the first […]
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Live Review: Caleb Caudle and The Sweet Critters, Live at Ted’s, Wilmington, North Carolina – 7th September 2024

December 13, 2024 Dean Nardi 0
Despite several other shows in the area on this night, it didn’t have an effect on attendance as Caleb Caudle & The Sweet Critters drew a full house, fascinating the audience at Live at Ted’s with […]
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Classic Clips: Nanci Griffith with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “On Grafton Street”’ filmed in Austin, Texas, 1997

December 13, 2024 Andy Short 7
Ever since hearing Nanci Griffith belt out ‘Ford Econoline’ on the NME “Tape With No Name” in 1987, Griffith has been one of my most loved female artists. Her storytelling and poetry were special, and sadly, […]

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Toronto music stalwarts’ third album is a confident step forward. The Sarandons are a Toronto-based band made up of Dave Suchon (lead vocals and guitar), Damian Coleman (vocals and bass), Edmund Cummings (vocals and keys), Craig […]
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There is something exciting going on in the world of folk, at least it seems that way, as we seem to be going through one of those periods of renewal when a crop of astonishing musicians […]
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Video Premiere: Brock Davis “Nowhere Near Ready”

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Here’s the video premiere of the heartfelt new single from Santa Cruz, California-based singer-songwriter Brock Davis. The notes tumble and roll from Davis’s guitar in a stream of melody while his reflective, intimate vocal flows over […]

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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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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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