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Melissa Carper announces new album “Borned In Ya”

May 8, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Melissa Carper has announced her next album, ‘Borned In Ya’, which is due out 19th July 2024 via Mae Music/Thirty Tigers, ‘Borned In Ya’ is a phrase Carper heard used by Ralph Stanley to describe a […]

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Bruce Springsteen “Best of Bruce Springsteen”

May 8, 2024 Tim Martin 0

A good introduction to the work of one of the great artists, which should prompt a new listener to dig further. What in 2024 constitutes the best of Bruce Springsteen and can it be encapsulated on […]

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Video: The Ballroom Thieves “Everything is Everything”

May 8, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Gentle voices intertwine and a new love is seen only through the lens of a camera in the video for ‘Everything is Everything’ by The Ballroom Thieves.  This is the first single from their latest album […]

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Jenny Parrott announces release of new album “Love Spell”

May 8, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1

Austin experimental folk artist Jenny Parrott has announced the release oftheir new album ‘Love Spell’, which arrives on 28th June 2024. An eclectic mix of vocals – both in English and Spanish – as well as […]

Alice Howe, live at The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, 26th April 2024
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Live Review: Alice Howe + Freebo, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, 26th April 2024

May 8, 2024 Graeme Tait 4

The final weekend of April saw the long-awaited return of Alice Howe and Freebo to Lincolnshire’s premier Americana music venue, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, having last appeared upon this stage back in 2018. A […]

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