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My Girl The River “Helpless” – I can try to help though

March 11, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

The latest song from Kris Wilkinson Hughes, a.k.a. My Girl The River is a pandemic inspired song of parental compassion.  ‘Helpless‘ was written during the heart of the pandemic, Kris was talking with another songwriter about […]

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Video Premiere: Van Plating “Orange Blossom Child”

March 11, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Here’s the video premiere of ‘Orange Blossom Child’ – a love letter to her childhood from Florida’s Van Plating.  The shuffling rhythms and stirring guitar hook you in.  Van Plating’s catchy vocal performance, reinforced by melodic […]

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Something for the weekend: Blitzen Trapper “Hello Hallelujah”

March 8, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it from us for another weekend dear reader. Good luck if you’re heading down to London for the next national Palestine demo tomorrow, especially now you’re apparently the reason the country is on its arse […]

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Black Deer Festival announces next tranche of artists for this summer’s big bash

March 8, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Black Deer is back again this year in June with the already avian-related headliner Sheryl Crow and now they have announced some more names including a UK festival exclusive headline act in the form of guitar […]

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Jonah Corren “Langdon” – revisiting his West Dorset childhood with this thoughtful new single

March 8, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

Jonah Corren revisits his West Dorset childhood bedroom and pens the thoughtful new single ‘Langdon’. The song is not a nostalgic look back so much as it is a meditation on the changes in perspective brought […]

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

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When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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The latest single from British singer-songwriter Steve Hewitt is a brilliantly-crafted song that draws us into his message about conflict, social challenges and personal suffering.  He explores the darker side of human nature and the impact […]

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Johnny Cash, when asked why he always wore black, wrote this song in response. Here he sings it for the first time on his own TV show. There were some very memorable performances on the Johnny […]

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