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Live Review: Our Man In The Field + Matt Owens and the Delusional Vanity Project, Nightjar at Bath Pizza Co, Bath – 17th January 2025

January 22, 2025 Tim Martin 0
This was the first of Matt Owens’ Nightjar sessions, which aims to pair a touring act with a local Bath band. Our Man In The Field was the chosen band to open their touring year. Despite […]
News

Another one bites the dust… Cambridge Folk Festival postponed for a year

January 22, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
The Cambridge Folk Festival has announced the cancellation of this year’s festival with a headline statement stating that the festival would return in 2026. Simply stating “ the four-day folk and roots music festival hosted annually on […]
Tracks

Nina Nesbitt “Caledonia” – take me home folky roads

January 22, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Nina Nesbitt has released a cover of Dougie Maclean’s ‘Caledonia‘  in advance of her appearance at BBC Scotland’s Burns Night celebrations on January 25th.  It’s a beautifully evocative performance of the song that sees her join […]
Videos

Video: Don Amero “What Were You Thinking”

January 22, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Check out the emotive new single from JUNO-nominated singer-songwriter Don Amero.  Lyrically heartbreaking, “What Were You Thinking” explores deep feelings of loss.  Amero’s ranging voice is plaintive, vulnerable and carries us through a flowing tune over […]
Interviews

Interview: Chuck Prophet on “Wake The Dead”, ¿Qiensave? and Cumbia

January 21, 2025 Martin Johnson 4
Being excited by music that makes you feel good and want to sway your body. It’s been four years since Chuck Prophet released a new album, and in that time he has had to deal with […]

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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]
Album Reviews

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0
The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0
When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]

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  • The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”
  • More People Really Should Know About: Hayden
  • Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham”
  • Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates
  • Nicole Atkins “Singing In The Mirror” – hey, give yourself a break
  • Video: Lily Seabird “Election Day” – lost in the darkness, searching for the light
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]
Interviews

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]
Interviews

Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]

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The End Of America “Monsters” – Listen

August 27, 2019 0
‘Monsters‘ is the latest single from the Philadelphia based band The End of America,  made up of Brendon Thomas, Trevor Leonard and  James Downes who produce incredibly tight harmonies in their alt-folk -rock influenced songs.  ‘Monsters‘ contemplates the […]
Live Reviews

John Moreland + John Calvin Abney, Jazz Cafe London, 31st July 2018

August 9, 2018 0
Weighty is a good word for John Moreland and that’s no sly childish quip on a guy carrying more than quite a few pounds. Such is his vocal delivery, gritty song writing and overall demeanour that […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Jim White and Trey Blake, The Lexington London – 11th February 2025

February 18, 2025 0
Jim White and Trey Blake’s album “Precious Bane” is, even in January, in the running for the 2025 best of list.  It was reviewed in these pages by Jonny Brick with the full back story of […]

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