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Jess Jocoy “Cul-De-Sac Kid” – Country enough for ya?

September 15, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jess Jocoy’s new album is out on the 25th of October, and this is its title song. It finds Jess Jocoy questioning her place in the modern Country scene – does she need to […]

Video Premiere: Griefcat “Socks”

September 15, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

Let’s start our week with something lighthearted, something intended to bring a little humour and joy into our lives. This Monday morning, we have Griefcat to thank for lifting our spirits with their new single ‘Socks’, […]

Something for the weekend: Josh Ritter “Wild Ways”

September 12, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. The always excellent Josh Ritter’s new album “I Believe in You, My Honeydew” is out today on Thirty Tigers and he’s released a new song from […]

The Far West “Everything We Thought We Wanted”

September 12, 2025 Jonny Brick 0

Happy-sad third album from SoCal country-rockers. The pitch for the music of The Far West, whose new album is their first since 2014, is “horribly painful songs that you can dance to”, according to bass player […]

Paperback Riders: Kim Stanley Robinson “The Years of Rice and Salt”

September 12, 2025 Tim Martin 0

One of the most interesting history books of the last decade or so was Peter Frankopan’s ‘The Silk Roads.’ His premise is that the historical centre of the world isn’t North West Europe, but somewhere between […]

Lucinda Williams St Paul Theatre 14 April 2019

For the Sake of the Song: Lucinda Williams “Metal Firecracker”

September 28, 2026 0

There are songs that you love for the lyrics, songs that you love for the music; sometimes you get a song where both are so perfect you have a masterpiece. Lucinda Williams’ Metal Firecracker is the […]

Artwork for Ian Noe album"Canyon Falls Trailer Band"

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

September 28, 2026 1

Impressive collection of character-driven songwriting and classic country sounds. Kentuckian Ian Noe presents a diverse selection of sixteen original songs on his excellent new album, Canyon Falls Trailer Band. It’s Noe’s third release and the second […]

The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

September 28, 2026 1

About a decade ago, I formulated a new genre based on a particular guitar sound that would for several years be heard on Radio 2 after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Bob Harris Country is […]

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