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Madi Diaz to release new album “Fatal Optimist” in October 2025

July 23, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Madi Diaz, the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, has announced the release of her latest album, “Fatal Optimist”, on 10th October 2025 via ANTI- Records. Díaz has been around for a lot longer than many people realise, having […]

Burntwood “Burntwood”

July 23, 2025 Gordon Mackay 2

The long-awaited debut from London’s Burntwood does not disappoint. Formed in 2021 as an evolution of Modern Hinterland, 4-piece Burntwood’s eponymous release is an infectious debut steeped in early 90s indie-rock sensibilities. As with the previous […]

Track Premiere: Stephen Jacques “Fragrant Flowers”

July 23, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Fragrant Flowers‘ is the opening cut of Stephen Jacques’ latest album “Pioneers and Fragrant Flowers”, which is a concept album about covering the 19th-century Western migration, frontier wagon train plight, gunfights, saloons, Native American reality, miscreants, […]

Video: Cam “Everblue”

July 23, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriter Cam has a new single that she sums up as, “…peak sad girl.” Beginning immediately with Cam’s aching voice, ‘Everblue’ draws you in from the start to share in her personal reflections: “I never knew […]

Interview: Suzie Ungerleider explains the narrative to her new album

July 22, 2025 FredArnold 1

Suzie Ungerleider has just released her second solo album, “Among the Evergreens“, after more than twenty years (and eight albums) under the stage moniker Oh Susannah. Like her first solo album, “My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider” […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 4 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
By fredhead , 5 days ago
RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 6 days ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 6 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 7 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@andyshort Yes, it makes a refreshing change from artis...
By Peter Thompson , 2 weeks ago

Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0

Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]

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