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Essentials: The Top 10 Madi Diaz Songs

April 9, 2026 Helen Jones 2

Madi Diaz has always known she wanted to be a musician. Growing up in a Quaker household in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, her parents rejected a mainstream education for her and her brother, instead home schooling them, […]

artwork for The Builders and The Butchers album "No Tomorrow"

The Builders and The Butchers “No Tomorrow”

April 9, 2026 Chas Lacey 0

Portland-based ramshackle indie folk-rockers confront cultural changes and challenges. The Pacific north-west of the USA has been called home by many giants of the blues, rock, and grunge scenes, but alongside these, there’s long been a […]

Scotland Bluegrass Festival announces details of line up and expanded location – it’s got Biggar!

April 9, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 0

Scotland’s biggest Bluegrass music festival is about to get even bigger and better. John Sheldon, who is the main man behind the event, a formidable banjo picker himself, first set up the Guildtown event in 1986 […]

Ole Kirkeng “Cowboy Lie Detector Machine”

April 9, 2026 Andy Short 0

Norway’s Ole Kirkeng returns with an impressive collection, no lies. Recorded at the Rockbonden Studio in the snow-covered forests of Sweden, Norway’s Ole Kirkeng stands trial under the Cowboy Lie Detector Machine. Kirkeng was a touring […]

Rose Hotel “My Satellite” – gone up to the sky

April 9, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

In normal times what would we all be talking about, other than the fact that after a hiatus of more than 50 years the old gang has got back together, pulled in an extra Canadian and […]

Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”

July 24, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Alberta’s Starpainter who this week have officially confirmed their new album, Cayenne Flowerbed, which will be out […]

Artwork for Jenny Reynolds album "Willow and Stone"

Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”

July 24, 2026 0

Songs on surviving life from an accomplished singer-songwriter, with hints of jazz amongst the folk rock accompaniment. Jenny Reynolds is a singer-songwriter, initially from Boston but now firmly a part of the Texas scene for the […]

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 […]

Year: 2026

Essentials: The Top 10 Madi Diaz Songs

The Builders and The Butchers “No Tomorrow”

Scotland Bluegrass Festival announces details of line up and expanded location – it’s got Biggar!

Ole Kirkeng “Cowboy Lie Detector Machine”

Rose Hotel “My Satellite” – gone up to the sky

Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”

Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

Classic Clips: Patty Loveless and Chris Stapleton “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” at CMA Awards, 2022

Teenage Fanclub don’t dare to dream on new album and tour this autumn