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Martin Farrell Jr. “Coffee And Laundry”

January 7, 2021 Alan Fitter 0
Self-produced album could have done with a producer ‘Coffee and Laundry’ is as the American’s say, Martin Farrell Jr’s sophomore (as the English say, second) album. Farrell has not only written all the songs and produced […]
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The Pawn Shop Saints “Ordinary Folks” (DollyRocker Records 2020)

December 9, 2020 Alan Fitter 3
Billed as an album by The Pawn Shop Saints, ‘Ordinary Folks’ is really all about Jeb Barry.  He not only wrote all nine songs (although one, ‘New Year’s Eve Somewhere In The Midwest’ is a co-write […]
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Matt Owens “Scorched Earth” (Independent, 2020)

November 24, 2020 Alan Fitter 0
Take a large portion of Willie Nile, add a soupçon of Neil Young, a dash of Tom Petty and a pinch of The Pogues. Then stir in some folk, a little rock, a mournful harmonica, Celtic […]
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Ben Eisenberger “Soloists” (Plastic Miracles Records 2020)

November 13, 2020 Alan Fitter 0
There are some albums which are perfect summer soundtracks when driving to the coast and others are made for cold winter nights when you’re all wrapped up and want to stay home. Well Ben Eisenberger’s second […]
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Justin Farren “Pretty Free” (Independent, 2020)

October 21, 2020 Alan Fitter 0
Justin Farren is like an old-fashioned troubadour writing songs and travelling from town to town singing them and playing a battered, old guitar – in Farren’s case the Simon & Patrick model he’s had since he […]

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The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

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The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

March 24, 2026 0
Folk-tinged harmonies and sophisticated indie-pop for turbulent times. Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson are originally from Knoxville, Tennessee – together they make up The Montvales. During their middle school years, the duo started out by busking […]
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Pat Carter and Luis de Cicco hit the road to promote new live album

March 24, 2026 0
Pat Carter, singer/songwriter of acclaimed alt-country band Rodeo FM, and his partner in crime, Luis de Cicco, head man of hill country blues combo Caboose, will hit the road again in April 2026, promoting their new […]
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Andy Thomas “Highway Junkie”

March 24, 2026 0
A big-hearted, big guitar album that will leave a smile on your face. Andrew Thomas Trongone has chosen to record and release his debut album after a couple of years away from music, having realised he […]

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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2
While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]
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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2
At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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Something for the weekend: Paul Kelly “How to Make Gravy”

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Down Hill Strugglers “Old Juniper”

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Classic sound reworked in release of new old-time music. There is a constant current of old-time sounds that flows through Americana.  It sometimes rises to the surface like it did with the inclusion of Ralph Stanley […]
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Interview: Sean McConnell on taking a journey underneath the skin

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Looking at the cover artwork for Sean McConnell’s latest album “Skin” (Silent Desert Music, 2025), you might think he has a fixation on tattoos, what with the drawing of a hand covered in ink art from […]

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