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Insomnia and music go together. Love discovering new music to get lost in - country, singer-songwriters, Americana, folk, rock, punk.... Currently enjoying Courtney Marie Andrews, Elles Bailey, Nils Lofgren, Ferris & Sylvester, Chris Murphy, Jarrod Dickenson, Jerry Joseph, Frank Turner, David Ford, Patterson Hood, Glitterfox, Chuck Prophet, The Lottery Winners, Our Man in the Field...
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Video: Karen Jonas “A Long December”

January 13, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

When Karen Jonas sings, “A long December and there’s reason to believe this year will be better than the last,” it’s the perfect beginning to a new year and to her recent single, a cover of […]

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Video Premiere: Scott Mackay “Romance Novel”

January 12, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

We’re delighted to showcase the video premiere of this gently dry-humoured song, which will take you back to the country stylings of another time.  Smartly written and beautifully performed, Mackay’s new single is characteristic of his […]

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Video: The Americans “You Will Not Take My Heart Alive”

January 11, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Begin your week with this atmospheric video from The Americans.  It’s a cover of Joanna Newsom’s ‘You Will Not Take My Heart Alive’ but the band very much make it their own.  Guitarist and singer, Patrick […]

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Video: Declan O’Rourke “The Stars Over Kinvara”

January 7, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the fourth single from Declan O’Rourke’s highly-anticipated new album.  ‘The Stars Over Kinvara’ is a typically delicate and melodic ballad from the Irish singer.  His voice resonates throughout this beautiful, intimate song, rising and […]

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Video Review of the Year 2020

December 24, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Well, what a year it’s been: a bitterly contested US Presidential election, the Black Lives Matter movement and a global pandemic that brought the world to a standstill.  The word ‘unprecedented’ must be the most well-used […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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There’s nothing saccharine about the sentiment in this song from Luke Sital-Singh, which is as cold and bleak as the winter he’s proposing to reject.  It touches directly on the rough edges in any relationship, the […]

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Live Review: Bronwynne Brent, The Fallen Angels Club @The Glad Café, Glasgow – 27th April 2023

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Three years after it was meant to go ahead, Bronwynne Brent hit Glasgow’s Glad Café to fulfil a date which was nixed due to Covid, the singer having to grab a fast cab back to Mississippi […]

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