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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: Jessie Monk “Maybe in Another Life”

October 26, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the first single from Jessie Monk’s upcoming EP, ‘Here, Now’.  ‘Maybe in Another Life’ makes use of classic instrumentation in a fresh and upbeat way, though the easy melody hides a story of heartbreak […]

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Video: The Lost Doves “You Stop Me from Falling”

October 26, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest ‘Lockdown Session’ from Ian Bailey finds him collaborating with Charlotte Newman, their voices combining effortlessly to deliver a song of gentle beauty.  Together, Bailey and Newman are The Lost Doves.  Bailey has once again […]

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Video Premiere: Motel Sundown “Before Midnight”

October 23, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Motel Sundown are steadily building a following with a couple of well-received single releases to date: ‘Chicago’ and ‘Light of My Life’.  We are very pleased to share the premiere of the Liverpool-based trio’s latest video […]

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Video Premiere: Pete Gow “Happy Hour at the Lobby Bar”

October 23, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

We are delighted to share the exclusive video premiere of ‘Happy Hour at the Lobby Bar’ from the 2019 AMA UK Album of the Year nominee and former AUK writer Pete Gow.  This beautifully crafted song […]

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Video: P.J. O’Connor “Indecisive Moon”

October 22, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

New York is like a ghost town in the  video for ‘Indecisive Moon’, directed by Emmy Award-winner Chris Cassidy.  We see P.J. O’Connor busking on the empty streets of the city he loves, performing without an […]

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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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This cosmic cowboy is more grounded on his latest release. Brooklyn’s Dougie Poole’s previous albums cast him as a bit of a cosmic cowboy with a twinkle in his eye and a wry sense of humour. […]

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Drawing on Appalachian textures and filtering them through a trio format, acclaimed banjoist Nathan Bowles delivers his latest album, ‘Plainly Mistaken,’ with the addition of fellow band members Rex McMurry on drums and Casey Toll on […]

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