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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: Charley Crockett “Fool Somebody Else”

August 3, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the latest video from the fabulous Charley Crockett.  It continues the spaghetti western-inspired series of videos, following a lonesome character on his travels through the glorious American countryside.  Crockett says of the concept: “Everybody […]

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Video Premiere: Market Junction “Out of Love”

August 3, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest single from Market junction is the heartfelt, familiar story of relationships unravelling.  We can all relate to the recognition that the initial, overpowering love and connection has gone and the resignation of, “It’s just […]

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Video Premiere: Ags Connolly “Indian Sign”

July 31, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

Our final video of the week is the premiere of the gorgeous ‘Indian Sign’ from Ags Connolly.  His voice is beautifully resonant and melodic on this acoustic recording.  ‘Indian Sign’ is from ‘Wrong Again’, Connolly’s acclaimed […]

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Video: The Flying Burrito Brothers “Hot Burrito #1”

July 31, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

It’s retro Friday and here is Americana royalty, The Flying Burrito Brothers.  This is, of course, from the classic debut album, ‘The Gilded Palace of Sin’.  Though not a commercial success at the time, it was […]

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Video: Fanny Lumsden “Fierce”

July 30, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Fanny Lumsden’s ‘Fierce’ is a tribute to all the women who have played an important role in her life.  Old footage of women in the World War II Land Army is also used to good effect […]

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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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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Best known as one half of the acclaimed and much missed Havenots, Leicester’s Sophia Marshall has been absent from the music scene for some time.  She’s recently dipped her toe back in and the results are […]

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Foy Vance “To Memphis” (Gingerbread Man Records, 2019)

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Foy Vance is from Northern Ireland, a native of Bangor, near Belfast. He recorded and co-produced, with Matt Ross-Sprang, this album, literally in Memphis. You can guess where the equally interesting companion album was recorded by […]

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Video: Deer Tick “Bluesboy”

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From their new compilation album, Mayonnaise, out on May 1st, here’s their new song Bluesboy with a great video largely consisting of fan-shot mobile phone footage.

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