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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 “Don’t Cry”

July 29, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Charley Crockett has released the latest in a series of spaghetti western-inspired videos to accompany the new single ‘Don’t Cry’.  In this instalment, his lonely character travels across desert plains and endless fields, runs through graveyards […]

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Video Premiere: Adam Williams “Downtown”

July 29, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The music is rich, warm and tuneful on this brand new release from Adam Williams.  Masterfully written, the song builds with layers of instrumentation, including the guitar solos, which rise out of the melody and tone […]

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Video: Dawes “Who Do You Think You’re Talking To?”

July 28, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Dawes have announced that their next album, ‘Good Luck With Whatever’, will be released on 2nd October.  Produced by multiple Grammy-winning Dave Cobb, known for working with the likes of Brandi Carlile and Jason Isbell and […]

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Video: The Mavericks “Poder Vivir”

July 28, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

It’s hard not to tap your feet and smile when The Mavericks perform.  This is the first single from the band’s first ever collection of Spanish-language songs, a mixture of originals and Latin classics.  ‘En Español’ […]

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Video: Jerry Joseph with Drive-By Truckers “Sugar Smacks”

July 27, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest single from Jerry Joseph is seven minutes of controlled aggression and a charged political assessment of the world around him.  It is, as he sings, “…a rubber ball full of rage.”  Patterson Hood of […]

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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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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

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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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At some point in the late 1960s the live music scene changed from one where the bands played long tours through many cities and towns to one where they did shorter tours focused on the major […]

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Today’s Track Premiere comes from “Ivory Tower“, the latest album by Samuel Wilbur, whom, you may recall, is a Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter, high school teacher (he teaches history), and passionate environmentalist.  He describes “Ivory Tower” as a […]

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