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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 Premiere: Richard Davies & The Dissidents “Way of the Wild”

June 12, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

Richard Davies rocks out and sings about fighting to survive on new single ‘Way of the Wild’.  Davies and the band have managed to produce a creative, engaging video despite doing it while in lock-down. We’re […]

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Video Premiere: Tawny Ellis “Deep End of Love”

June 12, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Old movie and ‘found’ footage help Tawny Ellis tell the story on this deeply personal song.  Ellis collaborated with Ted Russell Kamp, the bass player for Shooter Jennings, to write ‘Deep End of Love’ and it […]

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Video: The Dead Tongues “Slack Jaw (ft. Phil Cook)”

June 11, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

There’s a haunting, emotional vocal on this beautiful song from The Dead Tongues. Ryan Gustafson, who records under the moniker The Dead Tongues, has been running a weekly livestream series called QuaranTV during the lock-down.  In […]

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Video: Callum Easter “Pop Goes the Weasel”

June 11, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Callum Easter bought an accordion in a charity shop and then learned to play and perform in the pubs around Edinburgh before signing to Moshi Moshi records.  This brilliant single was recorded at Green Door Studios […]

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Video Premiere: Brent Amaker DeathSquad “Man in Charge”

June 10, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

We are delighted to share the video premiere for the atmospheric ‘Man in Charge’ from Brent Amaker DeathSquad, a sister act to Seattle’s Brent Amaker & The Rodeo.  The orginal version of the song, by The […]

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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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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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