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Ron Sexsmith announces 2023 tour

December 21, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
Three-time Juno award-winning singer-songwriter from Ontario, Ron Sexsmith has announced a 2023 tour which includes seven dates starting in Belfast in May. The tour promotes his upcoming seventeenth record ‘The Vivian Line‘, which comes out on […]
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The twelve days of the SXSW lineup: six ‘gators laying

December 19, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
The first and second waves of the 37th annual Texan showcase of new music SXSW lineup have been released, and once again, it looks to be the sound of tomorrow. The festival runs a full six […]
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The Twelve Days of the SXSW Lineup: Five rhinestone suits

December 16, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
The first and second waves of the 37th annual Texan showcase of new music SXSW lineup have been released, and once again, it looks to be the sound of tomorrow. The festival runs a full six […]
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The Twelve Days of the SXSW Lineup: Four Open Roads

December 15, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
The first and second waves of the 37th annual Texan showcase of new music SXSW lineup have been released, and once again, it looks to be the sound of tomorrow. The festival runs a full six […]
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The Twelve Days of the SXSW Lineup: Three Fresh Hats

December 14, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
The first and second waves of the 37th annual Texan showcase of new music SXSW lineup have been released, and once again, it looks to be the sound of tomorrow. The festival runs a full six […]

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Something for the weekend: Lambchop featuring Justin Vernon “Weakened”

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 230 “Travel – a necessary luxury”

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I’m back from 3 weeks of glorious touring around the Iberian Peninsula in the van. A total of 2,400 miles as we circled the entire country with a brief excursion into Portugal, and every single mile […]
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Kris Drever “Doing This For Love” – anything, anything

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Kris Drever – known for both his solo work and as part of Lau – returns with his first solo record in six years, and this is the title track from it.  It’s a song about […]
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Video Premiere: Erik Stucky “Bag of Bones”

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The new single from Nashville-based Coloradan Erik Stucky is a compelling song, driven forward by Justin Vorp’s lightly insistent percussion and Steven Schumann’s pulsing bass. Full of unresolved tension, Bag of Bones hooks us in with […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Black Sea Dahu “How You Swallowed Your Anger” – Listen

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Black Sea Dahu’s Janine Cathrein, the Swiss songwriter, found herself musing after two failed relationships that there was nothing left for her on land – this thought went swimming through her brain whilst surfing.  Desperate thoughts […]
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Interview: James McMurtry discusses creativity, cancer companies and latest album The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy

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No one could ever accuse James McMurtry of being fanciful. After all, the characters in his songs invariably are edged with such direct, keen-eyed realism, it seems like they’ve walked straight out of the diner or […]
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Leon Russell RIP

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The idea that God moves in mysterious ways is being pushed to its logical limits this year.  The Guardian of many reports:  “Leon Russell, who emerged in the 1970s as one of rock’n’roll’s most dynamic performers after […]

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