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Edward Abbiati “Beat The Night” (Harbour Song, 2020)

January 30, 2020 Jim Finnie 0

Edward Abbiati may not be a hugely familiar name to everyone but over the last 10 years this Hampshire born Anglo-Italian has been a significant contributor to the European scene as frontman for the prominent Italian […]

Bobby Hawk “Lights On Kinks Out” (Independent, 2019)

December 3, 2019 Jim Finnie 0

Bobby Hawk (born Robert Hecht for those who have a hankering to know the detail) has been immersed in music for as long as he can remember. Born in central Illinois, his multi-instrumentalist father brought him […]

Charlie Hager “Truth and Love” (Flour Sack Cape Records, 2019)

November 18, 2019 Jim Finnie 0

It’s always interesting as a reviewer when you get presented with an album from an artist you’ve never heard of and know nothing about. The good news is that it’s listened to with an open mind […]

Friendship “Dreamin'” (Orindal Records, 2019)

October 21, 2019 Jim Finnie 0

Friendship is a Philadelphia based band headed by Dan Wriggins and currently comprising Peter Gill, Mike Cormier and Jon Samuels. Their new album ‘Dreamin’’ is a follow up to 2017’s ‘Shock Out of Season’ and if […]

Luke Tuchscherer “Carousel” (Clubhouse Records, 2019)

October 7, 2019 Jim Finnie 0

It’s a well-worn path. Artist runs out of ideas and decides to re-hash some old material and produces an album that is at best mediocre and at worst downright boring. Not in this case though, it’s […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 1

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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