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Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
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Radiator King “Hammer & Nails” – I’d rather be a hammer than a nail, yes I would

July 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Looking at that band photo (left to right we have Alexander Burke, Adam Silvestri, Brian Viglione) we can’t help but think of one our favourite lines from ‘Almost Famous‘: an impassioned Russell asks the world “is […]
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Rufus Wainwright “Folkocracy”

July 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
Star studded folk duets album delivers a polished sound. We don’t know for certain if he’s zipping up his boots, but ‘Folkocracy’ certainly sees musical polymath Rufus Wainwright returning to his roots.   The son of Loudon […]
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Live Review: Tom Russell, The 100 Club London – 29th June 2023

July 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 6
And so once more to the 100 Club, the habitual stopover of Tom Russell in London for an evening of..well, who really knows what? Unlike many musicians, Tom Russell didn’t spend the pandemic recording new albums, […]
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Darlingside “All The Lights In The City” – all the little lights are coming on…

July 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
We are not going to waste your time – we love Darlingside, you, dear reader, love Darlingside, so let’s listen to the beatific new song from the quartet.  It’s taken from the band’s new album ‘Everything […]
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The Grahams “The Wild One” – forever, we hope

July 10, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
The Grahams are marking a decade with a new eponymous album out September 8th which revisits songs from their back catalogue, reshaping and reimagining them through the prism of experience.  It’s a decade which saw a […]

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Adam Klein with Adam Poulin “Live at Leesta Vall Sound Recordings”

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Intimate, personal songs, recorded live and elevated by expressive fiddle playing. Adam Klein’s Live at Leesta Vall Sound Recordings originates from a raw, intimate 2019 in‑studio session with violinist Adam Poulin, recorded at Leesta Vall in […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Blue Water Highway

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Blue Water Highway is an Austin-based Americana/folk rock band. Their signature is considered songwriting across a variety of styles, but always melodic, with fantastic harmony singing. Musically timeless, there are elements of Laurel Canyon songwriting, focussing […]
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The Red Clay Strays to release their new album in June

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The Red Clay Strays have unveiled their new album, Grateful, arriving via HBYCO Records/RCA Records on 5th June 2026. Produced once again by Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit), Grateful […]

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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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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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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

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Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

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Video Premiere: The Gated Community “Hope to Hell” – “It feels like a true collective”

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In the new video from Minnesotan band The Gated Community, we find the group in the studio, demonstrating their considerable talents and the work that goes into all the sonic textures present in Hope to Hell. […]
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Tom Russell, The 100 Club, London, 29th March 2019

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To say that Tom Russell was in a buoyant mood on-stage at the legendary 100 Club would be an understatement of huge proportions. There was a definite party atmosphere – Tom’s UK label Proper Records were […]
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Bob Dylan “Triplicate” (Columbia, 2017)

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Bob Dylan’s latest release is his first studio recorded triple album, and it sees him continuing his exploration of the Great American Songbook over three discs of ten songs each. Each disc has a subtitle – […]

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