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Laith “Texas Winds” – Blowing wild in the lone star state
‘Texas Winds‘ is a road song – inspired by the I-10 that let Laith get out to play gigs and back home again afterwards, as he explains it the song “derived from all the times I’ve […]
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The No Ones “Phil Ochs Is Dead” – but ever present
Doesn’t this sound like someone you used to love? Of course it does – and the likely cause is that the No Ones includes Peter Buck in the line-up. ‘Phil Ochs Is Dead‘ is from the […]
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Karan Casey “The Rocks Of Bawn” – a mighty hard row to hoe
Karan Casey’s latest album ‘Nine Apples Of Gold‘ contains a range of topics across its ten tracks – but this beautiful rendering to ‘The Rocks Of Bawn’ is strangely topical for a song so traditional. There’s […]
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Dream Team Triple Header – Suzanne Vega, Billy Bragg, Seasick Steve
Oh, Songkick, you’re really treating us this time with your semi-random email header denoting a wondrous triple header of a gig that isn’t actually going to happen. But what if it did? How would the Queen […]
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Sun Years “Come Fetch My Soul” – rock and roll is the gateway…
Well, this is sumptuously gorgeous – Sun Years is the side-project of Peter Morén of Peter Bjorn and John and today’s song is the lead single and title track of his soon to be released on […]