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Anna Tivel “American Novella” – Drawing to a close

April 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Anna Tivel makes music that hits you hard – soft and quiet it may often be but the ideas are large, the emotions are bare, sometimes brutally so even within the tightly constrained words and the […]

Track Premiere: Firewoodisland “Looking For Love”

April 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Bristol based folktronica duo Firewoodisland are Stian Vedøy, who hails from Norway, and Abi Eleri who is Welsh. Together the duo make a modern folk sound – leaning towards the poppier end of that genre. It’s […]

Track Premiere: The Rough & Tumble “Carry You”

April 20, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Mallory Graham and Scott Tyler are The Rough & Tumble – and we know what you’re wondering, but no we don’t know which one of the duo is Rough and which one is Tumble. Maybe they […]

Track Premiere: Breandán Fitzpatrick “Sweet Return”

April 19, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Breandán Fitzpatrick is, on ‘Sweet Return’, showing another musical face from his main activities – the Irish musician is one half of the band Omonoko who are mostly known for electronic dance music. However, over a […]

Stephen Stills & David Crosby “Lee Shore” – elegant and poetical

April 18, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

A third single from Stephen Stills’ new ‘Live at Berkeley 1971‘ release which we really liked (hey, this is getting a bit self-referential isn’t it?) Crosby is in real sweet voice, and Stills is inspired for […]

Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “There Was You”

August 21, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Teenage Fanclub who will release their new album Do Not Dare To Dream on 9th October via […]

Alicia Blue “Country Desire”

August 21, 2026 0

A confident debut that shows the Nashville-based singer-songwriter has a vigour that sets her apart from the crowd. For singer-songwriter Alicia Blue, Waylon Jennings isn’t so much an influence as someone she calls “a creative angel […]

Classic Clips: Michael Hurley “Rhinefarm Session” – Vineyard at Gundlach Bundschu, 2015

August 21, 2026 0

Michael Hurley died last year, and wasn’t it starting to look like he wasn’t the dying kind? Every now and then someone goes, and it’s only then that you realise what you’d been hoping for: that […]

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