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Jeff Karoub “Between The Commas” – life is fleeting

April 3, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

‘Between the Commas‘ is the title track of Jeff Karoub’s new album – his fifth album and his first full-length release since ‘Pieces Break‘ came out in 2019. It’s an album – and a song – […]

Peggy Seeger “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Subject singing

March 31, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

What an incredible thing – to be the inspiration for ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face‘ – and to hear it sung by it’s author Ewan McColl just the once – and that down […]

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit “Middle Of The Morning” – Gotta get up, gotta get out

March 31, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

This is the second single from Jason Isbell’s new album ‘Weathervanes‘, which will be released June 9th on Southeastern Records/Thirty Tigers. It sounds quietly reflective, with almost a romantic ballad feel to it – but this […]

Arkansauce “My Home In Arkansas” – and the zip code is….

March 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Arkansauce is Tom Andersen on bass, guitarist Zac Archuleta, Ethan Bush on mandolin, and Adams Collins on banjo. And that’s a bluegrass line-up right there – but this isn’t your grandpappy’s bluegrass. Their music features improvisational […]

Starpainter “Low-Hanging Fruit” – so much choice, is there any choice?

March 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Last time we featured Starpainter – back in 2020 – we noted that the band were a little reticent about giving away too many details about who they were, where they come from. They were, it […]

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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