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Sam Teskey “Love” – It’s in the air
We were tempted to add “like Covid” but two days into the new regime of ensuring the hospitals are full within 2-4 weeks that just didn’t seem funny anymore. Anyway, Sam Teskey has love on his […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
VERSIONS
VERSIONS: “Mattie Groves (Child ballad number 81)” and the folk process
The folk process they call it – the movement of a song from one place to another, with variations occurring in the tune and the words. At the extreme, a song can cross an ocean, spend […]
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Raine Hamilton “Love Has Come For Me” – Gorgeous acceptance of the best gift
We’re pretty sure that we’ve mentioned before that we regard love as a good thing, on the whole. And Winnipeg, Western Canada native Raine Hamilton’s new song ‘Love Has Come for Me‘ captures that almost shocking […]
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Heartless Bastards “Photograph” – This is It
Do you believe in the redemptive power of rock? We do. And without disparaging all those Pandemic Songs and lockdown albums, we’ve got to say that ‘Photograph‘ is exactly the music that we’ve been waiting for, […]
News
Jesse Malin has new album coming, and a tour
Some good news comes our way from Jesse Malin – who not only has a new album ready to release but by jingo it’s a double album, the first of Malin’s career. It’s called ‘Sad And […]