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Nadia Reid “Oh Canada” – Listen

March 10, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

New Zealand’s Nadia Reid has a new album called ‘Out Of My Province‘, which emerged on Spacebomb Records last Friday. It features musings on travel and, on ‘Oh Canada‘ also embraces Reid’s love of Canadian artists […]

Track Premiere: Tai Shan “Wishing You Were Here”

March 9, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Tai Shan is a singer-songwriter who’s hard to pin down to a single musical genre – her stories want to expand out of a folk or rock constraint in order to pull in soulful elements and […]

Palomino Kings “Living In The Dark” – Listen

March 6, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The latest single from the Palomino Kings takes some cues from Daniel Lanois – with switches in sonic intensity that happen at the drop of a drumstick, moving from an evocative ache to an earsplitting surge […]

Track Premiere: KaiL Baxley “Stump Liquor”

March 5, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

KaiL Baxley has one of those incredible back stories that really are hard to believe. From having dance offs with James Brown, to being an aspiring US Olympic boxing team member who lost his way on […]

Track Premiere: Kellen of Troy “Heaven Online”

March 5, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Who can you trust these days? Sure, sure his name is Kellen – Kellen Wenrich (ask the bells of Shoreditch, baby) – but he’s from Nashville. Maybe not originally, there’s a chance that a musician may […]

Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, and what a sad week it’s been for not just the americana and country communities but for, well human decency. Plaudits can be cloying when someone moves on […]

Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

August 28, 2026 0

A strong storytelling album, highlighted by good songs, exemplary playing and a fascinating soundscape. Chris Murphy was born into an Irish-Italian family in New York, growing up surrounded by a wide range of traditional music such […]

Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

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On January 24, 1975, Poco appeared on The Midnight Special, the popular late-night musical variety show that ran during the 1970’s. One of the six songs they performed that evening was High and Dry, an energetic […]

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