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Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
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I’m With Her announce debut album, and UK Tour

November 27, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

In these days of gloom – and we don’t just mean the early fall of night beneath skies heavy with cloud and portents of storms to come – it’s nice to be able to offer our […]

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Josh McGovern “Love Left Lost” – Listen

November 22, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Love Left Lost is the new single from Brighton singer-songwriter Josh McGovern. Blessed with a deep baritone with a fantastic timbre it’s fortunate that he also has the knack for writing dark and moody folk songs […]

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Ferris & Sylvester “Better in Yellow” – Listen

November 21, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

So, your friend has thrown out all her fashion clothes and is stalking around in an all black urban camouflage. What do you do? Well, if you are Issy Ferris and Archie Sylvester then you proffer […]

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Sarah Clanton “Silver Lining” – Listen

November 20, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Sarah Clanton is that unusual thing – a Nashville based cellist/singer-songwriter. It’s a twist that gives a very different sound to her beautifully sung and thoughtful lyrics. Take Silver Lining for example – which was inspired […]

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City Roots Festival Returns in 2018

November 20, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Trialled earlier this year as a winter spin-off from the main Folk Festival, Cambridge will once again see a mini-festival across the city’s music venues at the end of February and into March 2018.  As you’d […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Matthew James Adkins delivers his world-weary vocals so convincingly on ‘Stoned on My Own’ that it’s easy to imagine that he is several albums into his music career.  However, this is the title track from his […]

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Mama’s Broke “How It Ends” – should have seen this coming

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Eight years of touring and playing have brought Canadian duo Mama’s Broke to their second album, ‘Narrow Line‘, which will be released on May 13th.  An auspicious day.  It’s an album that features little stunners like […]

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In 1995 Son Volt released their debut album “Trace”, to almost universal acclaim. This was possibly not unexpected given group leader and songwriter Jay Farrar’s history as one of the two songwriters from the genre-defining Uncle […]

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