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About Jonny Brick
Jonny Brick is a songwriter from Hertfordshire whose latest book is The Daily Bruce. He is the founding editor of the website A Country Way of Life, and he writes for Country Music People.
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Dawes “A Little Bit of Everything” – New York, 2019

May 23, 2025 Jonny Brick 1
In the most wretched way, Dawes became very visible earlier this year after drummer Griffin Goldsmith lost his home in the Pacific Palisades fires. He and brother Taylor are the only constant members of the band, […]
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Charles Ellsworth “Cosmic Cannon Fodder”

May 21, 2025 Jonny Brick 0
Astute politically charged songwriting with rock’n’roll arrangements. Now based in Brooklyn via Arizona and Utah, Charles Ellsworth produces this fifth album with Blake Tallent, the guitar player for Sarah Shook & The Disarmers. Across 11 engaging […]
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Gordie Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane “Double Takes”

April 28, 2025 Jonny Brick 0
Ten songs packed with melody, musicianship and morals. Having known each other for two decades, and after recording a live album in 2018, Tentrees and Haldane combine in a Nashville studio under the auspices of producer […]
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Essentials: The Top Ten Charley Crockett Songs

April 17, 2025 Jonny Brick 1
In the olden days, a record label would spend thousands, if not millions, of their local currency to promote a new act. They would fund a radio tour, a support slot, an EP or album and […]
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Thee Holy Brothers “High In My Balloon”

April 15, 2025 Jonny Brick 0
Sixties homage that sets a cancer journey to different musical styles. Thee Holy Brothers is a supergroup of sorts, formed of Willie Aron and Marvin Etzioni, whose full CVs would take up this entire review. Etzioni […]

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And what, you may ask, is an ACI?  Adult Correctional Institutions – or, if you prefer, a prison.  On this latest release from Deer Tick’s new album Coin-O-Matic we find the band in Springsteen’s Nebraska or […]
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Video Premiere: Michael McDermott “The Best We Get” – only focus on what is in your control

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The new single from Chicago singer-songwriter Michael McDermott is a typically catchy song that immediately hooks you in with big chords and big choruses. Opening with bright, uplifting guitar, The Best We Get is a driving […]
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Florence Dore “Hold the Spark”

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An accessible and literate roots-rock gem. Renowned for her energetic and charismatic live persona (and also for being an award -winning English professor; yes, really), Florence Dore returns with the follow-up to 2022’s Highways and Rocketships. […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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This four-track EP from UK based Helen Raven is her debut release with all tracks having been written, recorded and produced by the artist. Raven describes the genre of her work as “Folk Noir” which is presumably […]
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After 50 years in the music industry – from recording 78s in the 1940s to performing at the funeral of a US President the Oak Ridge Boys say farewell with an album dedicated to good ole […]
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Video: Nathaniel Rateliff “And It’s Still Alright”

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It’s Nathaniel Rateliff.  What’s not to like?  This is the title track from Rateliff’s first solo album in seven years, due out on 14th February.  It’s a beautiful song, showcasing Rateliff’s characterful vocals and masterful song […]

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