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Riding the one eyed horse into dead town the scales fell from his eyes. Music was the only true god at once profane and divine The dust blew through his mind as he considered the offering... And then he scored it out of ten and waited for the world to wake up
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Good Lovelies to release expanded edition of “We Will Never Be The Same”

October 8, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

To celebrate this first anniversary of Good Lovelies’ JUNO-nominated album “We Will Never Be The Same”, the band is releasing a deluxe digital reissue of the record on October 25th. The new release includes acoustic versions […]

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High excitement as Cracker outwit the algorithms and announce their rerecorded retrospective

October 7, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 1

Indie Americana favourites Cracker have unveiled “Alternative History: A Cracker Retrospective” which will be released as a 3-LP limited edition coloured vinyl gatefold set with 12-page booklet, a 2-CD set with 28-page booklet, and available on […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 157 “Another one gone…”

October 4, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 2

It’s not often you meet your heroes, I very rarely have. Sure I’ve breathed the same air at gigs and what have you but rarely actually met someone I considered a hero. I did meet one […]

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Ben Folds to release Christmas album, “Sleigher” – geddit?

October 3, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Ben Folds will release “Sleigher”, his first ever Christmas album, on October 25th via New West Records. The 10-song collection is built on a mix of 7 original songs and reimagined classics like Mel Torme and […]

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56 years after his debut, 79 year old Christy Moore announces a new album and dates

September 30, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

It’s a numbers game! There are few artists who can legitimately claim ‘living legend’ status – Christy Moore undoubtedly can but wouldn’t as modesty would forbid. His new album “A Terrible Beauty” comes out on November […]

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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