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Big Star remembered in new film to premiere at SXSW – Watch

March 14, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

And if you think that’s just the name of a Jayhawks song, here’s a story on a band that will join the dots for you. Billboard reports: “Big Star will get another opportunity to reclaim a […]

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RS Country discusses Jason Isbell’s new album

March 14, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

RS Country have a really interesting piece up about the forthcoming new Jason Isbell album which talks about its politics, the label it’ll be out on and its overall sound:  “New songs. Rock & roll influences. […]

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Ryan Adams improvises a song about long-lasting freshness – Watch

March 13, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

News from Stereogum on the best product placement since Half Man Half Biscuit sang in National Shite Day: “There’s a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets”: “Ryan Adams is currently on […]

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Carter Sampson announces UK dates

March 13, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Oklahoma’s Carter Sampson returns to the UK in April and May for a short run of dates that include two shows at the Kilkenny Roots Festival.  She’s not long been out of the UK so she […]

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The Unthanks announce new album and UK dates

March 13, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Forming the latest in their series of album projects, the Tyneside band The Unthanks will release Diversions Vol. 4: “How Wild The Wind Blows: Performing The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake” at the end of […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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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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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

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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Slow Parade “Hi-Fi LowLife” (Independent, 2020)

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From the moment ‘Hi-Fi Lowlife’s opening track  ‘Waiting on the Smoke to Clear’ kicks off with a swirling blast of electronic fuzziness, only for a set of gently resonating piano chords to carve through the aural smog […]

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Katherine Perkins “Day by Day” – observing world events on a smartphone

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Katherine Perkins and her band bring a bluesy feel to the new single ‘Day by Day’.  The Maine-based songwriter is releasing her second album ‘Being Younger’ on 21st June on Twelve|Eight Records.  ‘Day by Day’ is […]

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Nick Dittmeier “Companion (Extended Edition)” (Lost Crossroads Music, 2020)

December 10, 2020 0

Nick Dittmeier, along with his backing band The Sawdusters, is renowned for constantly touring, so, like the majority of performing musicians across the globe, 2020 has been a hell of a year. To keep things moving, […]

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