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Jason Isbell posts short preview of new album

February 8, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

MORE bloody Isbell news, from Rolling Stone this time who report: “Jason Isbell’s new album is coming – and it is heavy. “Stay Tuned. . .” reads the inscription above a 33-second teaser video that appeared on […]

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Jason Isbell to appear on Don Williams tribute album

February 7, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

And Alison Krauss too! And some other people. Rolling Stone reports: “Less than a year after Don Williams announced his retirement, the so-called Gentle Giant looms large over an upcoming tribute album featuring John Prine, Jason Isbell […]

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Consequence of Sound ranks Ryan Adams’ albums from best to worst

February 7, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

This is quite an entertaining list if you have time to click through, although given how prolific he’s been over the years you may want to book the rest of the day off work. Consequence of […]

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The Handsome Family arrive in UK next week – here’s the tour dates

February 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 2

The Handsomes (they of the “True Detective” theme if you don’t already know them from their days of touring with pictures of dressed up cats) return to UK shores next week for one of their regular […]

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Kilkenny Roots Festival announces 2017 line-up

February 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 2

The Kilkenny Roots Festival celebrates its twentieth year this year from 28th April to May 1st with a rather stellar line-up including country-noir favourites The Handsome Family, alt.country rockers Marah and singer-songwriter Joan Shelley. Also confirmed […]

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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

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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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Roly Witherow made his musical name as a composer for film and TV, but with his first album release ‘Ballads and Yarns‘ (out on 8th May) he has turned to the rich world of folk music […]

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Fruit Bats has announced the forthcoming release of the new album “Baby Man” on 12th September 2025 via Merge Records. “Baby Man” is the follow-up to 2023’s release “A River Running to Your Heart” (Merge). Johnson […]

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This cover of The National by Roxanne de Bastion emerged from her virtual tour this year.  As she says “I loved playing a different cover song each night of my virtual UK tour and wanted to […]

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