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Justin Currie announces new solo album, video and UK dates – Watch

February 10, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1
Ex Del Amitri frontman Justin Currie will release a new album “This Is My Kingdom Now” on May 12th this year on Endless Shipwreck Records, and you can see the video for the title track below. […]
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Ryan Adams on ‘Summer of 69’: “as fine a bridge as I have ever crossed”

February 10, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Ryan Adams has written an op-ed for the New York Times recounting the “heckler” incident which happened back in 2002 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium when he was in the middle of performing Bartering Lines with Gillian Welch and […]
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Lucinda Williams to play End of the Road 2017

February 9, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
The line-up has just been announced for this year’s End of the Road festival has been announced and it looks pretty spectacular, certainly better than last year’s wash out in more ways than one (Teenage Fanclub […]
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Frontier Ruckus head to UK for dates next month

February 8, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
“Enter the Kingdom” is the new album by Detroit indie-folk band Frontier Ruckus which we reviewed last week here and is due out on 17th February in the UK via Loose. It’s their fifth and arguably […]
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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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Norway’s Ole Kirkeng returns with an impressive collection, no lies. Recorded at the Rockbonden Studio in the snow-covered forests of Sweden, Norway’s Ole Kirkeng stands trial under the Cowboy Lie Detector Machine. Kirkeng was a touring […]
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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Rioghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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Tremendous country record from handyman with a banjo, JP Harris. As backstories go, the JP Harris version is right up there. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, his family moved to Apple, California when he was seven years […]
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3hattrio “Lord Of The Desert” (Okehdokee Records, 2018)

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Great music is often connected to the landscape it springs from and, listening to it, your imagination will immediately take you to that land. ‘Lord of the Desert’, from US folk group 3hattrio, immediately transports you […]
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