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Corb Lund announces new album, support dates for The Dead South

November 14, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Western Canadian singer-songwriter Corb Lund, who we love around these parts, has announced details of new album ‘El Viejo’ which lands on 23rd February, 2024 via New West Records, alongside details of his return to the […]

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Oliver James Brooks “How’s It Goin'” – the ups and downs of life

November 13, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Here’s a new song by Toronto-based singer-songwriter Oliver James Brooks. Following the October 20th release of his latest single, Brooks has released the music video for ‘How It’s Goin’, taken from his forthcoming album ‘In A […]

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Something for the weekend: Paul Kelly “Cherry Tree Carol”

November 10, 2023 Mark Whitfield 3

That’s it from us for this week dear reader. If you are one of the many of us heading down to London this weekend for the “hate march” (!) then stay safe. We leave you with […]

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Preview: Julianna Riolino brings her alt-country rock to the UK next month

November 10, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Alt Country Rock singer/songwriter Julianna Riolino knows how to capture and highlight beauty before it fades – just have a listen to this track taken from her latest album and tell us it doesn’t give you […]

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Something for the weekend: The Beatles “Now and Then”

November 3, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. I was saying to an artist manager earlier this week how trivial everything seems at the moment compared with the daily appalling news coming out of […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

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Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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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

February 10, 2026 0

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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Texas-domiciled country girl explores her Appalachian heritage. A fine line is to be trod between the traditional and the contemporary but Galveston based singer-songwriter Cheryl Cawood succeeds admirably on this, her full length debut. Cawood delves […]

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A little bonus video for you today on this International Workers Day from the lefty bard of our time. The words seem as resonant today as when they were first written: “Money speaks for money, the Devil […]

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