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The Local Honeys + Rachel Harrington, Sage 2, Gateshead, 20th July 2019

July 30, 2019 Mark Johnson 0
The Local Honeys are from Kentucky, and they make sure their audience know it, repeatedly. They are not just proud, they are bursting with it, and a gig with them is both a history and geography […]
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SummerTyne Americana Festival , Sage Gateshead, 19th – 21st July, 2019

July 29, 2019 Mark Johnson 0
Returning for its fourteenth year, one of the pioneers of the Americana festival scene continues its very relaxed mix of fun and music. When it started, the question was, “What is Americana?” but nowadays it is […]
Album Reviews

Kishi Bashi “Omoiyari” (Joyful Noise, 2019)

July 24, 2019 Mark Johnson 0
There is no direct translation, but ‘Omoiyari’ can mean the idea that thinking about others promotes compassion, ie altruistic empathy, which is the intent Kishi Bashi delivers precisely with this deeply personal, and bluntly political album. […]
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Will Hoge + Curran, Night & Day, Manchester, 11th July 2019

July 22, 2019 Mark Johnson 0
So, the Australian minx, Kylie was playing the other side of town at the same time as this lot trooped in. Tremendously entertaining apparently, with glitter bombs, dance troop, synchronised light show etc. Also, no doubt, […]
Album Reviews

Buford Pope “The Waiting Game” (Unchained Records, 2019)

July 3, 2019 Mark Johnson 0
Buford Pope is a name that immediately conjures up images of the Deep South, and there are a dozen small cities called Buford scattered around those states. Bufords fought for the American Revolution, and on both […]

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Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

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An impressive blues-influenced mixture of laid-back and edgier numbers. Coast of Light is Luke Winslow-King’s ninth album after having debuted with Luke Winslow-King in 2008. It is a bit of an outlier from many of the […]
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Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

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The night opened with Bassie Gracie, a bold spoken word poet grounded in hope, proclaiming that making art can be the remedy to worry. This Celtic-and-proud waif delivered rhythmic anti-racism with barely veiled anger at the […]
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The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

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Folk-tinged harmonies and sophisticated indie-pop for turbulent times. Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson are originally from Knoxville, Tennessee – together they make up The Montvales. During their middle school years, the duo started out by busking […]

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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]
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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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Video Premiere: The Chapin Sisters “All Through the Night”

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The single from The Chapin Sisters is just gorgeous.  Firstly, it’s absorbing musically, particularly the vocal harmonies and captivating melody, but ‘All Through the Night’ also represents the fundamental beauty of loving, caring relationships and the […]
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A Night to Remember: Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors at The Ritz Music Hall, Indianapolis, May 17th 1991

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Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors were one of the last acts to play the former Arlington Theater in Indianapolis, by then called the Ritz Music Hall or The Ritz, in May 1991 before it closed down […]
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Seth Walker “Why The Worry” – be happy…?

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“Why The Worry” is the third single and the title track of the Asheville, NC-based Seth Walker’s forthcoming album, ‘Why The Worry’, due April 4th on Royal Potato Family. The song was co-written with longtime friend […]

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