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I've been a music obsessive for more years than I care to admit to. Part of my enjoyment from music comes from discovering new sounds and artists while continuing to explore the roots of American 20th century music that has impacted the whole of world culture.
Album Reviews

David Crosby & The Lighthouse Band “Live At The Capitol Theatre”

December 2, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
David Crosby still delivering his psychedelic folk with help from the Lighthouse Band. David Crosby’s work with The Byrds and the various permutations of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is legendary, making him one of the […]
Interviews

Interview: Sicard Hollow’s Alex King on finding their bluegrass heart

November 28, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Taking a lead from Tony Rice’s generation and trying to move bluegrass forward in the 21st Century. Sicard Hollow are the new kids on the block for jamband-influenced progressive bluegrass, so new that they are still […]
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Interview: Mark Bingham on ‘60s musical ideals, Hal Willner, and Dr. John

November 22, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Re-releasing 22 albums is just a way to keep working and playing. The ‘60s still exerts a significant influence over music for a whole variety of reasons, and one key characteristic of ‘60s music was that […]
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Interview: Roger Street Friedman on working with Larry Campbell and his own daughter’s influence

November 15, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
How you restart a music career after twenty-five years. Roger Street Friedman has been operating largely under the radar of the mainstream music business since he decided to restart his musical career after an absence of […]
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Interview: Mary Gauthier on her life’s journey to live in the continent of the heart

November 9, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
Mixing folk and country with leftish politics to make music that can speak to the working class. Mary Gauthier is a songwriter’s songwriter who was also fated to play her songs to an audience. She didn’t […]

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Album Reviews

Kris Drever “Doing This For Love”

June 12, 2026 1
Meditations on the unglamorous, but with melodic hooks, from Scottish folk-award winner Anyone coming to this album for their first experience of Kris Drever may well be expecting something fairly traditional in light of his many […]
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Classic Clips: Jesse Colin Young “Darkness Darkness” – All Star Jam, Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, 1984

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Jesse Colin Young passed away just over a year ago, on the 16th of March, at the age of eighty-three. Born Perry Miller and raised in Queens, New York, to musical parents, Young initially found fame […]
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Kiefer Sutherland “Grey”

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Kiefer Sutherland delivers the latest in a sequence of high-quality album releases. Everyone knows Kiefer Sutherland, right? He’s that big-name actor, a member of Hollywood royalty and part of the Brat Pack in the 1980s; he […]

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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

June 11, 2026 1
Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]
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Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

June 10, 2026 0
With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]
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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

June 5, 2026 1
Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]

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Annie Keating didn’t have a great 2020. There was the global pandemic, and New York City was badly hit by that. This was the spur for Annie Keating to relocate from Brooklyn to Massachusetts to experience […]
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Interview: Fine Lines’ Mark Radcliffe and Dave Boardman on playing iconic UK venues

November 1, 2022 0
Getting a relaxed swinging sound while channelling influences from Bob Wills to Gram Parsons. Fine Lines are probably the best americana band from Cheshire and they have also managed to land the support slot on Kiefer […]
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Cowboy Junkies to release new album in June

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Cowboy Junkies have announced their latest album, ‘Such Ferocious Beauty,‘ which will be released on June 2nd on Cooking Vinyl. This, probably the Canadian lo-fi band’s 20th album, is their first album in five years, following […]

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