Mike Elliott

Chris Landry & The Seasick Mommas “Two Ninety Three” (Turnup Records, 2019)

December 19, 2019 Mike Elliott 0

On their debut ‘One Fifty Five,’ Chris Landry and the Seasick Mommas found a proper balance between moody folk and Harvest-era country-rock. In fact, Stuart Rutherford’s pedal steel is at times reminiscent of the late Ben […]

The Milk Carton Kids “The Only Ones” (Thirty Tigers, 2019)

December 5, 2019 Mike Elliott 2

With ‘The Only Ones,’ The Milk Carton Kids go back to their roots: acoustic guitars and ethereal harmonies delivering lyrics that detail all the emotions love evokes. Musical duos will inevitably be compared to those that […]

Crow vs Lion “The Heart, The Time, The Pen” (Independent, 2019)

November 8, 2019 Mike Elliott 1

The number thirteen is one of the most mysterious and storied numbers in our numerical system. For the superstitious, it’s bad luck, but for many religious and folklorists, as well as tarot readers and tattoo enthusiasts, […]

King of Birds “Eve of Destruction” (Valuable Recordings, 2019)

October 24, 2019 Mike Elliott 0

When the chorus kicks in on ‘Down On the Corner’ – the opening track on ‘Eve of Destruction,’ the debut album from sibling songwriters Charlie and Stirling Gorman, known collectively as King of Birds – the […]

Del Barber “Easy Keeper” (Acronym, 2019)

October 11, 2019 Mike Elliott 1

Too often these days, when an artist tries on the sound of the past he may get the music right – using all the proper amps, vintage guitars, analog equipment and such – and still not […]

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

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 […]

Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Chatham County Line “The Carolinian”

May 12, 2025 0

Chatham County Line (CCL), the four (now three) piece string band from Raleigh in North Carolina, have had a pretty impressive career, starting with their self-titled debut on Bonfire Records in 2003 through to their latest […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Michael McArthur “Elaine”

December 5, 2018 1

From his imminent new album ‘Ever Green, Ever Rain’ this is a beautifully soulful song from Michael McArthur. In his own words: “The older I become the more time matters. Which is ironic, as it seems now […]

Interviews

Interview: Paul Kelly

September 7, 2017 0

Paul Kelly is a big deal in Australia – his latest record went straight to number one and he supported Bob Dylan on his 2011 Aussie tour, although he still remains one of his country’s best-kept […]

Articles by Mike Elliott

Chris Landry & The Seasick Mommas “Two Ninety Three” (Turnup Records, 2019)

The Milk Carton Kids “The Only Ones” (Thirty Tigers, 2019)

Crow vs Lion “The Heart, The Time, The Pen” (Independent, 2019)

King of Birds “Eve of Destruction” (Valuable Recordings, 2019)

Del Barber “Easy Keeper” (Acronym, 2019)

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”