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A husband, father, writer, musician, former disc jockey and radio program director, lover of bad jokes, Dylan fanatic, and an all-around pretty good guy.
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Album Reviews

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 – […]

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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 […]

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Roseanne Reid 'Horticulture EP' 2021
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Roseanne Reid “Horticulture”

April 12, 2021 0

A beautiful collection of thoughtful and heartfelt songs that while gentle, remain impactful. It’s been just two years since Roseanne Reid released her critically acclaimed debut LP – produced by her upcoming 2022 UK tour […]

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Vanessa Peters “Modern Age”

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Aiming for the mainstream demographic this is a crowd-funded, brash and rocky development from the Texas and Italy based singer-songwriter. Opening with the title track, a breezy anthem with an earworm of a bridge, the […]

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Andrew Farriss “Andrew Farriss”

April 9, 2021 0

Clean-cut pop ditties laced with deftly produced, occasionally mawkish Americana. Memorably insipid. When the co-founder and primary songwriter of a band as famous as INXS makes an Americana album, it’s fairly predictable that even mainstream […]

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Interview: Declan O’Rourke on his friendship with John Prine, and working with Paul Weller

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Track Premiere: The Country Affair “Every Ghost”

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The Country Affair are Kevin Brennan and Tony Regan who have been friends since their schooldays in Nottingham, spending their journey time on the school bus productively by discussing the latest developments in the then […]

Interview: Declan O’Rourke on his friendship with John Prine, and working with Paul Weller

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The shock of writing a self-portrait and the joy of recording an Ink Spots tribute with John Prine. Who says you can’t teach a dog new tricks? Declan O’Rourke had built a respected career as […]

Roseanne Reid 'Horticulture EP' 2021

Roseanne Reid “Horticulture”

Album Reviews
April 12, 2021 0

A beautiful collection of thoughtful and heartfelt songs that while gentle, remain impactful. It’s been just two years since Roseanne Reid released her critically acclaimed debut LP – produced by her upcoming 2022 UK tour […]

Red Rooster announce their 2021 line-up

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April 12, 2021 0

Following a difficult start to 2021, Red Rooster have announced their line-up for this year’s festival which will take place on 27th-29th August 2021 in the grounds of Euston Hall, Suffolk. And hey it ends […]

Elizabeth Thomson – Two Bobs and Me

Book reviews
April 12, 2021 0

Following Jonathan Aird’s review of ‘Bob Dylan: No Direction Home’, published to mark Bob Dylan’s 80th Birthday on May 24th, we have a special guest article from the book’s revising editor, Elizabeth Thomson, also the […]

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