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I'm a singer-songwriter based in Warwickshire, influenced by Americana, country and folk. I gig regularly around the area and when not making music I'm listening to or writing about it.
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Interview: Arlo McKinley on how personal upheaval shaped his new album

September 6, 2022 Paul Gibson 0
Like everyone else, Arlo McKinley’s plans were dealt an unexpected and painful blow by the onset of the global pandemic. With an album (2020’s ‘Die Midwestern’) just released, the accompanying tour to promote the record was cancelled, […]
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Nora Brown “Long Time To Be Gone”

August 24, 2022 Paul Gibson 0
Teenage New Yorker’s accomplished album of traditional banjo music. The expectation is that old time music is most authentic when played by true old timers; musicians deep into long lives, living and breathing the hand me […]
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Annie Dressner announces UK autumn tour

August 18, 2022 Paul Gibson 0
Cambridge-based New Yorker Annie Dressner has announced a UK tour in support of her upcoming single ‘I’ve Always Been Like This’, released on 2nd September. The tour takes on fifteen dates, starting with an appearance with […]
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Interview: Josh Rouse on conceiving his new album in a Spanish bar

July 18, 2022 Paul Gibson 0
The revered songwriter adds to his exceptional legacy. Nebraskan native Josh Rouse is now an impressive thirteen albums into an enviable career that has seen him move seamlessly from sunny melodic folk, through dalliances with synth-driven […]
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The Sadies “Colder Streams”

July 15, 2022 Paul Gibson 0
Long awaited 11th studio album from the respected Toronto quartet. The unexpected passing of band co-founder Dallas Good in February ensures that this fine album from The Sadies will stand as a remarkable epitaph to his […]

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Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024

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Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

March 20, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from British slacker twang quartet Brown Horse, the third and final single from their upcoming album Total Dive […]
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Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

March 20, 2026 1
Danny George Wilson delivers a reflective and beautifully crafted set of songs exploring loss, memory, and the difficult business of moving on. Danny George Wilson follows up the Danny & The Champions of the World album, […]
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Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

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Tampa-born, New Orleans-based singer/songwriter Thomas Dollbaum has announced his new album Birds of Paradise, “a goodbye letter to lost loved ones and former selves,” which will come out on May 22 via Dear Life Records, and […]

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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

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 […]

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Nathan Mongol Wells “From A Dark Corner”

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Ottoman Turks frontman’s assured solo debut undulates like passing moods. For the last decade and a little more, Nathan Mongol Wells has been plying his trade as frontman for Dallas-based country garage band Ottoman Turks. Here, […]
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It’s a wee bit embarrassing to confess that despite a 20 year career, 12 albums and the late John Peel a fan of the band that this reviewer has never heard of Piano Magic. In defence […]

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