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A Brexit Britain escapee who now lives in SW France. Wine, cheese and good music are my 'raisons d'être'.
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The Pinkerton Raid “Where The Wild Spirits Fly” (Independent, 2018)

August 3, 2018 Rick Bayles 0
Hailing from Durham in North Carolina ‘The Pinkerton Raid’ (great name!) produce an Indie/Americana sound based around the writing of the band’s frontman, Jesse James DeConto. This is their fourth full-length album and is based on […]
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Marla and David Celia “Daydreamers” (Elite Records, 2018)

July 17, 2018 Rick Bayles 0
This album sounds so much like it was made sometime in the late sixties/early seventies that there’s a kind of time capsule feel to it; a little glimpse into a forgotten world. You can almost see […]
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Various Artists “Restoration” (Universal Music Nashville, 2018)

July 3, 2018 Rick Bayles 0
Now this is a really interesting album. To give it its full title it is ‘Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin’ and it does exactly that. Sixteen different acts from a country […]
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Parker Millsap “Other Arrangements” (Thirty Tigers, 2018)

June 29, 2018 Rick Bayles 0
One of the interesting things about reviewing new music is that, every so often, an artist will throw a real curve ball with a new recording; and that’s exactly what we have here on the latest […]
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Mashville “Another Place” (Coastguard Records, 2018)

June 26, 2018 Rick Bayles 0
The UK Americana scene really is in very good shape right now. We’ve seen a number of excellent UK produced Americana albums so far this year and here’s another one. Mashville hail from Kent and their […]

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