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Ghost Hounds “Almost Home”

April 23, 2025 Andrew Raw 1
Southern rock with words of love, loss and heartache, done well. This is Ghost Hounds’ fifth studio album and the southern rock here has a comforting familiarity starting with the ZZ Top-like opener ‘She Runs Hot’. […]
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Andrea Nicole King “Harvest Love”

April 22, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0
Artful evocation of heartbreak and hope in song form. The latest project from Andrea Nicole King is an LP named ‘Harvest Love’, a record that seeks to ‘honour grief honestly and authentically’. To call ‘Harvest Love’ […]
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Brian D’Addario “Till the Morning”

April 22, 2025 John Lee 0
First solo effort builds on The Lemon Twigs’ sound, offering plenty to enjoy, though it might not be for everyone. Brian D’Addario has, on the surface at least, made an album that continues the traditions of […]
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Edgar Hurley “Sissy Fairy Faggot Folk Singer”

April 22, 2025 Andy Davidson 0
Get over yourself and the title. So, lets deal with that title first. Names Hurley’s abusive father called them when growing up. The album title is a way to reclaim those negative narratives and repurpose them […]
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Barbara Lynch “Where Did You Go”

April 22, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 0
Empathetic stories of life in a small town. This album is a collection of stories about people in a small town who are living their lives as best as they can. They are getting by, but […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November

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Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell, who is releasing her new album Shadow Child on 8th May 2026 via Outside Music, has announced a run of six UK headline shows as part of a wider UK and European […]
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Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

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Candace Hastings is long steeped in songwriting. Her first came when she was in fifth grade; it had just one chord and was written on the three-quarter-size Kay guitar that her mother bought for her the […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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The Grahams “The Wild One” – forever, we hope

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The Grahams are marking a decade with a new eponymous album out September 8th which revisits songs from their back catalogue, reshaping and reimagining them through the prism of experience.  It’s a decade which saw a […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Paul Simon

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“Remember one man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.” It may seem like Paul Simon has been around forever, and if you are of the Baby Boomer generation your perception may be right. Simon (age 83) and […]
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Darlingside UK dates – now !

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On their third trip to the UK, Massachusetts based indie-folk band Darlingside are continuing to build their reputation as a knock-out live band.  With subtle musical shadings taking cues from folk, chamber pop, bluegrass, classical music, […]

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