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Crys Matthews “Reclamation”

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A harsh bright light shone into America’s darkest corners. ‘Reclamation’ has the potential to become an exceptionally powerful album coming as it has in the current political environment. Matthews identifies as a black, butch lesbian who […]
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Morganway “Kill The Silence”

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Vigorous, good-time, catchy soft rock, Morganway are a six-piece band from Norfolk and Cambridge, founded by twins Callum and Kieran Morgan on bass and guitar respectively, with Ed Bullinger on drums. This is their third studio […]
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The Ocelots “Everything, When Said Slowly”

February 5, 2025 Martin Johnson 0
Pop-infused indie folk with a touch of literature and blarney. As well as being a wild cat from the Americas, the Ocelots are also twin brothers Ashley and Brandon Watson who hail originally from Wexford, Ireland, […]
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A. Lee Edwards “Interpreting Heart Sounds, Vol. I”

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A reflective, confident, country record from an artist with decades of musical life-experience. There’s somewhat of a distinction within country music between songs that are songs, and songs that are tales, and on solo debut album “Interpreting […]
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David Luximon “A Certain Frame of Reference”

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Scottish singer-songwriter impresses on second album. David Luximon is a musician and songwriter based in Perthshire Scotland. This, his second album, was self-produced and recorded with the help of Creative Scotland. The album explores Luximon’s transition […]

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In a nod to Woody Guthrie, a 2014 American Songwriter magazine cover featured Hurrah For The Riff Raff with the strapline, “Bound for Glory”. I’m not sure how the author of that article defined glory, yet […]
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first thoughts José González is a Swedish indie-folk singer – with, naturally, the usual background in hardcore punk influenced by Black Flag and choral singing – Against The Dying Of The Light is his fifth album, […]
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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

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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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