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Covert art for Freddy Trujillo album Never Threw A Shadow At It

Freddy Trujillo “I Never Threw A Shadow At It”

May 28, 2024 Clint West 0

Richmond Fontaine and The Delines’ bass player explores his Chicano roots on a very personal and musically ambitious new album. Freddy Trujillo is the bass player with Richmond Fontaine and The Delines but he’s also a […]

Emily Barker “Fragile As Humans”

May 24, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

Emily Barker returns with an album which encapsulates the human condition with style and empathy. While it’s true that we humans are quite fragile (see Covid) we’re also quite resilient and it’s to that resilience that […]

Artwork for Indian Pacific album Won the Battle Lost the War

Indian Pacific “Won The Battle Lost The War”

May 24, 2024 Andy Short 0

Indie folk with plenty of jangle. Occasionally an album comes along that is just a joy. It reminds you of sunny days and can genuinely improve your state of mind. This new collection from the Australian […]

The Greatest Endangered Thing “Phosphenes: Volume 1”

May 24, 2024 Helen Jones 0

A promising part one that indicates sometimes starting again is worth the risk. You may think that The Greatest Endangered Thing’s ‘Phosphenes: Volume 1’ is only the band’s second release, but there’s actually a pretty good […]

artwork for Old Man Luedecke album "She Told Me Where To Go"

Old Man Luedecke “She Told Me Where To Go”

May 23, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

Two-time Juno Award recipient’s first album in five years delivers a distinct departure from signature sound. After having temporarily given up the music business for a life on the ocean waves, working as a deckhand aboard […]

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Jesse Malin at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis 10th November 2019

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jesse Malin

April 29, 2026 0

New Yorker Jesse Malin began his performing career in the New York hardcore band Heart Attack, before assuming the role of vocalist of glam punk band D Generation. Between 1994 and 1999 D Generation released three […]

Mildred “Fenceline”

April 29, 2026 0

Sensitive sounds carry poetic lyrics and encourage deeper reflections on meaning. Mildred is a four-piece band from Oakland, CA, with members: Henry Easton Koehler (vocals, guitar), Jack Schrott (vocals, guitar), Matt Palmquist (vocals, bass, woodwinds) or […]

Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2026

April 29, 2026 0

We’re heading towards the Summer now, May Day falls this week, and the obvious thing would be to offer you, valued reader, a swathe of music that touches on those themes of rebirth and the explosion […]

Freddy Trujillo “I Never Threw A Shadow At It”

Emily Barker “Fragile As Humans”

Indian Pacific “Won The Battle Lost The War”

The Greatest Endangered Thing “Phosphenes: Volume 1”

Old Man Luedecke “She Told Me Where To Go”

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jesse Malin

Mildred “Fenceline”

Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2026

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