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Blue Rose Code “Bright Circumstance”

May 9, 2024 Tom Harding 1

Unlocking the code to joy. Blue Rose Code (Ross Wilson) returns with his first album in four years, a period marked not only by new fatherhood but also by extensive touring with his dynamic seven-piece band. […]

Bruce Springsteen “Best of Bruce Springsteen”

May 8, 2024 Tim Martin 0

A good introduction to the work of one of the great artists, which should prompt a new listener to dig further. What in 2024 constitutes the best of Bruce Springsteen and can it be encapsulated on […]

Artwork for The Hollering Pines album "Here's to Hoping"

The Hollering Pines “Here’s to Hoping”

May 8, 2024 Peter Thompson 2

Salt Lake City-based band’s fourth album sounds deeply personal from a lyrical perspective; it’s their best yet. The Hollering Pines, hailing from Salt Lake City, take their name from a reference in a Gillian Welch lyric; […]

Ben Glover “And The Sun Breaks Through The Sky”

May 7, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Northern Irish Nashville-based Ben Glover’s fine collection of songs. Ben Glover is as well-known as a songwriter as a performer, having written or co-written for a host of acts including Gretchen Peters, Mary Gauthier and Kim […]

Luther Black And The Cold Hard Facts “Let The Light Back In”

May 7, 2024 Rick Thorn 0

Perceptive observations from a seasoned traveller. Luther Black is the alter ego of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Rick Wagner. ‘Let in The Light’ is the ensemble’s third release. Interestingly he chooses to open it with a cover […]

David Allan Coe (9/6/1939 - 4/29/2026)
David Allan Coe was certainly a controversial figure, b...
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RE: Versions!
You know those songs that you know and that song become...
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RE: My First Record Player
I don't remember the brand of my first record player sa...
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Beverley Martyn
I see that Beverley Martyn has died which is sad. I rat...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine by Boston trio...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Whiskeytown - Pneumonia (vinyl) The Civil Wars - Live...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Gang of Four Entertainment!
By Joe Nathan , 6 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@joe-nathan A much overlooked album
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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 […]

Blue Rose Code “Bright Circumstance”

Bruce Springsteen “Best of Bruce Springsteen”

The Hollering Pines “Here’s to Hoping”

Ben Glover “And The Sun Breaks Through The Sky”

Luther Black And The Cold Hard Facts “Let The Light Back In”

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

Mildred “Fenceline”

Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2026

Rock legend Lenny Kaye to release debut solo album at 79

Natalie Jane Hill “Hopeful Woman”