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Peter Deaves “Ceol Agus Grá”

May 7, 2024 Andy Davidson 2

A capable songwriter and musician courting praise from many quarters. Peter Deaves has swapped Liverpool for a more bohemian lifestyle in Fontainebleau. The years in Paris have been spent organising and performing at live music events. […]

The Avett Brothers “The Avett Brothers”

May 3, 2024 Peter Churchill 1

Another high-class and polished album from Americana favourites. A couple of months ago and, to no little excitement on this site, The Avett Brothers pre-empted their first new album in five years with the release of […]

Chris Smither “All About the Bones”

May 3, 2024 FredArnold 0

A rather stunning album from this soon-to-be octogenarian, his songwriting and playing talents as yet undimmed. You might be inclined to overlook Chris Smither when the names of the great singer-songwriters of the last fifty years […]

Jake Sheppard “Midwest Marlin”

May 2, 2024 Jonathan Smith 1

A new original from the other side of Los Angeles. Here’s the funny thing about people; they often say they crave something different, but in reality, they want something that is actually a marginally changed version […]

GospelbeacH “Wiggle Your Fingers”

May 2, 2024 Peter Churchill 2

Sad to see them go but GospelbeacH go out on a high. It was almost ten years ago GospelbeacH debuted with ‘Pacific Surf Line.’ It was the first of a number of releases that mined the […]

David Allan Coe (9/6/1939 - 4/29/2026)
David Allan Coe was certainly a controversial figure, b...
By Joe Nathan , 2 hours ago
RE: Versions!
You know those songs that you know and that song become...
By Paul Villers , 14 hours ago
RE: My First Record Player
I don't remember the brand of my first record player sa...
By Paul Villers , 18 hours ago
Beverley Martyn
I see that Beverley Martyn has died which is sad. I rat...
By Paul Villers , 1 day ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now
By Peter Thompson , 3 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine by Boston trio...
By DavisBlack , 4 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Whiskeytown - Pneumonia (vinyl) The Civil Wars - Live...
By Peter Thompson , 6 days ago
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
By Martin Johnson , 1 week ago

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 […]

Peter Deaves “Ceol Agus Grá”

The Avett Brothers “The Avett Brothers”

Chris Smither “All About the Bones”

Jake Sheppard “Midwest Marlin”

GospelbeacH “Wiggle Your Fingers”

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”