Album Reviews
Mean Mary “I’d Rather Be Merry”
If you want festive tunes to go with the presents and mulled wine this is the album to play. Non-cliché Christmas music. “Mean” Mary James is 18 albums into her career and clearly the time seemed […]
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Album Reviews
IV and the Strange Band “Hang Dog”
They may cover Bad Brains but this is still Southern roots music. The name of the band may appear perplexing but it is actually quite logical. IV is in fact Coleman Williams, the great-grandson of Hank […]
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Beans On Toast “The Toothpaste And The Tube”
A collection of political and personal songs with the latter leaving their mark. As his birthday approaches, the countdown to the latest Beans On Toast album begins. This year’s offering ‘The Toothpaste And The Tube’ comes […]
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Gram Parsons & The Fallen Angels “The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Cafe in Philadelphia March 16th, 1973”
A welcome and rare capture of Gram Parsons, along with Emmylou Harris, live back in 1973. Unearthed 50 years after it was recorded, ‘The Last Roundup’ is a rare live capture of Gram Parsons and his […]
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The Wildwood Family “Random Number”
The Bluegrass Abba? Yes, please! Sometimes, what you’re expecting isn’t what you get; and when what you’re expecting is something good, and what you get is something even better, then that’s gold dust. Founded in 2008, […]