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Darling West “Cosmos”

May 2, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0
Norway’s Darling West look to Rumours era Mac for new album. Opening with the title track is always a signal of intent and Norwegian band Darling West lay down the template for this album from the […]
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Kris Ulrich “Big in the USA”

May 2, 2023 Tim Martin 0
A dreamy sonic setting for words pondering life and relationships with clarity and insight. Kris Ulrich has a clear statement of intent about his new album. “These songs were born from a feeling that I wouldn’t […]
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Angus McOg “Cirrus”

April 28, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0
A record that in the right time, place and mood has a lot to offer. The name Angus Mc Og conjures up images of a cartoon character from a Scottish newspaper; in fact the Daily Record […]
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Josh Ritter “Spectral Lines”

April 28, 2023 Graeme Tait 0
A reflective and atmospheric 11th studio album that finds Ritter exploring a broader musical palette. Being fully aware of stating the obvious a lot has changed since Josh Ritter’s last album, 2019’s ‘Fever Break’ delivered its […]
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Angela Petrilli & The Players “The Voices”

April 27, 2023 Viv Fish 0
Celebrating the joy and fragility of life. In 2019, on the brink of success with the duo Roses & Cigarettes, Angela Petrilli suffered an unthinkable personal and professional loss when her best friend, bandmate and songwriting […]

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As Graeme Tait takes an enforced break he kindly asked me to step in this month to produce our monthly EP Roundup. I think he knows he has no fears about my contributions matching his excellent […]
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The Fargo Railroad Co. “IV”

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Sheffield band’s new album is one of grit and struggle, with flashes of cynical humour, performed on a musically tight backdrop. IV is an album which deals with themes of being stuck, nostalgia, regret and also […]
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Classic Clips: Geraint Watkins Akkurat Bar, Southside Pub, Stockholm on 3rd January 2013

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Those in the know can’t understand why Geraint Watkins isn’t a bigger solo music star. The Welsh piano and accordion wizard is one of the best UK session and touring musicians, having played with the likes […]

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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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Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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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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For me the beauty of americana music over the last two-decades has been the way the original palette laid out by the forefathers of this music Dylan, the Dead, the Band, Hartford, and the modern forefathers, […]
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Fabrizio Cammarata, The Sebright Arms, London, 29th May 2019

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There was something ill fitting about Fabrizio Cammarata and his Euro entourage holed up deep within the vaults of this back alley retreat for beatnutz and shoegazers that is the Sebright Arms, way out in the […]
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Woodley Taylor ‘Breathe A Little Deeper’ (2017, Independent)

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Woodley Taylor’s bio namechecks many of the classic rock acts that echo through this, his debut album. Perhaps Cambridge is a strange location from which one might develop to pay homage to 1970s Los Angeles, but […]

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