Album Reviews
Andrew Ryan “A Tiny Death”
A gentle take on some big themes that’s pleasant to the ear if a little patchy thematically. While ‘A Tiny Death’ may sound like a slightly morbid title, for Missourian musician Andrew Ryan the word death […]
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Justin Baker “Buyer’s Remorse”
Debut album from literate American wordsmith. Having first engaged in seriously learning the guitar in 1996, a full 25 years went by before the arrival of ‘Buyer’s Remorse’, Justin Baker’s debut album. He describes a pivotal […]
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Ian Noe “River Fools & Mountain Saints”
A fantastic if bleak portrayal of life and times in rural Appalachia. This is the follow up record to Noe’s debut ‘Between The Country’ and was recorded over a two year period on reel-to-reel tapes and […]
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Freakons “Freakons”
Seventy five years of shared experience make for a strident rootsy collaboration. Clearly, any ‘new’ band naming themselves Freakons must be good. Esteemed, award winning Americana UK chief Mr Whitfield even thinks as much. When said […]
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Ben Sures “The Story That Lived Here”
Wry tales taken from life by Canadian Folksinger. ‘The Story That Lived Here‘ is the tenth release by Canadian folksinger Ben Sures, and it sees him taking a wry look at life – the tensions of […]