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Anaïs Mitchell “Anaïs Mitchell”

February 10, 2022 Helen Jones 0

A long awaited but anything but disappointing comeback with a delicate beauty and heartfelt lyrics that are lifted even more by a choice of clever collaborators. At the beginning of the pandemic, nine months pregnant Anaïs […]

Owen FitzGerald “A Deep Clean You Can Count On!”

February 10, 2022 Cam Fraser 0

Alt-folk flavoured existential meanderings of the best kind from Durham, North Carolina. Owen FitzGerald is yet another one of these hard-to-categorise musicians. I mean, what is anti-folk? You could say, ‘A deep clean you can count […]

art work for Mashville album "Lead Heavy Soul"

Mashville “Lead Heavy Soul”

February 9, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Glorious soulful americana marks triumphant return for Mashville. Well it’s been four years since we last heard from Mashville with their third album ‘Another Place’, and it’s fair to say a lot has changed during that […]

The Longest Johns “Smoke and Oakum”

February 9, 2022 Gordon Sharpe 0

Nautical folk – the great sound of storytelling, the sea and unadorned often unaccompanied voices. ‘The Longest Johns’ have been in existence since mid-2012 hailing from Bristol and currently consisting of Andy Yates, Dave Robinson, Jonathan “JD” […]

Good Morning Bedlam “Lulu”

February 8, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

Third album from a Minneapolis based string band who can’t decide whether they are roots or pop. This Minneapolis-based trio (Isaak Elker vocals, guitar, his wife Tori Elker, bass, vocals, and Sophie Mae violin, vocals) seem […]

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David Allan Coe (9/6/1939 - 4/29/2026)
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