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Cameron Knowler “Places of Consequence”

July 26, 2021 Mark Nenadic 0

Guitar music in the most literal sense – File alongside John Ford & Sergio Leone. A son of the wild west (Texas and Arizona) now living in California, Cameron Knowler plays guitar.  Or, more accurately, Cameron […]

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Half Moon Run “Inwards & Onwards”

July 23, 2021 Rich Orpin 0

Half Moon Run look to the future on latest EP. “I have seen the future and it works” remarked Lincoln Steffens on his return to the United States from the Soviet Union in 1919. This phrase […]

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Lawrence Rothman “Good Morning America”

July 23, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0

An introspective album exploring important and challenging subjects that never really takes off. Sometimes you just know that there are going to be other people who absolutely love this album, even though, as a reviewer, you […]

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Runnner “Always Repeating”

July 22, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

A melancholy record for a melancholy time. As we can all attest, the past 18 months or so have been a pretty tough time for many, with our physical, mental and financial health severely impacted, and […]

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Cole Quest and the City Slickers “Self [EN] Titled”

July 22, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

New York bluegrass that references bitcoin but is more traditional than you may think Cole Quest is in fact Cole Quest Rotante, a sometime software engineer from New York who has a love of bluegrass. He […]

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Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

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The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

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Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

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While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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