Album Reviews
Jim Byrne “4 Country and Folk Songs”
The latest taster from a respected well-travelled veteran musician. Whatever your view on EP releases they do seem to be more of a thing these days and I guess it’s a clear function of the way […]
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Dan Friese “Somewhere Brighter”
Sounds and sentiments out of 60s California. Strong songs from the alt-rock end of Americana. Dan Friese describes his music as “folky, bluesy, psychedelic music packed with meaningful lyrics and nimble guitarwork.” Indeed, the music, and […]
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My Morning Jacket “My Morning Jacket”
My Morning Jacket are revitalised with an album of exquisite Americana-infused indie-rock, and waging a gentle war on corrosive tech. My Morning Jacket are a guitar band. This isn’t to discount the crucial input from Bo […]
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Gordie Tentrees “Mean Old World”
Far-flung Canadian acoustic, rootsy goodness. Rich and rewarding. From the vast wilderness of the Yukon, to suburban ears in the United Kingdom. Probably not the journey that the Canuck folkies of a century gone by were […]
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Johnny Cash “Bear’s Sonic Journals: Johnny Cash, At The Carousel Ballroom, April 24, 1968”
Johnny Cash swaps prisoners for hippies as he moves from Folsom Prison to Haight Ashbury back in 1968. Folk might argue as to what the high point of Johnny Cash’s lengthy career was – the Sun […]