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Secret Emchy Society “The Chaser” (Independent, 2020)

May 14, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

How was last night? Did you spend it drinking Tennesee Bourbon cogitating on life’s injustices whilst the sound of a Fender Telecaster twanged along with the band playing in the background (albeit a recorded one during […]

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit “Reunions” (Thirty Tigers, 2020)

May 14, 2020 Helen Jones 2

Jason Isbell is the kind of artist who can always be relied on to draw from experience and speak the truth exactly as he sees it, so it’s good to see he’s sticking to what makes […]

Luke Sital-Singh “New Haze”(EP) (Raygun Music, 2020)

May 13, 2020 Emily Dongray 0

Americana is a broad church, one which warmly welcomes L.A. dweller and English ex-pat Luke Sital-Singh to its blended choir. Sital-Singh got his big break in 2017 writing a song that was used for Silent Witness […]

James Dixon “Trespassing Light” (Independent, 2020)

May 13, 2020 Guy Lincoln 0

James Dixon is clearly very proud of his heritage. He’s grown up in the South West of England with blues and folk music, found rock music for himself and, since the age of 5 when he […]

Pokey LaFarge “Rock Bottom Rhapsody” (New West Records, 2020)

May 13, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

Pokey LaFarge has been a busy man in his 14 year recorded career and, ‘Rock Bottom Rhapsody’, is his 9th album, the last being recorded in 2017. His current offering is his first on New West […]

David Allan Coe (9/6/1939 - 4/29/2026)
David Allan Coe was certainly a controversial figure, b...
By Joe Nathan , 3 hours ago
RE: Versions!
You know those songs that you know and that song become...
By Paul Villers , 15 hours ago
RE: My First Record Player
I don't remember the brand of my first record player sa...
By Paul Villers , 19 hours ago
Beverley Martyn
I see that Beverley Martyn has died which is sad. I rat...
By Paul Villers , 1 day ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now
By Peter Thompson , 3 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine by Boston trio...
By DavisBlack , 4 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Whiskeytown - Pneumonia (vinyl) The Civil Wars - Live...
By Peter Thompson , 6 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Gang of Four Entertainment!
By Joe Nathan , 6 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@joe-nathan A much overlooked album
By Martin Johnson , 1 week ago

Jesse Malin at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis 10th November 2019

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jesse Malin

April 29, 2026 0

New Yorker Jesse Malin began his performing career in the New York hardcore band Heart Attack, before assuming the role of vocalist of glam punk band D Generation. Between 1994 and 1999 D Generation released three […]

Mildred “Fenceline”

April 29, 2026 0

Sensitive sounds carry poetic lyrics and encourage deeper reflections on meaning. Mildred is a four-piece band from Oakland, CA, with members: Henry Easton Koehler (vocals, guitar), Jack Schrott (vocals, guitar), Matt Palmquist (vocals, bass, woodwinds) or […]

Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2026

April 29, 2026 0

We’re heading towards the Summer now, May Day falls this week, and the obvious thing would be to offer you, valued reader, a swathe of music that touches on those themes of rebirth and the explosion […]

Secret Emchy Society “The Chaser” (Independent, 2020)

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit “Reunions” (Thirty Tigers, 2020)

Luke Sital-Singh “New Haze”(EP) (Raygun Music, 2020)

James Dixon “Trespassing Light” (Independent, 2020)

Pokey LaFarge “Rock Bottom Rhapsody” (New West Records, 2020)

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jesse Malin

Mildred “Fenceline”

Folk Tracks Roundup – April 2026

Rock legend Lenny Kaye to release debut solo album at 79

Natalie Jane Hill “Hopeful Woman”