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Stephen Jacques “Pioneers and Fragrant Flowers”

August 11, 2025 FredArnold 0

A musical history lesson from an expressive and worldly songwriter. Stephen Jacques is an alt-rock musician, guitarist and chronicler of stories in song. He hails originally from New Orleans and New York but now lives in […]

Matt Benson “Sit Back Down Again”

August 8, 2025 Paul Russell 0

Spectacular debut album from ivory-tinkling Irish newcomer. Great albums tend to make an impact from the get-go. Even greater albums hit the mark when they make an instant impact in a modest way. This is how […]

cover art for Icarus Phoenix album "I Should Have Known The Things You Never Said (Deluxe Edition)

Icarus Phoenix “I Should Have Known The Things You Never Said” (Deluxe Edition)

August 7, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

Danburry and team expand on the compelling uneasiness of last year’s album with an additional twenty-nine songs from the same recording session. In his review last September of Icarus Phoenix’s latest release, “I Should Have Known […]

Eli West “The Shape of a Sway”

August 6, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

A quietly fiery masterpiece of liberated and liberating bluegrass. Of all the different types of americana, bluegrass can be one of the most challenging to review – but some might say that’s an unintended consequence of […]

Later Youth “Living History”

August 6, 2025 John Lee 0

An ambitious and affecting debut that fuses indie, americana, and nostalgia-fuelled introspection. The debut album from Later Youth – the new solo project of The Travelling Band’s Jo Dudderidge – feels like paging through a diary […]

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