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Sammy Kay “civil/WAR” (Independent, 2019)

September 27, 2019 Jim Finnie 0

Sammy Kay has picked a stonking opening track for his new album ‘civil/War’. Straight from the off the gravelly-voiced New Jersey singer-songwriter grabs your attention with the superb ‘Silver Dollar’ and quickly backs it up with […]

Diesel Park West “Let it Melt” (Palo Santo Records, 2019)

September 27, 2019 Jeremy Searle 1

Leicester’s Diesel Park West are one of rock’s great survivors. Their debut album ‘Shakespeare Alabama’ was rightly acclaimed then and now as a minor classic and even gave them a small whiff of commercial success, but […]

Don Gallardo feat. Lilly Winwood “In the Name of Good Intentions” (JTM Music, 2019)

September 27, 2019 Peter Churchill 0

With his heart in the Americana sound, coming out of his long-time East Nashville residence, but with roots that are firmly in the soil of California, it should probably come as no surprise that Don Gallardo […]

Will Beeley “Heartattacks & Highways” (Tompkins Square, 2019)

September 27, 2019 Emily Dongray 0

Texan trucker Will Beeley proffers his overdue follow up to his 1979 drifter ballad album. This album is as slow and considered as the big horizons and roads upon which it was written. Almost forty years […]

Hoth Brothers “Workin’ and Dreamin’” (Independent, 2019)

September 26, 2019 Mark Nenadic 0

When you harness the old mountain sounds of roots music (banjo, fiddle, mandolin etc.), it better be underpinned by some really good songs, or have something really worthwhile to say. Otherwise your offerings are little more […]

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John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 0

Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]

The Fugitives “The Fugitives”

May 19, 2026 0

Highly regarded Canadian folkies continue to impress with album number seven. Formed in 2005, Canadian folkies The Fugitives have, over the subsequent eleven years, garnered themselves quite a reputation for delivering memorable live shows full of […]

Old Crow Medicine Show will release latest record Union Made in early June

May 19, 2026 0

Old Crow Medicine Show will release their new record Union Made on 5th June 2026 with Hartland Records via Firebird Music. The album finds the two-time Grammy-winning string band reflecting upon the people, places, and stories […]

Sammy Kay “civil/WAR” (Independent, 2019)

Diesel Park West “Let it Melt” (Palo Santo Records, 2019)

Don Gallardo feat. Lilly Winwood “In the Name of Good Intentions” (JTM Music, 2019)

Will Beeley “Heartattacks & Highways” (Tompkins Square, 2019)

Hoth Brothers “Workin’ and Dreamin’” (Independent, 2019)

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

The Fugitives “The Fugitives”

Old Crow Medicine Show will release latest record Union Made in early June

Dirt Road Souls “(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine”

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