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Matthew Logan Vasquez “Light’n Up” (Dine Alone, 2019)

March 20, 2019 Clint West 0
‘Light’n Up’ is the third solo album from Texas singer-songwriter and former Delta Spirit frontman Matthew Logan Vasquez. It sees him take a considerable turn in the road to follow a new direction away from the […]
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Megg Farrell “Megg Farrell & Friends” (Independent, 2019)

March 20, 2019 Linda Jameson 0
It’s easy to imagine you are listening to a live set in a smoky dive bar in the French Quarter, New Orleans when you hear ‘Megg Farrell & Friends.’ Led by Brooklyn-based Megg Farrell, the album […]
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Various Artists “3 x 4” (Yep Roc, 2018)

March 19, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Ah, those heady days of the Paisley Underground, a music scene which even when observed from across the ocean offered an alternative to the prevailing pop-scene that dominated the UK music charts. ‘3 x 4‘ offers […]
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Neil Hamburger “Still Dwelling” (Drag City, 2019)

March 19, 2019 Scott Baxter 0
Neil Hamburger is the anti-comic creation of Greg Turkington, a thoroughly despicable and creepy looking individual who you wouldn’t want to see talking to anyone you cared about. It’s a brilliant creation whose characteristics and persona […]
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Andrew Leahey and the Homestead ‘’Airwaves’’ (Skyline Music, 2019)

March 19, 2019 Gordon Sharpe 1
36 year old Andrew Leahey was born in Virginia and is now based in Nashville.  He currently fronts The Homestead and has been previously with Hobson’s Choice and The Opera House.  His current release is his […]

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Woodley Taylor ‘Breathe A Little Deeper’ (2017, Independent)

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Woodley Taylor’s bio namechecks many of the classic rock acts that echo through this, his debut album. Perhaps Cambridge is a strange location from which one might develop to pay homage to 1970s Los Angeles, but […]
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Various Artists “The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs – Original Soundtrack” (Milan Records, 2018)

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