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Abigail Lapell “Getaway” (Coax Records, 2019)

January 28, 2019 Michael Farley 0
Abigail Lapell hails from Toronto and is a talented lady, having a strong voice with an impressive range, plus the ability to play a range of instruments. She can write as well having penned all eleven […]
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Ally Kerr “Upgrade Me” (Much Obliged Records, 2019)

January 24, 2019 Peter Churchill 0
Album number 4 for Scottish folk/pop singer songwriter Ally Kerr. With debut album ‘Calling Out to You’ released back in 2004 Mr Kerr has been around for a while. It was the success of this album […]
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Whoa Melodic “Whoa Melodic” (Wiaiwya, 2019)

January 24, 2019 John Vaites 0
Having previously played with Singing Adams and the French Drops and The Hayman Kupa Band, the anagrammatically eponymous ‘Whoa Melodic,’ aka Michael Wood, has released his first solo album featuring ten delightfully melodic indie-pop tunes. Patiently hand-crafted in his home […]
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Ryan Farmer “Just Another Night” (Independent, 2019)

January 23, 2019 Graham McCusker 1
‘Just Another Night’, the debut record from Nottingham-based singer-songwriter Ryan Farmer wastes little time in giving the listener a precise idea of what to expect for the next forty minutes. Within the first sixty seconds of […]
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The Life and Times of the Brothers Hogg “Room Service” (Independent, 2018)

January 22, 2019 Phil Grant 0
In an album review with a limited word count, a band name like The Life and Times of the Brothers Hogg takes up a lot of space. It leaves very little room to talk about their surprisingly […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 James McMurtry Songs

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It was the legendary American author Stephen King who said, “James McMurtry may be the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation”. At the same time, much closer to home, BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris called him “the […]
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Bedouine “Neon Summer Skin”

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Esteemed Portland, Oregon-based artist Laura Veirs has announced that her new album, Temple Songs, will come out on 14th August via her label Raven Marching Band Records. Veirs has also shared her lead single Flying Into […]

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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

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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 […]
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The intimate backroom of the Glad Cafe was the fullest I’d seen since we were allowed out to play again. The Fallen Angels’ regulars were out in force with the numbers swelled by many who would […]
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Live Review: Dean Owens & The Southerners – Green Note, London, 1st September 2021

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Dean Owens is not given to exaggeration, so if opening a show with “We’re here, it’s a miracle,” might have raised a few eyebrows pre-pandemic, tonight he was bang on the button. For his first show […]
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