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Rayland Baxter “Wide Awake” (ATO Records, 2018)

August 6, 2018 MD Spenser 0
This album is wonderful musically, if somewhat inscrutable lyrically – at least initially. To write these 10 songs, Baxter set himself up alone in an abandoned rubber band factory in Kentucky, covered the windows, slept on […]
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Graham Nash “Over the Years” (Rhino, 2018)

August 3, 2018 Jonathan Aird 1
Didn’t we just have a 3 disc Graham Nash retrospective? Well, no – sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings but the ‘Reflections‘ Box Set was nine years ago. True, this release adds only one […]
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Hawks and Doves “From A White Hotel”(Jullian Records, 2018)

August 2, 2018 David Stevenson 0
The story behind Portland’s Hawks and Doves’ debut album ‘From A White Hotel’ and how it came to fruition is a curious one. Five years ago, after a prison sentence and free from a number of […]
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Courtney Hartman and Taylor Ashton “Been On Your Side” (Free Dirt Records, 2018)

August 1, 2018 Michael Farley 0
This is the debut album offering from two friends and fine musicians who have honed their art in the industry for a number of years. Courtney Hartman was until very recently part of Della Mae a […]
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Tami Neilson “Sassafrass” (Outside Music, 2018)

July 31, 2018 Dave Clarke 0
Born in Canada, now based in New Zealand, Tami Neilson, confidently presents her sixth album. Tami, part of a musical family, has had a  part in the writing of all the songs here, some with her brother, […]

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The Red Clay Strays have unveiled their new album, Grateful, arriving via HBYCO Records/RCA Records on 5th June 2026. Produced once again by Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit), Grateful […]
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Joe Martin “Alone In Valentine”

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Fine songwriting given some Texas grit, but without the Nashville polish. Americana in its purest form. Joe Martin describes himself as a “21st century Troubadour,” and has been likened to Lyle Lovett, a comparison which is […]

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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

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Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

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Lara Taubmann “Ol’ Kentucky Light”

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Thoughtful, heartfelt lyrics sung with real passion and arrangements that reflect the music that has inspired her. Lara Taubman’s sophomore album, ‘Ol Kentucky Light‘, is smooth, stylish and soulful; a collection of ten new songs covering […]
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Laura Veirs “Found Light”

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More Blood. More Tracks. Laura Veirs examines the fall out of divorce. If 2020’s release ‘My Echo‘ was the album that saw Veirs document the move towards her divorce from Tucker Martine at the end of […]

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