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Ben Glover “Shorebound” (Proper Records, 2018)

May 23, 2018 Dave Jennings 0
Northern Irishman Ben Glover is an artist who certainly sees the value in collaborations in song-writing having said recently that “navigating is always easier with fellow travellers”. This approach certainly paid dividends last year when he […]
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Low Cut Connie “Dirty Pictures (Part 2)” (Contender Records, 2018)

May 23, 2018 Graham McCusker 0
Philadelphia six-piece Low Cut Connie return with the second of their ‘Dirty Pictures’ records. Where the first primarily centred on the nitty-gritty rock and roll they have become renowned for, this latest instalment is a far […]
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Kerri Powers “Starseeds” (Independent, 2018)

May 22, 2018 David Stevenson 0
Kerri Powers newest release ‘Starseeds‘ is the first full-length album since her debut record ‘You, Me and a Redhead’ released back in 2001 and after a brief hiatus, a self-titled EP in 2014. Having had the […]
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Astral Drive “Astral Drive” (Lojinx, 2018)

May 22, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Hey, listen – do you want to know a secret? Do you..uhh…promise not to tell? Ok, you look honest. What we have here is the Original Soundtrack album for an as yet unmade (heck, it’s not […]
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Willie Nelson “Last Man Standing” (Sony Legacy, 2018)

May 22, 2018 Paul Kerr 0
At 85 years of age Willie Nelson is still churning them out, ‘Last Man Standing’ following hot on the heels of his chart topping ‘God’s Problem Child’, released on his 84th birthday. That in itself is […]

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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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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Gentle songs of quiet reflection for staying grounded in hurried times. Hot on the heels of last year’s critically acclaimed release, Divorce singer and guitarist Felix Mackenzie-Barrow returns with the eponymously titled debut album from his […]
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Dawes expand their horizons and deliver a complex and brilliant album for our times. Dawes is a 4 piece band from southern California that erupted onto the country rock/Americana scene in 2009.  Named after the middle […]
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