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Freschard & Stanley Brinks “Midnight Tequila” (Fika Recordings, 2018)

June 29, 2018 Paul Kerr 1
‘Midnight Tequila’ is the second release from French chanteuse Clemence Freschard and the ubiquitous Stanley Brinks (who has reputedly released over one hundred albums) although the pair have collaborated on several projects over the years. With […]
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Jill Jackson “Are We There Yet?” (Independent, 2018)

June 28, 2018 Denis Parkinson 0
‘Are We There Yet?’ is the fifth solo album by Glasgow based singer-songwriter Jill Jackson and her journey to this point has been intriguing to say the least. Relocating to Nashville led to an embrace of […]
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Luke Winslow King “Blue Mesa” (Bloodshot, 2018)

June 28, 2018 Mark Hegarty 0
Blue Mesa is Luke Winslow King’s fifth album, and his fourth for Bloodshot Records, coming two years after ‘I’m Glad Trouble Don’t Last Always’. His latest offering serves up a familiar sound with well-constructed, heartfelt songs […]
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Sam Llanas “Return of the Goya – Part 1” (Llanas Music, 2018)

June 27, 2018 Mark Johnson 0
As this review was being submitted, news broke in the USA of allegations about Sam Llanas made by Tessa Neumann, stepdaughter of BoDeans frontman Kurt Neumann. Graphic and detailed, they go back to when Kurt Neumann […]
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Leon III “Leon III” (Cornelius Chapel Records, 2018)

June 26, 2018 Paul Kerr 0
Leon III (or Leon the Third if you prefer, their PR blurb mentions both) are a side project of two members of a Virginia alt-country band, the Wrinkle Neck Mules, a band this reviewer had never […]

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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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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