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Haley Heynderickx “I Need to Start a Garden” (Mama Bird Recording Co, 2018)

May 17, 2018 Linda Jameson 0
Listening to Portland-based Haley Heynderickx’s debut album for the first time, it’s forgivable to just lean back into the melodies, soak up the whispery delivery, and absorb the stripped back guitar work. There’s some gorgeous 60s-style […]
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Ragged Union “Lay My Ghost to Rest” (Independent, 2018)

May 16, 2018 MD Spenser 0
This EP rocks. Ragged Union are a five-piece band from Bristol; these guys have been around for years as members of various bands, and one thing’s for sure – they know how to play their instruments. The […]
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Michael Plater ” Mythologies” (Reverb Worship, 2018)

May 16, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0
Opening with the baritone spoken ‘The Officer’s Mess’ a track full of plangent acoustic guitar and melancholy piano lines, Plater lays his cards on the table early on. This is is a dark brew of folk […]
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Helen Raven “Helen Raven” (Phonic Box Records, 2018)

May 15, 2018 Michael Farley 0
This four-track EP from UK based Helen Raven is her debut release with all tracks having been written, recorded and produced by the artist. Raven describes the genre of her work as “Folk Noir” which is presumably […]
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Joshua Hedley “Mr Jukebox” (Third Man Records, 2018)

May 15, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0
Third Man Records is associated with Jack White’s crusade of rescuing the recording industry from the crushing banality of the digital sound and over commercialism that accelerated to the saturation point it currently enjoys. So what’s the […]

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A searing display of grief through ten bare songs. How we all cope with grief is complex and individual, though the ability of energising one’s sadness through music is a powerful and positive one. Belfast’s Joshua […]
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As Graeme Tait takes an enforced break he kindly asked me to step in this month to produce our monthly EP Roundup. I think he knows he has no fears about my contributions matching his excellent […]
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The Fargo Railroad Co. “IV”

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Sheffield band’s new album is one of grit and struggle, with flashes of cynical humour, performed on a musically tight backdrop. IV is an album which deals with themes of being stuck, nostalgia, regret and also […]

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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

April 22, 2026 0
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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The Give ‘Em Hell Boys “More Noise (In An Already Noisy World)” – Turn it down

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Well, here’s a conundrum – should we be welcoming with open arms the intrusion of more noise into a world that seems cursed with unnecessary or disturbing sounds – that click click, that electric thrum thrum, […]
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Tift Merrit announces new album “Sugar”

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Listen to the first single to be taken from it below. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has announced Sugar, her first album in nearly a decade, due out June 26th via One Riot which is described as […]
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Live Review: Septembersong, Braziers Park, South Oxfordshire – 17th September 2023

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lt’s mid September but the trees are yet to exhibit their autumnal hues as I pedal through the South Oxfordshire countryside to Braziers Park, for the final day of the Septembersong festival. It doesn’t feel like […]

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