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Ross Cooper “I Rode The Wild Horses” (Independent 2018)

April 17, 2018 Elise Kennedy 0
Ross Cooper’s new album is a true cry to cowboy country. Many of the songs echo his career as a bareback rider, with the lyrics reflecting the rodeo lifestyle. ‘I Rode The  Wild Horses’ combines both folk and […]
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Shane Joyce “The Sadness of King Joyce” (Independent, 2018)

April 16, 2018 Paul Kerr 0
The Sadness of King Joyce is the debut solo album from Shane Joyce, front man for Ireland’s Midnight Union Band, a freewheeling bunch of folk rockers who recently whipped up a storm at the Ramblin’ Roots […]
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Port Cities “Port Cities” (Independent, 2018)

April 13, 2018 Mark Nenadic 0
Port Cities is the award-winning combined efforts of three celebrated Nova Scotian musicians –  Carleton Stone, Dylan Guthro and Breagh MacKinnon. They’ve joined together to produce a slab of (modern) Nashville inspired, poppy AOR meets slightly […]
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Cold Tone Harvest “After You” (Independent, 2018)

April 12, 2018 Mark Johnson 0
With such an evocative band name, you could be forgiven for presumption about this bands style, and you may be half right. Yes, they are rural, and with Michigan being the Midwest, those winters will be […]
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Michael McDermott “Out From Under” (Pauper Sky Records, 2018)

April 12, 2018 Jim Finnie 0
Rarely can an album have been so aptly named as Michael McDermott’s latest effort ‘Out From Under’.  Now four years sober after 20 years of drink, drugs and even jail, McDermott has released a gem of […]

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Ringo Starr “Long Long Road”

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Another valiant effort that proves one of Liverpool’s most famous exports can fit in comfortably in Nashville. If you’re ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, it’s got to be tough to feel like you’re always living in the shadow […]
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Cajun Corner – catch ’em while they’re young!

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We’re back! It has been some time since we posted a Cajun Corner article, but we’re resolved to be more proactive about bringing you news and updates on Cajun & Zydeco music, because we know there […]
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Kenny Shore “Happiness & Misery”

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High-quality songwriting makes quietly expressive, personal record. Kenny Shore is not the kind of artist you stumble across via hype. He doesn’t have the infrastructure, profile, or touring machine that typically drives attention; he doesn’t even […]

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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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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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Track Premiere: Will Stewart “Bad Memory”

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Will Stewart can be described as a “south of Nashville” singer – in that he hails from Montgomery’s river region, and moved up through west Alabama and over to Birmingham, had a brief stint in Tennessee […]
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Video: Nathan Kalish “Kalimotxo”

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The fret-work is fabulous and a joy to watch close-up on ‘Kalimotxo’ from Nathan Kalish.  His tenth album, ‘Songs for Nobody’, is due for release on 10th April.  It promises to be an album full of […]
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Video premiere: Art Theefe “I Trained a Spy”

August 29, 2018 0
Art Theefe are a new three-piece band from Oxford, England, put together by singer and guitarist, Matt Sage – their debut album ‘Dig Deep’ comes out on 19th October on Stolen Heart Records, and their sound has echoes of […]

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