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Luke Tuchscherer “Shadows – Touring EP” (Clubhouse Records, 2018)

March 19, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0
Ever since seeing Tuchscherer performing with the band The Whybirds in a small Bedford pub this reviewer has been quite partial to their (and his) take on the classic Americana driving song style of most of […]
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Gem Andrews “North” (Market Square, 2018)

March 19, 2018 Muff Fitzgerald 0
I was doing the washing up listening to ‘North’ on my CD Walkman, when I heard Gem Andrews sing ‘there ain’t no such thing as a straight life!’ “Go there, Sister!” I yelled in solidarity, punching […]
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Beams “Teach Me To Love” (Independent, 2018)

March 19, 2018 Peter Churchill 0
Toronto based band Beams, are, by their own, admission, a hard band to define musically. The songs are led by the vocals and banjo of Anna Mernieks and, while the banjo is ever present and brings […]
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You Are Wolf “Keld” (Firecrest Records, 2018)

March 16, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Keld is an old Northern English word meaning “the deep, still, smooth part of a river”. That’s an economical word, and You Are Wolf’s album is also economical, the sparse sounds drawing on traditional songs that […]
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Yung Wu “Shore Leave” (Bar/None Records 2018)

March 16, 2018 Mark Underwood 0
An album from 1987 which sold less than 5,000 copies on release, this is essentially a side project by the percussionist from the band, the Feelies –Dan Weckerman here taking the role of lead vocalist and […]

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Rae Spoon “Assigned Country Singer At Birth”

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Non-binary singer returns to their country roots with intimations of mortality. After a twenty-year spell away from the genre, Canadian Rae Spoon returns to their formative years with Assigned Country Singer At Birth, their thirteenth album. […]
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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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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

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