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Elle Mary & The Bad Men “Constant Unfailing Night” (Sideways Saloon, 2018)

March 15, 2018 David Cowling 0

The title gives a clue to the darkness enveloping this record – it wears its black heart proudly and does its best to draw us into the crepuscular. The music is core to the vision, tight […]

Whiskey in the Pines “Sunshine from the Blue Cactus” (Independent, 2018)

March 14, 2018 Mark Nenadic 0

Straight outta Tallahassee, Florida are Whiskey in the Pines, a ¾ bearded combo headed up by singer and principal songwriter David Lareau. They say that their state capital home is two hours from the nearest sun-kissed […]

Kyle Carey “The Art Of Forgetting” (Americelta Records, 2017

March 14, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

The third album is famously the difficult hurdle to jump, with many artists resorting to re-treads or losing their way. It is however a hurdle that Gaelic Americana purveyor Kyle Carey vaults with such ease she […]

Bird in the Belly “The Crowing” (GFM Records, 2018)

March 13, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Folk music, the gathering threads of tradition, is forever being renewed – it needs reshaping as much as reverence if it’s to be inculcated into new generations of singers and musicians. And at any one time […]

Jenn Rawling “Golden Colors” (Independent, 2017)

March 13, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

It’s impossible to listen to the new album from Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter Jenn Rawling without being reminded, and forcefully too, of the Be Good Tanyas. Rawlings slow dreamy indie-folk, breathy vocals and minimalist accompaniment is a […]