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Cheap Wine “Dreams” (Independent, 2017)

December 20, 2017 David Cowling 0

These Italian stalwarts have been pumping out Americana records for two decades now; this is their twelfth and the third in a trilogy that began with Based On Lies. This record, and the previous Beggar Town, share […]

Ed Askew “A Child In The Sun: Radio Sessions 1969-1970” (Drag City 2017)

December 20, 2017 Tim Merricks 0

The energy which oozes from this collection of early recordings retrieved from the archives of old Ed Askew radio sessions provides a strong urge to delete the pesky mp3 and rush out and buy the vinyl […]

Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards “California Calling” (Compass Records 2017)

December 19, 2017 Dave Clarke 0

Laura Cortese, a force already as a solo singer, has gathered around her, in Boston, other alumni from Berklee College of Music: Cellist, Valerie Thompson, fiddler, Jenna Moynihan and bass player, Natalie Bohrn. Together, they are […]

Feral Conservatives “Better Lives” (Egghunt Records, 2017)

December 19, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

When your album has been produced by Jon Auer (Posies, second incarnation Big Star) then you’ve pretty much been anointed as a credible new entry into the legion of Power Pop bands. If you also have […]

Chris Stapleton “Songs From A Room Volume 2” (Mercury Records, 2017)

December 18, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

With his second release of the year, Chris Stapleton pretty much cements his reputation as traditional country music’s biggest star. Songs From A Room Volume 1 (released in May) won the award for album of the […]