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Jon Boden “Afterglow” (Hudson Records, 2017)

November 9, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Jon Boden is of course a significant figure in the English folk scene – Spiers & Boden set a new benchmark for duo’s to meet, Bellowhead became a major label crossover band, and his legendary Folk […]
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Anna Tivel “Small Believer” (Fluff & Gravy Records, 2017)

November 7, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Small Believer, the follow up to last year’s Heroes Waking Up shows, that Anna Tivel has no shortage of complex and satisfying songs at her finger tips. In fact her talent is nothing less than prodigious, […]
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Ian James Stewart “Articana” (Independent, 2017)

November 7, 2017 Paul Kerr 0
Cast your mind back to the eighties and the age of poodle haired AOR (Album Orientated Rock) bands and it’s the likes of Foreigner and Journey who come to mind. Some delving reveals that a bunch […]
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The Mining Co. “Mountain Fires” (Independent, 2017)

November 7, 2017 Rick Bayles 0
The Mining Company is singer/songwriter Michael Gallagher, indulging in the modern fashion of operating under a band name rather than his own. “Mountain Fires” is his second album, following on from 2016’s “Burning Sun and The […]
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The New Faith “Me On You” (Faith Healer Records, 2017)

November 6, 2017 David Cowling 0
Big sounding records sometimes bully me into submission and the sheer force of the music carries me along. Pete Wylie was like that, a wave of infectious exuberance, with tunes. Then there are more modern exponents […]

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