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Will Varley “Machines Will Never Learn To Make Mistakes Like Me”

May 13, 2025 Peter Churchill 0
High-class new studio album from singer-songwriter at the peak of his craft. Will Varley seems to be building quite a reputation. The English singer-songwriter splits his time between his native Kent, where this, his seventh studio […]
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Red Birds “Things We Thought We Were Done With”

May 12, 2025 Andy Short 2
Exceptional recording from Maryland’s Red Birds. The Red Birds return with an album that explores the human condition, its flaws, constant anxiety, and even boredom, leaving a pocket of hope that underneath all is good. “Things […]
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Dave Steel “Wooden Music”

May 12, 2025 Fiona Golden 2
“Salvation for a moment is some music I don’t recognise”. Roaming in the desert, searching for deliverance or truth, is a tale old as recorded history. In The Red Book, psychologist Carl Jung observed that, in […]
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Ferran Orriols “Darrere Els Horts / Behind The Orchard”

May 9, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
Orriols’ sophomore album builds on the promise of his debut, musically defying borders and lyrically transcending language. Following on from his critically acclaimed debut album “PLATA (SILVER)”, released in 2023, Catalan singer-songwriter Ferran Orriols has returned […]
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Mark Mulholland “Fighting With Your Shadow”

May 9, 2025 Sebastian Reyes Turner 0
Unflagging optimism pervades the tales of a wandering musician. There’s something instantly appealing about the life of an artist who travels the world as they slowly build their body of work. A profusion of examples can […]

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Debut album and London launch show for new Nashville act Maisy Owen

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Nashville native Maisy Owen has announced the release of her debut album Dark On A Sunny Day on 1st May 2026 via Tompkins Square.  Owen will be performing a gig at London’s Theatreship on 23rd June […]
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Classic Clips: Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” & “Mr. Soul” – The Hollywood Palace, 8th April 1967

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The Hollywood Palace was an hour-long American Television variety show which broadcast from January 1964 until February 1970. Unlike the Ed Sullivan Show, this one had a different presenter each week. This classic clip from 1967 […]
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Luke James Williams “Lime Hotel”

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A poetic sophomore album showing future promise. Loss is never an easy experience, though it can elicit very different responses. As rising alternative folk artist Luke James Williams explains, “Grief is universal, but it often feels […]

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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

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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

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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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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]

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