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For The Sake Of The Song: Winterpills “July”
It’s fascinating to understand why certain songs click with the listener – for me it’s the tune. If it’s a catchy, hummable tune – I warm to the song as if it’s a new best friend. […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Iris DeMent “No Time to Cry”
As an avid consumer of the credits on albums and CDs (and one of the main reasons I like to have the hard copies) it is quite likely that my introduction to Iris DeMent was triggered […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Sunny Sweeney “From a Table Away”
In the world of americana and country, there are some themes that come up time and time again: drinking, touring, love and then, somewhat inevitably, infidelity. While the majority of these songs are about either being […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Justin Townes Earle “Lone Pine Hill”
Justin Townes Earle gave us his first full length album in 2008 “The Good Life” after a teasing six track EP “Yuma” the previous year. Following the relative success of “Yuma” Earle signed for Chicago label […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: David Olney “Jerusalem Tomorrow”
There can be few among us who, whilst revelling in our preferred pastime of listening to and dissecting the songs of our favourite artists. haven’t occasionally thought, “given a fair wind and a wet sail I […]