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More People Should Know About: The Ugly Guys

February 11, 2025 Rick Bayles 2
Back in the heady days of Pub Rock, a band arrived on the scene that was a little different to most. They had a pedal steel player, and their lead singer seemed to base his look […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Loomer “Caramel Heart”

February 10, 2025 Peter Churchill 4
Over the many years of his illustrious broadcasting career, Bob Harris has championed many an outsider. Although more recent years have seen Americana lovers having to sit through far too much mainstream country to reach the […]
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Classic Clips: Grace Potter “I Shall Be Released”, October 2012

February 7, 2025 FredArnold 0
Performed at Love for Levon – A Benefit to Save the Barn, New Jersey. Grace Potter was probably best known, during the period in which she released her first four solo albums, as a soul-rock singer, […]
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Essentials: The Top Ten Songs About Kings by Elvis Costello

February 6, 2025 Dean Nardi 1
Once upon a time in a land far, far away there was an irascible, canny king. He was known for his illimitable desire for knowledge about all things artistic and his innate sense of musicality with […]
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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without it – The Grateful Dead

February 5, 2025 Graeme Tait 25
With the first few weeks of the new year comfortably under our belts, we now return for a second series of what was one of our most popular features of 2024, ‘Cant Live With It, Can’t […]

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Classic Clips: Anna Tivel “Rodeo Queens” – She’s Speaking

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Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

July 17, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from alt-country heroes/pioneers/stalwarts/choose your own noun Son Volt whose latest album Sound Signal Serenades was physically released on […]
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Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

July 17, 2026 0
A strong third album from the rootsy Canadian “Appalachian” artist from New Orleans showing raw emotion and a degree of post-breakup positivity. As you listen to each song on Bella White’s new studio album you feel […]
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Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

July 17, 2026 0
Jawdropped, a four-piece from Los Angeles, have announced their debut album, Secret To Spare, due 18th September via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The band has also released the first single, Split Lip, along with a video […]

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  • Paperback Riders: Dennis McNally “A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead”
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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

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This is a lovely video from Rose Cousins that many viewers will relate to.  It’s about the resilience needed for everyday life and the feeling of all the love we give being returned back to us […]
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Karla Kane “King’s Daughters Home For Incurables” – Listen

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Dean Summerwind “Parked By The Lake” – Listen

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