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Tyler Ramsey announces UK dates for autumn

July 11, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Tyler Ramsey, the former Band of Horses co-writer and lead guitarist, has today announced his return to the UK, this time with full band, following his sold-out solo show at St Pancras Old Church in May […]
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Jesse Malin shares new video from forthcoming album – Watch

July 11, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Jesse Malin has shared the video for ‘Room 13’, the lead track from his Lucinda Williams-produced new album ‘Sunset Kids’, which is due out August 30th via Wicked Cool Records/Velvet Elk.
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Martin Simpson has a new album and a big tour

July 10, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
The new Martin Simpson album ‘Rooted‘ emerges on Topic Records on August 30th (the deluxe 2CD version of the album will include a companion disc ‘Seeded‘).  And if that title conjures up images of zipping up […]
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Frankie Lee announces UK dates for September

July 9, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Following the release of his new album ‘Stillwater’ which we described as “a cohesive whole that exudes a unique and vivid artistic touch”, Frankie Lee has announced that he will be returning to the UK in […]
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Sturgill Simpson to appear at US Comic-Con panel

July 9, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Rolling Stone is reporting this morning that Sturgill Simpson is set to appear on a panel at the 2019 Comic-Con in San Diego, discussing his involvement in the new Japanese anime film ‘Sound & Fury’ which […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 James McMurtry Songs

May 21, 2026 2
It was the legendary American author Stephen King who said, “James McMurtry may be the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation”. At the same time, much closer to home, BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris called him “the […]
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Bedouine “Neon Summer Skin”

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A beautiful reflection on family, and the search for home and belonging, with a new depth to the music. Bedouine is the project of Azniv Korkejian. Her family has migrated between Armenia, Syria and Saudi Arabia […]
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Laura Veirs to release an August album before touring the UK in September

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Esteemed Portland, Oregon-based artist Laura Veirs has announced that her new album, Temple Songs, will come out on 14th August via her label Raven Marching Band Records. Veirs has also shared her lead single Flying Into […]

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

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Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

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At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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Live Review: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls + Ben Brown + The Meffs , Epic Studios, Norwich – 24th July 2024

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For fans of Frank Turner, there are few experiences comparable to his live shows.  There is a community of us ready to belt out the songs until we’re hoarse, ready to leap around with abandon with […]
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Born and bred in Buckinghamshire, TD Lind fell in love with rock n roll, jazz and blues at a very early age. He spent his early years skipping school to play piano in jazz clubs in […]
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Ray Wylie Hubbard “Tell The Devil I’m Gettin’ There As Fast As I Can” – Listen

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Ray Wylie Hubbard is a Texas legend in all but name and “Tell the Devil I’m Getting There as Fast as I Can” is the title track from his forthcoming new album, featuring two americana giants […]

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