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Jackson Browne to honour Gregg Allman at Laid Back Fest

June 14, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Apologies for continually posting about festivals 5000 miles away. RS report: “Jackson Browne, Steve Winwood, Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, Peter Wolf and Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band will perform in three cities in September as […]

Sam Baker heads to the UK for dates

June 13, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Texas singer-songwriter Sam Baker whose new album we reviewed in glowing terms last week, is heading to our shores for some dates later this month. Rolling Stone called his last album “Say Grace” one of the 10 […]

This year’s Farm Aid: Willie Nelson, Neil Young and more

June 13, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Who knew that a benefit gig for family farm agriculture could conjure up such a stellar line up? Rolling Stone report: “Farm Aid, the annual charity concert that has raised over $50 million since its 1985 […]

Iron & Wine announces new album, single, video – Watch

June 12, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

In all the excitement of the election on Thursday (and boy was it exciting) we missed this news from Paste that Sam Beam is back with a strong and stable album as well as a video […]

Jason Isbell: “I didn’t grow up wanting to be a country singer”

June 12, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

A good piece in RS Country over the weekend which dissects a recent interview Jason Isbell gave with Mens Journal: “Jason Isbell’s second musical act has been underway now for nearly as long as his first, but […]

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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 0

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Artwork for the Wave Pictures album Gained/Lost

The Wave Pictures “Gained/Lost”

March 11, 2026 2

Ambitious, dream-soaked pop that reaches high but rarely quite lands. There’s something immediately intriguing about Gained/Lost. On paper, the ingredients are enticing: the literate jangle of The Smiths, the wide-eyed psych-pop glow of The Flaming Lips, […]

artwork for Lynn Miles album "A Bouquet of Black Flowers"

Lynn Miles “A Bouquet of Black Flowers”