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Ten new country artists you have to hear- according to Rolling Stone

July 13, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

OK, maybe we’re overdosing on the Rolling Stone derived news stories but summer’s supposed to be the “silly season” for news and there’s not that much happening elsewhere right now. There’s one UK act in here […]

Van Morrison has new album coming up – and UK tour

July 13, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

There is a hierarchy in the list of poet singer-songwriters – and few indeed are the singers that can stand at the very peak alongside the recently elected Nobel literature laureate. Van Morrison is one such. […]

Billy Bragg’s new song tackles the new populism

July 12, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

As reported in Paste magazine Billy Bragg has released a new song, The Sleep of Reason, a spare electric-guitar track that aims its venom at social-media trolls, Internet addicts and folks who fly Confederate flags “just […]

Lucy Rose announces UK tour

July 12, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

UK folk artist Lucy Rose, who released her acclaimed third album Something’s Changing last week through Communion Records, will follow a current Worldwide Cinema Tour with a 20-date headline run of the UK in November. The shows […]

Paul Brady to release new album in September.

July 12, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s been seven years since his last studio album, but the itch has finally struck again and Paul Brady will release a new album – Unfinished Business – on September 8th via Proper Records. It’ll be Brady’s […]

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John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 0

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 […]

The Fugitives “The Fugitives”

May 19, 2026 0

Highly regarded Canadian folkies continue to impress with album number seven. Formed in 2005, Canadian folkies The Fugitives have, over the subsequent eleven years, garnered themselves quite a reputation for delivering memorable live shows full of […]

Old Crow Medicine Show will release latest record Union Made in early June

May 19, 2026 0

Old Crow Medicine Show will release their new record Union Made on 5th June 2026 with Hartland Records via Firebird Music. The album finds the two-time Grammy-winning string band reflecting upon the people, places, and stories […]

Ten new country artists you have to hear- according to Rolling Stone

Van Morrison has new album coming up – and UK tour

Billy Bragg’s new song tackles the new populism

Lucy Rose announces UK tour

Paul Brady to release new album in September.

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

The Fugitives “The Fugitives”

Old Crow Medicine Show will release latest record Union Made in early June

Dirt Road Souls “(The Life and Times of) Johnny Moonshine”

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