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The Turtles swim free again

May 25, 2017 Jonathan Aird 2
May 2017 has seen many peculiar events popping up in the news, an almost daily dose of incredulity. Here comes another one. Somewhat unheralded Edsel Records have re-issued deluxe expanded versions of all six original albums […]
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My Darling Clementine still testifying – New album and tour dates

May 25, 2017 Paul Kerr 0
Husband and wife team, Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish – My Darling Clementine – continue to forge ahead with their celebration of the classic country duets of the sixties and seventies with their fourth album, […]
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Argyll Gathering is new Scottish Festival

May 24, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Argyll Gathering is a new Scottish event celebrating the best of music, culture and the arts opening its doors August 19th – 20th 2017 in the stunning setting of Helensburgh, some thirty miles outside Glasgow. The […]
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Tildon Krautz bring their “Anti-rational Rabbit Folk” to the UK in June

May 23, 2017 Paul Kerr 0
The ever so slightly eccentric Tildon Krautz, a French based band who offer bluegrass, folk, jazz and blues all wrapped up (on their albums) in homemade collages and artwork that one reviewer likened to “Hieronymous Bosch […]
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Joe Purdy has something to sing about.

May 23, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
It is often said that hard times, or difficult times, bring forth the best music. You know – Woody and the Dust Bowl, the Civil Rights Movement and Dylan, Thatcherism and Bucks Fizz. Or should that […]

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Jason McNiff “Ten Blue Songs”

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Hastings’ finest celebrates his blessed musical life in typically classy fashion. Jason McNiff is such a regular on these pages that the usual artist background story that accompanies a new album seems surplus to requirements here. […]
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Live Review: Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Suffolk – 3rd-5th July 2026

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There are some festivals you attend because of the line-up. Others because they’re close to home. Some because they’re fashionable, or because everyone else seems to be going. Then there’s Maverick. After many years of returning […]
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Vox Continental: July 2026

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The hills are alive, with the sound of bluegrass! Summertime is Festival time and that includes La Roche Bluegrass, Europe’s largest bluegrass festival, taking place around La Roche-sur-Foron, in the stunning French Alps of the Haute […]

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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

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American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]
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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

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Interview: Sean McConnell on taking a journey underneath the skin

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Looking at the cover artwork for Sean McConnell’s latest album “Skin” (Silent Desert Music, 2025), you might think he has a fixation on tattoos, what with the drawing of a hand covered in ink art from […]
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Eli “Paperboy” Reed “Down Every Road”

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Interesting R’n’B take on Haggard’s blue collar country classics. Eli “Paperboy” Reed first burst on to the scene in 2008 with his debut album, ‘Roll With You’. A high octane explosion of original R’n’B material with […]
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Flo Perlin “Characters”

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Stunning collection by major new singer-songwriter. Flo Perlin is a singer songwriter whose star is rising steeply. She has previously released an EP ‘Stories’ and a full album, ‘Cocooned’, but with her latest release, ‘Characters‘, she […]

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