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A new one from Lukas Nelson – how romantic!

March 26, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 1
Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and musician Lukas Nelson has announced that he will release his highly anticipated new album, “American Romance“, on June 20th – his first solo project and first in partnership with Sony Music […]
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And UK tour dates too! Renowned folk singer-songwriter Kate Rusby is set to release her highly anticipated new album, “When They All Looked Up”, on April 25th via Pure Records. This marks her first collection of […]
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David Lowery “I Wrote A Song Called Take The Skinheads Bowling” – does this really mean nothing?

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David Lowery has a new album coming out on Cooking Vinyl on May 30th called ‘Fathers, Sons and Brothers‘ and it’s 28 tracks are very much in the biographical vein.  Take today’s song – it’s about […]
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Five Alive! The Minus 5 return with first all new album… in five years

March 19, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Acclaimed collective The Minus 5, spearheaded by legendary musician and songwriter Scott McCaughey, returns with “Oar On, Penelope!” out May 30th on via Yep Roc Records. Produced by Scott McCaughey and mixed by engineer Ed Stasium […]
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Gruff Rhys saddles up with tour to support rereleased and expanded “American Interior”

March 18, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Originally released in 2014, the album has now been remastered and will be released for the first time on Rough Trade with bonus tracks that have long been out of print on LP and never released […]

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