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The 7 Hills Blues and Roots Festival returns bigger and better

August 14, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
With added Danny and the Champs! On Sunday 13th October, The 7 Hills returns to Komedia with their strongest lineup to date at this year’s “Blues and Roots Festival.” Set across 3 stages, The Blues and Roots […]
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A digital deluxe version of Mark Knopfler’s tenth album “One Deep River” has been released on 12th August 2024 on the British Grove label via EMI, making all 21 of the songs from the One Deep […]
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Turn on, tune in and enjoy – Black Deer launch their “Americana Radio Station” for the people!

August 9, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
Just too late for Tim Martin’s excellent radio/podcast piece Black Deer Live, the organisation behind the fan favourite festival that takes place in Eridge Park, Kent every June have now launched the radio station announced by […]
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Award winning Americana DJ Mike Ritchie celebrates 10 years on the air

August 8, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1
As many will be aware, Celtic Music Radio presenter, Mike Ritchie, celebrated ten years of broadcasting on the Glasgow-based community station on Sunday 4th August 2024. Ritchie, who is a two-time winner of the AUK Readers’ […]
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Ring that Olympic bell! Peter Bruntnell’s back with new album and tour

August 8, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
Peter Bruntnell has announced the release of his fourteenth or fifteenth (count them!) album – “Houdini and the Sucker Punch” comes out on October 4th on Domestico Records. It follows in the wake of 2021’s “Journey […]

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