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Carolyn Kendrick “Each Machine”

January 8, 2025 Tim Martin 0

A distinctly uneasy listen, but a thought-provoking signpost for the second quarter of the 21st century. Carolyn Kendrick is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, fiddler, guitarist, and producer. She’s one of the many musicians who has stepped […]

Martin Devaney “Blueprint For A Ghost”

January 7, 2025 Jonathan Smith 0

Likeable Americana ride from veteran Minnesota songwriter. ‘Blueprint for a Ghost’ is the 8th solo album for St Paul based Martin Devaney, and its Americana credentials are established immediately by the cover art, calling to mind […]

John Hammond “You’re Doin’ Fine, Blues At The Boarding House June 2 & 3, 1973″

January 6, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

“You’re Doin’ Fine” is the latest release from the Owsley Stanley Foundation, named for the famed sound man and chemical wizard (also known as Bear) who, aside from his mass production of LSD, developed the […]

artwork for Kenneth Norum album "This Too Will Pass"

Kenneth Norum “This Too Will Pass”

December 20, 2024 Chas Lacey 0

Reflections on a lost love from multi-talented Norwegian musician. Recorded in his home studio and self-produced, this is the second album from Norway’s Kenneth Norum. With all ten songs written in English, the lyrics largely focus […]

Finn “The Waterfall”

December 19, 2024 Paul Russell 0

Album nine for Melbourne brothers’ with a lengthy, gentle collection. As a musician, it really helps if one’s parents bring you up in a musical environment and brothers Mark and Luke Finn grew up in suburban […]

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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 […]

Carolyn Kendrick “Each Machine”

Martin Devaney “Blueprint For A Ghost”

John Hammond “You’re Doin’ Fine, Blues At The Boarding House June 2 & 3, 1973″

Kenneth Norum “This Too Will Pass”

Finn “The Waterfall”

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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