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The Unthanks “In Winter”

December 5, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s bleak in the mid-winter. Into the increasingly crowded market for folk renditions of wintery themed songs and reworked and reimagined carols comes ‘In Winter‘ the latest release from The Unthanks. It, quite cannily, is available […]

Peter Alexander Jobson “Burn the Ration Books of Love”

December 4, 2024 Darren Lumbroso 0

Poignant and beautiful debut release from former I Am Kloot bassist. Peter Alexander Jobson spent the best part of two decades as the bassist in the Mancunian group I Am Kloot. Since the band folded in […]

Benny Sidelinger “Cherry Street”

December 4, 2024 Declan Colley 0

Trawling roots Americana with craft and no little skill. Authenticity in a world full of fakes and AI-generated content is something we should treasure. On that basis “Cherry Street”, the first solo album from Benny Sidelinger, […]

Sociograss “Made It All Up”

December 3, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 0

American roots music in Scotland. From the 1600s Scots emigrants have made a lasting contribution to the music of Appalachia. This album sounds firmly established in that tradition. Sociograss must surely come from somewhere in the […]

Haley Heynderickx “Seed Of A Seed”

December 2, 2024 Tim Martin 0

An album that needs some hard listening to appreciate– but rewards it with layers of beauty and complexity. To Oregon songwriter Haley Heynderickx, “a seed represents incubation and the process of navigating the darkest, deepest parts […]

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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 […]

The Unthanks “In Winter”

Peter Alexander Jobson “Burn the Ration Books of Love”

Benny Sidelinger “Cherry Street”

Sociograss “Made It All Up”

Haley Heynderickx “Seed Of A Seed”

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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