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Jeremy Dion “Bend in the Middle”

November 4, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 0

Music therapy for late bloomers. Jeremy Dion is a practising psychotherapist who writes songs that gladden the soul. His invigorating melodies draw on folk, bluegrass and the lighter end of rock. Dion’s fourth solo album ‘Bend […]

Christy Moore “A Terrible Beauty”

November 1, 2024 FredArnold 0

Irish icon delivers yet another album of meaningful observation and storytelling. Songwriter, folk singer, guitarist, poet, social commentator, Irish republican, and Ireland’s greatest living musician (People of the Year Awards 2007), so, a living legend. Which […]

Julia Logan “Faraway Nearby”

November 1, 2024 Declan Colley 0

Swedish songwriter matures fast on second album. There is a slightly tenuous Americana link when it comes to Swedish performers in the shape of The Hootenanny Singers, featuring later-to-become ABBA songwriting powerhouse Bjorn Ulvaeus, who were […]

Liv Greene “Deep Feeler”

November 1, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

Boston’s folk loss is Nashville’s gain. ‘Deep Feeler’ is Liv Greene’s sophomore album. Still very much a folk artist, a move to Nashville has added some rhinestone sparkle to many of the album’s songs of self-acceptance. […]

Andrew Weiss and Friends “the world’s smallest violin”

October 31, 2024 Andrew Raw 0

Back to the seventies with this thoughtful and well-written lively soft-rock. This is Andrew Weiss’ sixth album with his “Friends” and it’s a record that takes you back to the seventies with its jaunty, often piano-based, […]