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Preeper Rhaye MacKay “Wood & Wire”

October 31, 2024 Andrew Raw 0

Atmospheric traditional Appalachian folk with beautiful harmonies. Vocalist Jessica Rhaye, guitarist Bill Preeper and multi-instrumentalist Sandy MacKay were together in the Canadian folk-rock band The Ramshackle Parade, which has produced two albums “Just Like a Woman […]

Dawes “Oh Brother”

October 30, 2024 Dean Nardi 1

Where art thou? Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith cling to each other on the band’s ninth album. It was nearly a decade ago when Dawes released their fourth album with the plea so many rock ‘n roll […]

M G Boulter “Days Of Shaking”

October 30, 2024 Gordon Mackay 0

M G Boulter returns with suburban dramas playing out scenes of hope and wonder. ‘Days Of Shaking’ is the long-anticipated follow-up to M G Boulter’s 2021 ‘Clifftown’. In this new work Boulter continues to develop his […]

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Re-release Review: Arthur Smith and Don Reno “Feudin’ Again!”

October 30, 2024 Gordon Mackay 0

Early country music pioneers 1979 reunion album finally available digitally. ‘Feudin’ Again!‘ was the 1979 album capturing the reunion between two legends of early country and bluegrass music, Arthur ‘Guitar Boogie’ Smith and Don Reno. Legend […]

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Various Artists “The Hell of Helene Songs of Appalachian Relief”

October 29, 2024 Andy Short 2

An exceptional compilation of Appalachian music. On September 26th, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall at peak intensity in the Big Bend region of Florida near Perry. Helene was a category four hurricane, bringing winds over 140 […]

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Steep Canyon Rangers “Next Act”

May 20, 2026 0

Time to secure your first-class ticket to a bluegrass celebration. Steep Canyon Rangers have been around a long time and continue to produce fine music, and their live performances are legendary. Next Act is their fifteenth […]

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0

There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]

Abigail Lapell “Shadow Child”

May 20, 2026 0

Doubts and hopes haunt nine long months. It is perhaps not so much of a surprise to find that Shadow Child is a concept album, and the theme was also somewhat foretold by last year’s album […]

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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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 […]

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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1

At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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Interview: Michael Cleveland on spreading his musical wings beyond traditional bluegrass

January 24, 2023 4

If you want to be one of the best bluegrass fiddle players you need to start playing at age four. Michael Cleveland is a 12-time IBMA Fiddle Player Of The Year and a Grammy Award-winner who […]

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Water Tower “Fly Around”

April 28, 2021 0

Water Tower plays out their album title by flying around genres, while still being grounded in roots. What can you expect from a guy who shares his love for bluegrass/folk and all things psych/punk/shoegaze at the […]

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Glorietta “Losers Lament” – Listen

September 3, 2018 0

Glorietta is a coming together of a group of friends – Noah Gundersen, Kelsey Wilson(Wild Child), David Ramirez, Grammy award winner Adrian Quesada (Brownout, Black Pumas), Jason Robert Blum and Matthew Logan Vasquez. Over the course of nine-day recording session in a […]

Preeper Rhaye MacKay “Wood & Wire”

Dawes “Oh Brother”

M G Boulter “Days Of Shaking”

Re-release Review: Arthur Smith and Don Reno “Feudin’ Again!”

Various Artists “The Hell of Helene Songs of Appalachian Relief”

Steep Canyon Rangers “Next Act”

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

Abigail Lapell “Shadow Child”

Montana duo Buffalo Traffic Jam to release full-length debut in July

Adam Ross “Bring On The Apathy”