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Jerry Leger “Lucky Streak – Latent Lounge, Live From The Hangar”

March 25, 2025 Paul Kerr 0

An excellent solo performance of songs plucked from Leger’s back catalogue. Fast becoming a favourite on the UK live circuit, either solo or with his band The Situation, Canada’s Jerry Leger at times seems too good […]

Constant Follower “The Smile You Send Out Returns to You”

March 25, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

Cathartic songwriting. A dreamy, generous, heart-pulling listen. The new song cycle from Stephen McAll tackles addiction and recovery, mental health, parenthood and the impact of kindness. His previous album “Neither Is, Nor Ever Was” (2021) and […]

Hayley Savage “Hayley Savage”

March 25, 2025 John Lee 0

An album over a decade in the making but that time has been well-spent producing songs that are intimate and authentic. Some albums arrive in a flurry of hype; others take years to ripen. Hayley Savage’s […]

Brother and The Hayes “In Good Company”

March 24, 2025 Stephen Rostkoski 0

Nashville’s history and culture is felt throughout the sibling duo’s second album. A deep sense of history, along with an appreciation of fine songwriting, form the backbone of “In Good Company,” the second album from Tennessee’s […]

Album cover artwork for The National Trust by Alex Rex

Alex Rex “The National Trust”

March 24, 2025 Andrew Raw 0

Raw prog-folk with sometimes bleak, sometimes darkly humourous words. Alex Rex is the name used by Alex Neilsen, former leader of the psych-folk outfit Trembling Bells, for his solo work. This album was written after Rex […]

Mary Chapin Carpenter at The Bottom LIne, New York City 24th October 2006

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Mary Chapin Carpenter

October 14, 2026 0

Mary Chapin Carpenter is one of those artists who sets the bar very high when it comes to recorded output. Not for her the experimental path of, say, Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music or Neil Young’s […]

Great Lakes “Fear of the Fear”

October 14, 2026 0

A deeply personal album, Ben Crum’s Memphis Record hits the spot. The band Great Lakes was formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1996 with members Ben Crum, Dan Donahue, and Jamey Huggins, and from there, the numbers […]

Bruce Cockburn “The Blood of Others”

October 14, 2026 0

An homage to the songs that shaped his long life, award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar maestro releases his 39th album. If you were asked to vote in a poll of the most activist artists in […]