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The Yearlings “After All the Party Years”

March 20, 2025 Cam Fraser 0

Superb Dutch indie-rock brimming with chiming, jangling guitars and great songs. Based in Utrecht, The Yearlings previously featured here with their highly regarded 2018 album, ‘Skywriter’. Their latest album, ‘After All the Party Years’ looks set […]

Charley Crockett “Lonesome Drifter”

March 19, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0

Latest from maverick Texan purveyor of Gulf* & Western, seals entry to the country mainstream. Read reviews of any of Charley Crockett’s previous 15 albums or indeed almost any piece that’s been written about him over […]

Mike Farris “The Sound of Muscle Shoals”

March 19, 2025 Fiona Golden 0

A vocal powerhouse proves legendary. Industry veteran Mike Farris has returned to the scene with an album that blends out his prolific history in music, seamlessly transitioning between blues, country, and gospel. The album’s title alone […]

Christopher Wright “The Other Side”

March 18, 2025 Stephen Rostkoski 0

Christopher Wright’s debut album is an unflinching journey through life’s struggles. East Texan singer-songwriter Christopher Wright survived addiction, jail time and a serious health crisis, to make his debut album, aptly titled “The Other Side”. His cool, […]

Album art for Richard Dawson album "End of the Middle"

Rich(ard) Dawson “End of the Middle”

March 18, 2025 Peter Thompson 0

Rich(ard) Dawson wanders through northern life, like a folk soap opera. Rich(ard) Dawson (the second syllable in his first name is expressed in parenthesis for this release, suggesting that he wants to be known as Rich, […]

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 […]

Dave Alvin - Promo shot for album Eleven Eleven - January 2010

Anniversary Cheers: Dave Alvin “Blackjack David” celebrates 28 years

October 14, 2026 0

Dave Alvin’s Blackjack David, one of the great americana albums and now with added tracks, gets the Craft Recordings treatment. Hightone Records and Craft Recordings, celebrating its 40th anniversary, are in the process of re-releasing iconic […]

The Yearlings “After All the Party Years”

Charley Crockett “Lonesome Drifter”

Mike Farris “The Sound of Muscle Shoals”

Christopher Wright “The Other Side”

Rich(ard) Dawson “End of the Middle”

Great Lakes “Fear of the Fear”

Bruce Cockburn “The Blood of Others”

Anniversary Cheers: Dave Alvin “Blackjack David” celebrates 28 years

Maddie Medley “Fawn’s Enemy”

Remedy Tree “Train To Folkston” – we’re not in Kent anymore…