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Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell and Ed Young “The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert”

July 8, 2024 Viv Fish 0

How a live recording of a concert can preserve one powerful moment indelibly in time. “We are on the road to world peace, freedom, and integration”, declares ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax in 1965, as he introduces this […]

Linda Thompson “Proxy Music”

July 5, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

A celebration of one artist’s songs by family and friends who just happen to be music icons. You can easily make the case that Linda Thompson is one of the greatest British vocalists of the last […]

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Ned Roberts “Heavy Summer”

July 5, 2024 Graeme Tait 2

An album that sees Roberts continue to cement his place as one of this country’s finest singer/songwriters of his generation. London based Ned Roberts has gradually garnered a healthy reputation among this country’s new crop of […]

Mercury Rev “Born Horses”

July 4, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Once more The Rev evolve. I am here, this time, to persuade you – and let’s start by acknowledging that rumour is correct, this new album from Mercury Rev is quite unlike their previous releases. Not […]

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The Twins of Franklin “This Life”

July 3, 2024 David Jarman 0

Fine vocal harmonies reminiscent of The Wandering Hearts from Minneapolis-based female duo The Twins of Franklin. The Twins of Franklin, hailing from Minneapolis, are not real-life twins, rather best friends Becky Shaheen (vocals/guitar/keys) & Laura Lou […]