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Ben Vallee “Introducing…”

June 28, 2024 Jonathan Smith 0

Joyously classic country debut sets teeth grinning. The scene is set within the opening seconds of Ben Valley’s first record – a fiddle scratches the most classic of opening notes, and then what sounds like the […]

Artwork for Johnny Cash album "Songwriter"

Johnny Cash “Songwriter”

June 27, 2024 Peter Thompson 0

Despite inconsistency in the quality of the songs featured, “Songwriter” is a worthwhile addition to the Cash legacy. The date marking the issue of an album of previously unreleased recordings by The Man in Black is […]

Kaitlin Butts “Roadrunner!”

June 27, 2024 Helen Jones 2

An often more upbeat departure from form that proves there’s nothing wrong with embracing the more playful side of things. For anyone who has been following Kaitlin Butts’ career for a while, her new album “Roadrunner!” […]

Boulder Fields “With All the Other Ghosts”

June 27, 2024 Clint West 0

Debut solo album with bright and engaging songs. Boulder Fields is the working name of Edinburgh songwriter and musician Cam Fraser. Although he has long been a familiar figure on the Scottish music scene, an earlier […]

Townsend’s Solitaire “Glad To Be Alive”

June 26, 2024 Peter Churchill 0

Reflections of grief and loss enlivened with classical accompaniment. Townsend’s Solitaire is a Seattle chamber-folk sextuplet brought together by Bobby Odle. Odle is a bi-polar singer-songwriter and, on ‘Glad To Be Alive’, he set out to […]