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Sam Bush “Radio John: Songs of John Hartford”

November 21, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

A tribute album to the Bluegrass renaissance man. This is something of a special event – a new album from the great Sam Bush, one of the premier mandolin players of his generation and a guiding […]

Album cover artwork for Andrew Maxwell Morris's 'Andrew Maxwell Morris'

Andrew Maxwell Morris “Andrew Maxwell Morris”

November 18, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0

Evocative and reflective album from Australian-born, Surrey-based singer-songwriter Andrew Maxwell Morris. Even when backed by talented musicians on pedal steel (‘Chasing Time’) and saxophone (Alexander Bone on ‘I Will Go There,’ ‘Only Disappearing’) the undeniable focus […]

Artwork for Old Sea Brigade album “5AM Paradise”.

Old Sea Brigade “5AM Paradise”

November 17, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

Enigmatic and poignant third album from Ben Cramer which ponders leaving your twenties behind. Old Sea Brigade is the alias used by Ben Cramer under which he and his friends make music. Having turned 30 in […]

Marisa Anderson “Still, Here”

November 17, 2022 Sean Hannam 0

Pared-down, guitar-led folk, blues and country instrumentals that could be film soundtracks – beautiful, yet occasionally unsettling. Cinematic is an overused term in music reviewing but in the case of Portland-based guitarist Marisa Anderson’s latest instrumental […]

Jake Blount “The New Faith”

November 17, 2022 Sean Hannam 0

Anyone for a folk-gospel-blues-hip-hop Afrofuturist concept album set in a post-apocalyptic world destroyed by climate change? Jake Blount’s first release for the classic Smithsonian Folkways label was conceived, written and recorded during the darkest months of […]