When is an effect an effect too far? Ashley Shadow, aka Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Ashley Webber, releases her second album, the follow-up to her 2016 eponymous debut. The big news around this album is that the first […]
Scope and emotional depth from a one-woman choir. Where do you find a community choir to lead when you are holed up by yourself in a house on a hill during a lockdown? Well, you have […]
“Proper folk” from the Yorkshire Dales to Appalachia. A long-held aim of Yorkshire folk artist Serious Sam Barrett’s has been to make a “proper folk album”. Those familiar with his music would not hesitate to attach […]
The guitar’s the star and he really does want to make it cry or sing. After a number of EP releases Taylor McCall’s full album debut ‘Black Powder Soul’ is a curious mix. In parts Americana, […]
Do you like Country music? Good. You’ll like Sean Devine. Well, this is quite nice. Straight down the middle, no messing about, full-blooded twangy country music. Rooted some place in the 1980s/90s, if we’re intent on […]
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