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Melanie Curran “San Benedito Beach”

November 2, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0

An album with promise albeit vocally uneven – marred by a final lapse of taste. Melanie Curran, we are told, is a songwriter, ethnographer and filmmaker whose work focuses on the evolution of traditional music in […]

Artwork for Kirby Brown album "Break Into Blossom"

Kirby Brown “Break Into Blossom”

November 1, 2021 Ewan Lury 0

Kirby Brown takes us into a new wave of Americana music with a mixture of success and failure. Kirby Brown’s latest album, “Break into Blossom“, is an intimate and soothing record that uses a wonderful mixture […]

The Bowmans “Scrutiny”

November 1, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

New Yorker’s latest finds empowerment through grief. This album is an exploration of the Bowman sisters’ empowerment that came as a by-product of the grief of the loss of their mother which also contains examinations of […]

Jim Byrne “4 Country and Folk Songs”

October 29, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 2

The latest taster from a respected well-travelled veteran musician. Whatever your view on EP releases they do seem to be more of a thing these days and I guess it’s a clear function of the way […]

Dan Friese “Somewhere Brighter”

October 28, 2021 Tim Martin 0

Sounds and sentiments out of 60s California. Strong songs from the alt-rock end of Americana. Dan Friese describes his music as “folky, bluesy, psychedelic music packed with meaningful lyrics and nimble guitarwork.” Indeed, the music, and […]