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Dave McCann “Soothsayer’s Blues”

August 5, 2025 Jonny Brick 0
Eclectic and rootsy seventh album from Canadian singer/songwriter. Canadian singer Dave McCann recorded this album down in Mississippi, the state which, for the last century, has helped acts cook up a gumbo of music that eventually […]
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Night Moves “Double Life”

August 4, 2025 Helen Jones 0
Artful production and clever lyrics make the band’s fourth album in six years a standout. A note to any songwriters out there: if you’re going to write of the struggles or doubts in your relationship, it’s […]
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Minor Gold “Way To The Sun”

August 4, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
Retro California sounds brought bang up to date. This is the second album from the Australian-based duo Minor Gold (Australian Dan Parsons and Canadian Tracy McNeil), the pair originally bonding in McNeil’s band, Tracy McNeil & […]
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Hillary Reynolds “Changing Seasons”

August 1, 2025 Tim Martin 0
A short but sweet album of highly personal songs with messages everyone can relate to. In common with many artists, Hillary Reynolds is still catching up with the world post-pandemic. She found herself with a set […]
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The Swell Season “Forward”

August 1, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 0
After a 16-year hiatus, the folk duo return with an introspective, heartfelt, and nostalgic album. The Swell Season was formed by Glen Hansard, an Irish singer-songwriter and frontman of The Frames, and Markéta Irglová, a Czech […]

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Interview: Hal Cannon on cowboy poetry, songs and folklore

February 25, 2026 0
For Hal Cannon, life should be very simple – love the place you live, love the ones you know, if you’re needy, why not give, then see if you’re still low. Words to live by, extracted […]
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Interview: Adam Levy on the Honeydogs celebrated return

February 23, 2026 0
Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif […]
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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

February 18, 2026 0
The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It is not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with […]

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