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Matthew Francis Andersen “Pine River” (Independent, 2020)

February 24, 2020 Sean Hannam 0

The third album by Chicago-born Matthew Francis Andersen is a collection of songs themed around a fictional town called Pine River. From the off, it feels like this is a place that’s very familiar and has […]

The Mastersons “No Time For Love Songs” (Red House Records, 2020)

February 24, 2020 Tim Martin 0

Chris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore, collectively The Mastersons, spend some of their time as part of Steve Earle’s Dukes. This is their fourth album and starts with the title track, a love song. Produced by Shooter […]

The Lone Bellow “Half Moon Light” (Dualtone Records, 2020)

February 21, 2020 Helen Jones 0

The tracks ‘Intro’, ‘Interlude’ and ‘Finale’ on The Lone Bellow’s fourth studio album are all parts of a hymn. This may seem a little strange for a band hailing from Brooklyn, New York, but The Lone […]

Gary Fulton “Blood and Dust” (Independent, 2019)

February 21, 2020 Linda Jameson 0

Having accidentally started playing the title track ‘Judas’ from Gary Fulton’s 2014 album of the same name on Spotify, the immediate thought was “ooh this reminds me a bit of Mercury Rev”, a catchy melody and […]

Modern Hinterland “The Longest Part Of The Night” (Fandango, 2020)

February 21, 2020 Russell Murphy 0

A Venn diagram of the musical genres that go to make up this thing we call Americana would be an enormous and extremely complex entity. It is such a joy that so many excellent and diverse […]