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Vera Van Heeringen “Won’t Be Broken” (Wood & Steel, 2020)

February 14, 2020 Guy Lincoln 0

Look, there are a lot of acoustic-based female singer-songwriters out there who are recording and performing in the same arena as Vera Van Heeringen; no need to name them here as this review is part of […]

Cave Flowers “Cave Flowers” (Hard Bark Records, 2020)

February 14, 2020 Mark Johnson 0

Opening your first album, first track with the classic one beat drum thump straight into a fast guitar lick may be generic, but it’s a surefire announcement of arrival and intent, and done as well as […]

Katy Rose Bennett “The Meantine” (Independent, 2019)

February 13, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

‘The Meantine‘ is the fifth album from Birmingham based, rural Oxfordshire raised, Katy Rose Bennett. The nine songs that make it up are firmly in a modern folk vein, given an immediacy by Bennett’s decision to […]

Arborist “A Northern View” (Rollercoaster Records, 2020)

February 13, 2020 Linda Jameson 0

Arborist started as a solo project for singer Mark McCambridge but evolved into a five piece band for the recording of their first album ‘Home Burial’. The addition of guitars and piano enriched their sound. Now, […]

The Pedaljets “Twist the Lens” (Electric Moth Records, 2020)

February 13, 2020 Tim Martin 0

Americana is now a very broad church, and The Pedaljets are very much at the outer rock edge of it. Singer Mike Allmayer has a definite touch of Tom Petty about his voice and songs like […]