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Pete Gow “The Fragile Line” (Clubhouse Records, 2020)

January 31, 2020 Peter Churchill 0
When, almost a year ago, a colleague on this esteemed website reviewed Pete Gow’s debut solo album ‘Here There’s No Sirens’ the only possible criticism to emerge from what was, in the main, a glowing review, […]
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David Dondero “Filter Bubble Blues” (Fluff & Gravy Records, 2020)

January 31, 2020 Scott Baxter 0
What does it say about me that I hadn’t heard of David Dondero before this LP? Especially given that in 2006, NPR’s All Songs Considered named him one of the best living songwriters alongside similarly underrated […]
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Classic Album Review: Rosanne Cash “Seven Year Ache” (Columbia,1981)

January 30, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
Rosanne Cash’s second album for Columbia Records was a turning point in her career. Although Grammy Awards came later, it was with ‘Seven Year Ache’ that Cash announced herself to the world as a major songwriting […]
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Edward Abbiati “Beat The Night” (Harbour Song, 2020)

January 30, 2020 Jim Finnie 0
Edward Abbiati may not be a hugely familiar name to everyone but over the last 10 years this Hampshire born Anglo-Italian has been a significant contributor to the European scene as frontman for the prominent Italian […]
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Smoke Fairies “Darkness Brings the Wonders Home (Independent, 2020)

January 30, 2020 Richard Phillips 0
‘Darkness Brings the Wonders Home’ was recorded by the South London based duo, Smoke Fairies during a month-long sojourn in Seattle in conjunction with producer Phil Ek. The album is a departure from the earthy folk […]

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Steep Canyon Rangers “Next Act”

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Time to secure your first-class ticket to a bluegrass celebration. Steep Canyon Rangers have been around a long time and continue to produce fine music, and their live performances are legendary. Next Act is their fifteenth […]
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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

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Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

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Karine Polwart “Karine Polwart’s Scottish Songbook” (Independent, 2019)

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From the opening crystal clear repeated note pattern, this album sets about the whole notion of a covers album with a fresh and distinctive voice. This is original and stirring stuff. ‘The Whole of the Moon’ […]

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