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Alan Barnosky “Lonesome Road” (Independent, 2020)

January 21, 2020 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Alan Barnosky’s sophomore EP ‘Lonesome Road’ sees the Michigan-born musician switch from a mainly single guitar and voice format in his debut album ‘Old Freight’ to a full-blown bluegrass album complete with a multi-member backing band. […]

Hope In High Water “Bonfire & Pine” (Fish Records, 2019)

January 20, 2020 Lyndon Bolton 0

Americana music defies geographic boundaries but “Mountain Music from the flatlands of Milton Keynes” might give even the most travelled aficionado pause for thought. Listen to ‘Bonfire & Pine’ and Hope In High Water’s sparse, haunting […]

Timothy Alice and the Dead Star Band “SpaceStation AM 500” (Independent, 2019)

January 20, 2020 Gordon Sharpe 0

The clang of guitars and gruff manly vocals do not always fill me with excitement but in this case, the more I listened to Timothy Alice and the Dead Star Band the more I heard and […]

Elaine Lennon “Elaine Lennon” (Independent, 2019)

January 17, 2020 Ewan Lury 0

A highly-anticipated debut album is a phrase that is all too common these days. But to say this album is anything but that is truly an understatement. Nashville Songwriters’ Association International 2019 ‘One To Watch’, Elaine […]

The Pine Hearts “Back To Sustain” (Independent, 2020)

January 17, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

The Pine Hearts sound just like you would expect a band who hail from the foothills of Washington State’s Cascade Mountains to sound like. A three-piece string band, they are as refreshing as a mountain stream […]