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Della Mae “Headlight” (Rounder Records, 2020)

January 14, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

Earning a Grammy nomination for best Bluegrass album in 2014, Della Mae’s new album ‘Headlight’ demonstrates that they have moved beyond the conventions of the genre. Pushing aside expectations to use solely traditional bluegrass instruments: organ, […]

Water and Sand “Catching Light” (Blue Rose Records, 2019)

January 13, 2020 Clint West 0

Water and Sand are the collaborative project of established songwriters Todd Thibaud and Kim Taylor. ‘Catching Light’ is their second album together following a self-titled debut in 2016. Thibaud fronted The Courage Brothers before releasing the […]

Luca “The House That We Know” EP (Independent, 2019)

January 10, 2020 Rick Bayles 0

Nice to have a debut recording from a homegrown talent to review at the start of a new year. Lauren Luca, known professionally as Luca, is a young singer/songwriter from the Manchester area and this is […]

Carman A.D. “Wilderness E.P.” (Independent, 2020)

January 10, 2020 Peter Churchill 0

Did you hear the one about the musician who moved to Austin, Texas to start a career away from music? Well, that was never going to work was it. The musician concerned is one Carman A.D, […]

My Darling Clementine “Country Darkness Vol. 1” (Fretsore Records, 2019)

January 9, 2020 Steven Howlett 0

‘Country Darkness Vol. 1′ is a four-track EP of Elvis Costello songs performed by Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish AKA My Darling Clementine. The duo has been described by the Guardian as “a bravely unfashionable […]