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The Swamptruck Good Time Band “Swamptruck Good Time Band” (Independent, 2019)

November 7, 2019 Dave Clarke 0

This is the debut album from an established group of five musicians, based in Cambridge UK, well known at local festivals, and at The Cambridge Festival itself. They are much revered locally. ‘Good Time Band,’ the […]

Karen & The Sorrows “Guaranteed Broken Heart” (Ocean Born Mary Music, 2019)

November 6, 2019 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

One of the music industry’s most time-honoured clichés is that an artist’s third album represents a critical creative crossroads – even way back in the 1980s, Essex folk singer Billy Bragg wryly subtitled his immortal […]

Jon Boden and The Remnant Kings “Rose In June” (Hudson Records, 2019)

November 6, 2019 Tim Martin 0

Jon Boden is best known as the leader of English folk band Bellowhead. This new album, his fourth solo work, is more diverse in sound and feel than his former group, despite relying at least partly on […]

Sarah Lee Langford “Two Hearted Rounder” (Cornelius Chapel Records, 2019)

November 6, 2019 Gordon Sharpe 0

Hopefully one of the benefits of a review is that it can tell you something you don’t know – usually about the artist, the subject matter or the musicians involved. In this case I am going […]

Stephen Fearing “The Unconquerable Past” (Fear & Loathing Music, 2019)

November 6, 2019 Lyndon Bolton 0

With his thirteenth solo release, Canadian singer/songwriter Stephen Fearing, takes stock – not only of his own life – but he also zooms out to make broader observations. Fearing is best know as a founder member […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
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RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
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Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
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Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
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The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
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Essentials: The Top 10 James McMurtry Songs

May 21, 2026 0

It was the legendary American author Stephen King who said, “James McMurtry may be the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation”. At the same time, much closer to home, BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris called him “the […]

Bedouine “Neon Summer Skin”

May 21, 2026 0

A beautiful reflection on family, and the search for home and belonging, with a new depth to the music. Bedouine is the project of Azniv Korkejian. Her family has migrated between Armenia, Syria and Saudi Arabia […]

Laura Veirs to release an August album before touring the UK in September

May 21, 2026 0

Esteemed Portland, Oregon-based artist Laura Veirs has announced that her new album, Temple Songs, will come out on 14th August via her label Raven Marching Band Records. Veirs has also shared her lead single Flying Into […]

Interviews

Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1

At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

Videos

Video: Mountaintop Junkshop “Misadventureland”

December 2, 2020 0

The exquisite violin and lovely vocal melody are highlights of the new song from Mountaintop Junkshop. On their new single, the Leicester four-piece band display excellent songcraft and harmonies. With layers of sound, a strong rhythm […]

Album Reviews

Robert LaRoche “Forevermore”

September 12, 2023 0

An album of conviction and sensitivity – well worth a listen. ‘Forevermore‘, Robert LaRoche’s new 10-song album, is largely autobiographical, with the themes of love, loss, redemption, and hope forming the essence. There is a comfortable […]

Videos

Video: Bob Sumner “Broken Record”

May 10, 2022 0

Check out the classic country vocal and lonesome sound of Bob Sumner on his latest single ‘Broken Record’. The way Sumner holds notes before his voice falters conveys real, aching emotion and experience. ‘Broken Record’ is […]

The Swamptruck Good Time Band “Swamptruck Good Time Band” (Independent, 2019)

Karen & The Sorrows “Guaranteed Broken Heart” (Ocean Born Mary Music, 2019)

Jon Boden and The Remnant Kings “Rose In June” (Hudson Records, 2019)

Sarah Lee Langford “Two Hearted Rounder” (Cornelius Chapel Records, 2019)

Stephen Fearing “The Unconquerable Past” (Fear & Loathing Music, 2019)

Essentials: The Top 10 James McMurtry Songs

Bedouine “Neon Summer Skin”

Laura Veirs to release an August album before touring the UK in September

Simon Joyner “Tough Love”

Still Life Painter “A Month of Longest Days”