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Old Lost John “Seers and Weathermen” (Independent, 2019)

May 2, 2019 Clint West 0
Old Lost John’s albums have regularly gained favour on this site. His latest offering is not about to change that, in fact, it is arguably his best yet. If the name is new to you, then […]
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Izzy Heltai “Only Yesterday” (Sleeper Cave Records, 2019)

May 1, 2019 Linda Jameson 0
Izzy Heltai is an indie-folk, singer-songwriter from Northampton, Massachusetts. His new four-track EP ‘Only Yesterday’ tells tales of love and loss that perhaps belie his 22 years. Arrangements on this record are deliberately simple with layering […]
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Adam Carroll “Walked in them Shoes” (Gypsy Shuffler Records, 2019)

May 1, 2019 Elise Kennedy 0
“Walked in them Shoes” by Texas born Adam Carroll is a brilliantly written album first and foremost. The album is very reliant on its lyrics which is what arguably makes it a great piece of pure […]
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Chris Rawlins “Bring on The Rain” (Chris Cialdella, 2019)

April 30, 2019 Dave Clarke 0
Chris Rawlins is based in Chicago. This is his debut album, and significantly it has been produced by none other than Steve Dawson. So here is an unusual and remarkable record, in Chris Rawlins’ own words, […]
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Kathy Zimmer “Sparkling Smile” (Independent, 2019)

April 30, 2019 Andrew Frolish 1
Following the 2018 release of ‘White Noise’, Kathy Zimmer’s new EP, ‘Sparkling Smile’, continues to develop her self-styled cosmopolitan folk sound. Once again, she effectively pulls off the trick of sounding warmly familiar and yet entirely […]

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