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Gold Light & Snakemusk “Shadows in the Shallows” (Bailey Park, 2019)

April 24, 2019 Rick Bayles 0

Americana often produces some great voice combinations, especially with male/female duos – think of Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge, Johnny & June Cash, The Civil Wars and many more; it’s a […]

Michael McDermott “Orphans” (Pauper Sky Records, 2019)

April 24, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

As well as having what may be the worst cover of any album this year ‘Orphans‘ also isn’t really Michael McDermott’s latest album – that’s actually already in the works – it’s more of a constant […]

Jamie Freeman “Dreams About Falling” (Union Music, 2019)

April 23, 2019 Peter Churchill 0

There is a reward for those of us still in thrall to the concept of an album rather than a download. It comes in the form of the good old-fashioned sleeve notes and the added value […]

Josh Ritter “Fever Breaks” (Pytheas Recordings/Thirty Tigers, 2019)

April 23, 2019 Keith Hargreaves 0

For his tenth studio album Josh Ritter has teamed up with the currently red hot Jason Isbell and his 400 Unit on production and playing duties and delivered an album that will only do all of […]

Lucille Furs “Another Land” (Requiem Pour Un Twister, 2019)

April 18, 2019 Jonathan Aird 1

Lucille Furs, a five piece from Chicago, have an abiding admiration for psych-influenced rock, and on the showing of ‘Another Land‘ there’s a strong Anglophile side to that admiration. It’s something that singer Trevor Newton Pritchett […]