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Mike Reid & Joe Henry “Life & Time”

September 11, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriters combine for an album rooted in piano ballads and sagacious narratives. Collectively, singer-songwriters Mike Reid and Joe Henry have, throughout their respective careers, amassed a collection of Grammy awards along with numerous other […]
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Emily Hines “These Days”

September 10, 2025 Fiona Golden 0
Warming up to cold comforts. Vocally similar to Adrianne Lenker and steeped in the heartfelt themes of sad girl lo-fi, Emily Hines’ debut album, “These Days” offers a quiet, musing soundtrack to the coming autumn. A […]
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Eve Adams “American Dust”

September 10, 2025 Daisy Innes 0
An exploration of the solitude of the Californian desert, Eve Adams looks for answers in the dust of the “middle of nowhere”. “American Dust’” follows Eve Adams’ 2022 release of her “Metal Bird”, but steps away […]
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Judy Blank “Big Mood”

September 9, 2025 Helen Jones 0
An Americana backbone runs through a set of catchy, cross-genre songs. There are many ways people fall in love with Americana, but for Netherlands native Judy Blank, her appreciation of the genre came about through classic […]
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Los Straitjackets “Somos Los Straitjackets”

September 9, 2025 Paul Kerr 1
Instrumental surf and rock’n’roll tunes which could be much dirtier Having spent several  years working with Nick Lowe, Los Straitjackets, the Mexican wrestler masked instrumental combo have stepped out on their own for the first time  […]

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Video Premiere: Matt Pless “Comin’ Through the Rye”

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Check out the new single from folk-punk songwriter Matt Pless. Comin’ Through the Rye, recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, burns brightly, full of dynamic energy that is matched by the vibrant sequence of images in […]
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Teddy Thompson “Never Be The Same”

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Guitar-based pop, done skilfully, with words reflecting life’s imperfections. Teddy Thompson, the son of British folk icons Richard and Linda Thompson, was born in the UK but now lives in Brooklyn. This is his tenth self-penned […]

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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

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Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]
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Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

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To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
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Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

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If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]

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Suspenders and suspense fill the screen as things get strange in the new video from The Dead South.  On the heels of their debut at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, the Canadian four-piece has released […]
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A record of introspection that rocks and muses. Describing Rick Hornyak as purely an “Austin heartland rocker” falls short of doing him proper justice. There is a lot of rock on this album, and full-on it […]

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