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Grand Canyon “Le Grand Cañon” (Bodan Kuma Recordings, 2019)

March 25, 2019 Steven Rafferty 0
Be forewarned my friends… loading this album up on your player of choice will instantly reconfigure the technology of that device. Without any outwardly observable signs that changes are taking place, it will have been empowered […]
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Pete Gow “Here There’s No Sirens” (Clubhouse Records, 2019)

March 22, 2019 Harold Hogan 0
Pete Gow, veteran frontman of the acclaimed Case Hardin,  has recorded his first solo record ‘Here There’s No Sirens.’ Released on the same label as Case Hardin, Gow’s sound is a deliberate departure from the band’s usual […]
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Clockwork Carousel “Clockwork Carousel” (Tick Tock Records, 2018)

March 22, 2019 Jim Finnie 0
Who would have guessed it!  Americana is alive and well in the New Forest in the shape of Clockwork Carousel who have just released their self-titled debut album.  Normally at this stage – and certainly for […]
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Love Trap “Rosie” (Wild Honey Records, 2019)

March 22, 2019 David Stevenson 0
Love Trap from Turin, Italy are a super-duo of sorts formed by Stefano Isaia and Marco Spigariol from the remnants of a number of different groups (Movie Star Junkies, Lame and Krano to name a few) […]
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J.S. Ondara “Tales of America” (Verve, 2019)

March 21, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0
The grand but elusive idea of the ‘American Dream’ is one of the USA’s gifts to the world. J.S. Ondara is, perhaps, the very personification of this ideal but his darkly poetic lyrics and tender confessionals […]

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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 […]
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Charles Wesley Godwin to release new collaborative album in July

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Charles Wesley Godwin has announced his new album, Christian Name, which is out on 24th July 2026, via Big Loud Records. In 2024, Godwin and his wife, Samantha, suffered an awful tragedy when their third child, […]
Artwork for Midwestern Mrs album "I'm still Here"
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Midwestern Mrs “I’m Still Here”

May 18, 2026 0
A strong debut album with a range of folk-based songs with lyrical depth and style. This is the first full-length album from Ohio-based Midwestern Mrs, better known as Georgia Evans to her family, following a string […]

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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 […]
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Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

May 14, 2026 0
Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]
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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

May 13, 2026 0
The songs on Thin Lear’s sophomore album Many Disappeared are tied to each other not in their locale or their cast of characters, but instead in strange tragedies that have taken place, some many years ago. Current […]

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Video: Jarrod Dickenson “Way Past Midnight”

March 17, 2020 0
Here in the UK, we have had the pleasure of listening to Jarrod Dickenson’s brilliant album, ‘Ready the Horses’, for some time but it is now getting a much-deserved world-wide release on 22nd May.  Dickenson is […]
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Woof woof (apologies) – Songdog’s new one out later this month

March 7, 2025 0
Set for release on the 28th of March, “Mirabilia Mundi” is the latest album from Songdog, Welsh songwriter Lyndon Morgans’s main project for the past 25 years. Throughout the record’s 10 songs, Morgan continues his exploration […]
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Lilybandits “Shifty’s Tavern”

March 14, 2023 0
Twenty-fifth anniversary vinyl reissue of critically acclaimed but not widely known debut from a great Columbus band. Lilybandits were a hugely talented five-piece Americana band from Columbus, Ohio who formed in 1993 and broke up in […]

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