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Garrett T. Capps “In The Shadows (Again)” (Shotgun House Records, 2018)

August 8, 2018 Steven Howlett 0

San Antonio’s Garrett T. Capps is a man whose time has come – sort of. Having spent a decade in and around the Texas roots-rock-country music scene, his stomping track (called appropriately enough) ‘Born in San […]

Ray Davies “Our Country: Americana: Act II” (Sony, 2018)

August 7, 2018 Mark Johnson 0

‘Our Country’ is the follow up to Ray Davies’s first Americana record which was itself preceded by his like-named memoir. The two albums’ artwork are identical other than the original Stars & Stripes silhouette replaced by […]

Rayland Baxter “Wide Awake” (ATO Records, 2018)

August 6, 2018 MD Spenser 0

This album is wonderful musically, if somewhat inscrutable lyrically – at least initially. To write these 10 songs, Baxter set himself up alone in an abandoned rubber band factory in Kentucky, covered the windows, slept on […]

Graham Nash “Over the Years” (Rhino, 2018)

August 3, 2018 Jonathan Aird 1

Didn’t we just have a 3 disc Graham Nash retrospective? Well, no – sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings but the ‘Reflections‘ Box Set was nine years ago. True, this release adds only one […]

Hawks and Doves “From A White Hotel”(Jullian Records, 2018)

August 2, 2018 David Stevenson 0

The story behind Portland’s Hawks and Doves’ debut album ‘From A White Hotel’ and how it came to fruition is a curious one. Five years ago, after a prison sentence and free from a number of […]