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Phil Madeira “Providence” (Mercyland Records, 2018)

June 18, 2018 Paul Kerr 1

Nashville resident Phil Madeira is an almost perfect example of those “cats” John Sebastian sang about all those years ago. A multi instrumentalist, an in demand session musician, hit songwriter (for Keb’ Mo’, Alison Krauss and […]

Mia and Jonah “Spin as One” (Independent, 2018)

June 18, 2018 Peter Churchill 0

‘Spin as One’ is Los Angeles based duo Mia Mustari and Jonah Blumstein’s fourth album and perhaps it is the confidence of a musical marriage of 15 years together that has allowed them to deliver such […]

Luke Tuchscherer “Pieces” (Clubhouse, 2018)

June 15, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

Once of Bedford and The Whybirds, now of New York and with his band the Penny Dreadfuls), Luke Tuchscherer has cooked up a gloriously unholy racket on his third album. Full of the sort of muscular […]

Gregory Page “A Wild Rose” (Independent, 2018)

June 15, 2018 Steven Howlett 0

Gregory Page’s new album ‘A Wild Rose’ draws on a rich heritage. Page is a Londoner by birth, Irish-Armenian by heritage; his mother was the singer in a band that toured with the Beatles, his uncle […]

Johnny “Chops” Richardson “Johnny Chops and the Razors” (Independent, 2018)

June 14, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

Johnny “Chops” Richardson is a member of established Texan outfit the Randy Rogers Band, where he’s held down the bass player role for the last sixteen years. Here he steps away from the bass guitar role […]

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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 0

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Artwork for the Wave Pictures album Gained/Lost

The Wave Pictures “Gained/Lost”

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Ambitious, dream-soaked pop that reaches high but rarely quite lands. There’s something immediately intriguing about Gained/Lost. On paper, the ingredients are enticing: the literate jangle of The Smiths, the wide-eyed psych-pop glow of The Flaming Lips, […]

artwork for Lynn Miles album "A Bouquet of Black Flowers"

Lynn Miles “A Bouquet of Black Flowers”