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Josh Taerk “Beautiful Tragedy” (Misty Creek Records, 2018)

September 3, 2018 Peter Churchill 0
Canadian singer-songwriter Josh Taerk, pronounced ‘Turk,’ has, in his relatively short career, garnered praise along the way from some high-profile names such as John Oates (Hall & Oates) and Max Weinberg (E Street Band), along with […]
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Woody Woodworth “Virginia” (Independent, 2018)

September 3, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
Listening to the new album from Woody Woodworth and his band The Piners from Richmond, Virginia, is a deeply joyous experience and marks the emergence of a singer-songwriter who should prove to be a major and […]
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Josh King “Into The Blue” (Independent, 2018)

August 31, 2018 Elise Kennedy 0
Josh King’s solo debut album ‘Into The Blue’ is a deeply personal Americana album, which differs strongly from the indie-rock music he’s renowned for as the front man for the band House of Fools. A lot of […]
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Sweet Billy Pilgrim “Wapentak” (PledgeMusic, 2018)

August 31, 2018 Phil Grant 0
It has been three years since Sweet Billy Pilgrim’s last release and it seems that more than time has been left behind. The stripped-down duo of Tim Elsenberg and Jana Carpenter (they used to be a […]
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Claire Coupland “On The Other Side” EP (Independent, 2018)

August 30, 2018 Mark Johnson 0
For a self-released EP from an unestablished artist, Claire Coupland delivers a highly professional, and indeed astonishingly polished production. All 5 tracks are strong, individual and, whether it was intentional or not, go straight for the […]

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Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

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Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]
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Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0
Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]
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Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0
Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]

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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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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

May 12, 2026 0
“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]

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Video: Cicada Rhythm “Don’t Think Twice. It’s Alright”

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Audio only on this but it is an excellent languid take on the Dylan classic from their Stuck In My Head covers project.  The band are on tour in the UK with Jim White in November.
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Video Premiere: Stan Simon “Long Way Past Gone”

July 7, 2025 0
Here’s the video for Toronto songwriter Stan Simon’s new single, ‘Long Way Past Gone’. Written shortly before the passing of Simon’s father, this open-hearted song is full of grief-stricken emotion. Simon explains what it means to […]
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