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Matt McGinn “The End of the Common Man” (Independent, 2018)

June 7, 2018 Dave Jennings 0
“Money, power and people: two out of three ain’t bad,” sings Matt McGinn on the opening track of this outstanding new offering. While ‘The End of the Common Man’ is about the corrupting power of corporations, […]
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Chuck Westmoreland “Long Winter Rodeo” (Black and Gold Records, 2018)

June 6, 2018 Denis Parkinson 0
‘Long Winter Rodeo’ is the second solo outing for Portland-based, singer-songwriter, Chuck Westmoreland. Available on Black and Gold Records, it’s an infectious collection of well written story based songs that exude honesty and emotion. There is […]
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Glenn Frey “Above The Clouds” (Geffen/USM 2018)

June 6, 2018 Rick Bayles 0
Glenn Frey will forever be associated with the Eagles, the band he formed with Don Henley and which came to define Country Rock in the 1970s. Sadly, Glenn was one of the flurry of musicians that […]
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The Mallett Brothers Band “Vive L’Acadie!” (Acadia Recording, 2018)

June 5, 2018 Linda Jameson 0
Can you ever have too much whiskey? Well, probably, but not if you are in The Mallett Brothers Band. The tracks on ‘Vive L’Acadie!’ are steeped in it. For a band from Maine, it’s just as […]
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Romantica “Outlaws” (Independent, 2018)

June 4, 2018 Michael Farley 0
Minnesota based Romantica have been around for quite some time, having four previous albums to their name. However, there is some poignancy in this release which has been compiled from leftovers and tracks by frontman Ben Kyle […]

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Video Premiere: Bob Sumner “Baby I Know”

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We’re delighted to premiere the latest video from Canadian singer-songwriter Bob Sumner. Baby I Know is a typically melodic, country-infused ballad that showcases Sumner’s outstanding voice. Smooth and resonant, sweetly melancholic, rising high before dipping low […]
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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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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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Behind the Songs: Thin Lear

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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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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]

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Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers “The Long Awaited Album” (Rounder Records, 2017)

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The Long Awaited Album is Steve Martin’s sixth and a half album of banjo music, his initial foray being the B-side of The Steve Martin Brothers way back in 1981, with the first full album being […]
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Video: The Ghost of Paul Revere “Love at Your Convenience”

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Here is a superbly crafted and performed song from The Ghost of Paul Revere.  It’s taken from the album ‘Good at Losing Everything’, which dropped in August in the USA and is due for release soon […]

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