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H.C. McEntire “Lionheart” (Merge, 2018)

January 25, 2018 David Cowling 0

Sometimes records seem to be the obvious culmination of everything that has gone before, so it is with this first solo record from the Mount Moriah frontwoman. The journey from indie-rocker to consummate Country star is […]

Beth Nielsen Chapman “Hearts Of Glass” (Proper Records, 2018)

January 24, 2018 Maurice Hope 0

Singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman is one of those naturals when it comes to singing. She makes it seem effortless to perform finely written pieces, and the fact she writes some extremely good songs does her no […]

Buffy Sainte Marie “Medicine Songs” (True North Records 2017)

January 23, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

With an identity and profile assured of a life beyond the vagaries of the next release, Buffy Sainte Marie continues to strengthen her over 50-year reputation as a fearless songwriter who challenges prejudice and injustice at […]

Anjana Vasan “Too Dark For Country” (Folkroom Records 2018)

January 22, 2018 Michael Farley 0

Anjana Vasan is an actress who now demonstrates a new side to her talents as a singer / songwriter with a really impressive four track debut EP ‘Too Dark for Country’. This is essentially an acoustic […]

The Dad Horse Experience “I Am a Stranger Here Below” (Off Label Records 2018)

January 22, 2018 Keith Hargreaves 0

Fifty years on this Earth in 2018 and Dad Horse Ottn, the German based eccentric behind this wonderful album continues to plough a furrow that is both deep and musically satisfying as well as wonderfully idiosyncratic […]