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The Most Ugly Child “Copper and Lace” (Independent, 2017)

February 17, 2017 Adam Wika 0
The first adjective that comes to mind when listening to The Most Ugly Child’s debut LP is simply “big”. The group is nominally a six-piece but with guest appearances that include a whole freaking brass band, […]
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Adrian + Meredith “More Than A Little” (Vertigo Productions, 2016)

February 16, 2017 Adam Wika 0
Rarely does “Americana” feel like a more appropriate classification than it does for Adrian + Meredith’s “More Than A Little”. After 40-odd minutes of playing time, the sheer list of traditional American genres discernible makes one […]
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Cary Morin “Cradle To The Grave” (Independent, 2017)

February 15, 2017 Mark Nenadic 1
Cary Morin possesses finger-picking skills that many guitarists would sell their soul for. A Montana native and member of the Crow tribe, Morin’s music rolls together blues, folk, jazz and a host of other flavours into […]
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The Nightjar “Objects” (Independent, 2017)

February 15, 2017 David Cowling 0
A few years ago Americana-UK commissioned the renowned musicologist Dr Fred Dineage at Goldsmith’s University to construct a continuum of ethereality – known as the Bush Scale – in order for us to more easily classify […]
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Wesley Stace “Wesley Stace’s John Wesley Harding” (Yep Roc, 2017)

February 14, 2017 Mark Nenadic 0
A dream combination – Stace backed by the Jayhawks. Novelist and compere par excellence, the former John Wesley Harding releases his twentieth record. This time around he’s enlisted the help of Minneapolis’s finest. Stace has always been […]

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