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Johnny Dowd “Execute American Folklore” (Mother Jinx Records, 2016)

September 12, 2016 Paul Kerr 2

By now you either get or don’t get Johnny Dowd. Ten albums in this Ithaca NY resident continues to move further into the outfield with each release. Execute American Folklore features Dowd’s darkly humorous and idiosyncratic […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 2 days ago
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Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
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@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
By Martin Johnson , 4 days ago
RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
By Paul Villers , 4 days ago
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
By Peter Thompson , 5 days ago
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Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
By Jonathan Hincks , 5 days ago
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The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
By Peter Thompson , 7 days ago
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XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
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@andyshort Yes, it makes a refreshing change from artis...
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Live Review: Albert Lee, Union Chapel, London – 7th May 2026

May 14, 2026 1

It turned out that Albert Lee’s show on 7th May was the first time he had been inside Union Chapel, and it’s certainly a larger venue than those he has been playing in London recently. By […]

Angelo De Augustine “Angel In Plainclothes”

May 14, 2026 0

Life-affirming collection from Sufjan Stevens cohort. It’s incredibly distressing, but there have been some heartbreaking news stories recently of musicians experiencing life-changing ailments and the ensuing pain and anguish they experience trying to recover. This is […]

Fruit Bats “That Goddamn Sun” – when will it be my time

May 14, 2026 0

It was all going so well, wasn’t it? We had a theme – a great theme – running through this week’s Tracks and now we’ve gone and thrown it all away. Alas. Alack. Oh well, let’s […]

Behind the Songs

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 […]

Interviews

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 […]

Interviews

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

May 5, 2026 0

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, […]

Album Reviews

Spencer Cullum “Coin Collection 3”

April 15, 2026 0

Cullum concludes his triumvirate of distinctly British folk-fused psychedelic albums by utilising occult-tinged horror tales to make sense of current affairs. Back in 2021, pedal steel maestro and bandleader Spencer Cullum released his first Coin Collection […]

Album Reviews

Richard Thompson “Acoustic Rarities” (Beewsing Records, 2017)

November 2, 2017 0

Coming a mere 2 months after his other 2017 release ‘Acoustic Classics Vol II’, Richard Thompson has released his collection of Acoustic Rarities made up of some unreleased acoustic recordings, songs that have only previously been […]

Album Reviews

Katie Spencer “What Love Is”

January 5, 2026 0

Acoustic folk full of sophistication and style. Katie Spencer, from Humberside, has released a delightful third album full of melody and guitar-picking. Some might refer to this as a headphones record, and it’s also one to […]