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Live Review: Madison Violet, Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 10th June 2022

June 20, 2022 Graeme Tait 0
Madison Violet arrived for their first visit to Lincolnshire’s premier Americana venue, the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, right in the middle of their current UK tour which had started at the Shetland Festival and will […]
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Live Review: Joshua Hedley + Al Shields, Fallen Angels Club @The Glad Cafe – Glasgow, 9th June 2022

June 16, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
The intimate backroom of the Glad Cafe was the fullest I’d seen since we were allowed out to play again. The Fallen Angels’ regulars were out in force with the numbers swelled by many who would […]
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Live review: Jess Jocoy, Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham – 7th June 2022

June 15, 2022 Paul Gibson 0
Approximately halfway into her set Jess Jocoy is explaining the backstory of her song “The Gardner”, a song for women who can’t have, or have lost children. She verbally questions her right to broach such an […]
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Live Review: Ashley Campbell & Thor Jensen + Rachel Grace, Troubadour, London – 1st June 2022

June 14, 2022 Peter Feldon 0
Ashley and Thor are touring as a duo, playing mainly as the support act for Jimmy Webb, and doing a few headliners at small venues such as this gig at the Troubadour. The good news about […]
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Live Review: VanWyck, Meervaart Theater, Amsterdam, May 22, 2022

June 13, 2022 Brian Hancill 1
The scene is a small theatre by a large lake in the southwestern suburbs of Amsterdam. A local singer-songwriter is playing her new album with a three-piece band. The album has been well reviewed – 10 […]

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Debut album and London launch show for new Nashville act Maisy Owen

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Nashville native Maisy Owen has announced the release of her debut album Dark On A Sunny Day on 1st May 2026 via Tompkins Square.  Owen will be performing a gig at London’s Theatreship on 23rd June […]
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Classic Clips: Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” & “Mr. Soul” – The Hollywood Palace, 8th April 1967

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The Hollywood Palace was an hour-long American Television variety show which broadcast from January 1964 until February 1970. Unlike the Ed Sullivan Show, this one had a different presenter each week. This classic clip from 1967 […]
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Luke James Williams “Lime Hotel”

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A poetic sophomore album showing future promise. Loss is never an easy experience, though it can elicit very different responses. As rising alternative folk artist Luke James Williams explains, “Grief is universal, but it often feels […]

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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

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Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

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Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]

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