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The Orphan Brigade “The Heart of the Cave” (At the Helm Records, 2017)

September 14, 2017 Mark Underwood 0
The Orphan Brigade’s ‘The Heart of the Cave’ is about as aptly titled a record as it’s possible to get seeing as it was recorded it in 2,500 year caves below the streets of Osimo, Italy. […]
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Kenny Foster “Deep Cuts” (Independent, 2017)

September 14, 2017 Rick Bayles 0
Back in April of this year, Rolling Stone ran their list of the “10 New Country Artists You Need to Know: April 2017” and the first name on that list was Kenny Foster. Listening to his […]
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Courtney Marie Andrews, Bush Hall, London, 5th September 2017

September 14, 2017 Keith Clifford 0
This was the second of two packed nights at Bush Hall and Courtney Marie Andrews and her band took to the stage and launched into Rookie Dreaming, the opening track from her current album Honest Life. […]
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Chris Tye “Stronger In Numbers” (Independent, 2017)

September 14, 2017 David Stevenson 0
The singer-songwriter genre is heavily over saturated and sometimes it can seem a bit like anyone with a guitar and half a voice can record an album (whether it is of any quality or not) and […]
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Deer Tick “Deer Tick Volume 1/Volume 2” (Partisan Records 2017)

September 13, 2017 Dave Jennings 0
In what is a slightly unusual move, Deer Tick have simultaneously released two albums of contrasting styles, their first for four years. Whilst being massively diverse in sound, both records actually do sit together very well […]

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