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Matt Waldon ”Grow Up” (Independent, 2017)

August 11, 2017 Nick Jarman 0
In many ways beginning a record with an instrumental track is a big risk in the days of instant gratification and snap judgements on an artist. However, if you have stumbled across Matt’s music you are […]
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Mekons “Existentialism” (Bloodshot, 2017)

August 10, 2017 Scott Baxter 0
It would be a terrible thing were you to be unfamiliar with The Mekons. Over almost 40 years they’ve recorded more than 20 albums of punky, post-punky and folky music that is at worst okay, generally very […]
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Dan Raza ”Two” (Independent, 2017)

August 10, 2017 Nick Jarman 0
Growing up in the Home Counties to British & Indian descent, Dan Raza is a soft-sounding songwriter of sincere disposition. His record ”Two” is an impressive mix of musical styles and instrumentation, from the electric organ […]
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Alex Seel ”Circles EP” (Independent, 2017)

August 10, 2017 Nick Jarman 0
Native of the UK, Alex Seel has been steeped in folk music, and this is audible in the guitar playing on this ”Circles EP”, especially in the title track kicking off the EP. With gorgeously rich […]
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Alice Howe “You’ve Been Away So Long” (Fish Records, 2017)

August 9, 2017 Mark Walton 0
Alice Howe’s journey as a musician takes in all points of the compass. Hailing from Boston, she recorded her new EP on the opposite coast of the US in Seattle. And while the record traces her […]

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