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Susan Cattaneo “The Hammer & The Heart” (Jersey Girl Records, 2017)

July 25, 2017 Peter Churchill 0
For her fifth release Boston singer songwriter Susan Cattaneo has pushed the boat out with a double album comprising 18 tracks. With the two discs independently titled The Hammer / The Heart it will come as […]
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Dickey Betts & Great Southern “Southern Rock Jam” (Retroworld Records, 2017)

July 25, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Southern Rock Jam is a compilation of ten tracks, five each from Dickey Betts’ two albums for Arista – Dickey Betts & Great Southern and Atlanta’s Burning Down. These date to Betts’ first time out from […]
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Banditos “Visionland” (Bloodshot Records, 2017)

July 24, 2017 Keith Hargreaves 0
Bursting forth from the grooves with the dynamic opener ‘Fine, Fine Day’ this album announces its presence with brio and verve. A fantastic piece of Stooges like driving rock so breathless that the vocals appear to […]
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Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Suffolk, 30th June-2nd July 2017

July 24, 2017 Rudie Hayes 0
Ten years and ‘still kickin’’ according to this year’s t-shirt, Maverick is THE festival on the Americana calendar. it’s the one everyone wants to play and the yard stick by which other festivals  have measured themselves […]
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Paddy Nash “Gate Fever” (Mad Molly Records 2017)

July 24, 2017 Dave Jennings 0
Paddy Nash is a Derry-born singer-songwriter, more often seen kicking out with his seven-piece band The Happy Enchiladas, here releases his new solo album which sees him largely return to his folk roots. Nash who started […]

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