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Pop Co-Op “Four State Solution” (Silent Bugler Records, 2017)

October 27, 2017 David Cowling 0
I like records that start with a swift kick to the ears. Pop Co-Op waste no time with If Everything Was Easy – it jackboots with a stuttering drum and a mighty burst of guitar that sounds […]
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Matt Woods “How to Survive” (Lonely Ones Records 2017)

October 27, 2017 Dave Clarke 0
Matt Woods hails from Knoxville, Tennessee where this CD was recorded in Shed 55. Here is an album to linger with and learn from. Matt accepts the reality of modern life. In Love in a Nuclear […]
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Bruce Cockburn “Bone On Bone” (True North Records 2017)

October 26, 2017 Michael Farley 0
A lot is expected of a new release from one of Canada’s finest musicians so this new offering after a hiatus of around six years has been eagerly awaited. The good news is that it does […]
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Janis Ian “The Essential 2.0” (Sony Music CMG 2017)

October 26, 2017 Dave Jennings 0
With ten Grammy nominations, and being able to count the likes of Dolly Parton, Cher, Billy Joel, Johnny Cash (who apparently kept a book of her poetry in his library), Jimi Hendrix and Willie Nelson as […]
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Adam Torres “Pearls To Swine” (Fat Possum Records, 2016)

October 25, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
If the mention of falsetto instantly brings the Brothers Gibb to mind – linked to some hell of a disco inferno – then make the effort to disconnect that image. This review will be using the […]

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Track Premiere: The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome To The Family”

June 29, 2026 0
It’s been a while, and then some, since we’ve had anything new from The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio, but rare as it might be, we’ve always liked what they have to say. Today, we have a […]
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Video: Brian Fallon – “Ring of Fire/Folsom Prison Blues” (Johnny Cash)

June 29, 2026 0
Here’s a performance to bridge generations. Brian Fallon from The Gaslight Anthem paid tribute to the legendary Johnny Cash with his contribution to Music America: The Songs That Shaped Us, Celebrating 250 Years of American Music. This […]
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Something for the weekend: Chicago “Just You ‘N’ Me”

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Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]

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  • Video: Brian Fallon – “Ring of Fire/Folsom Prison Blues” (Johnny Cash)
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  • Tift Merritt “Sugar”
  • Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975
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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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Taking their name from a Walter Hill-directed Western, The Long Ryders emerged as part of the Paisley Underground in the 1980s, after Sid Grifin left the garage-influenced The Unclaimed. Griffin’s initial musicians wanted-advert for the band […]
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Interview: Elliott Landy on a new book of The Band photographs and the independence that Kickstarter brings

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Capturing images of a unique group of musicians as they created their own genre of music. Elliott Landy is the photographer who will be forever associated with Woodstock. One of the first music photographers to be […]
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The Captain of Sorrow “Racetrack Babies” (Musikministeriet, 2018)

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Late of the Danish band Racetrack Babies, Hans-Christian Segaard Andersen wanted these 12 songs to sound like 12 different bands and the title of each song is meant to be a possible name for a band. […]

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