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Tommy Hale “Magnificent Bastard” (Holiday Disaster, 2016)

November 8, 2016 Dave Clarke 0

The opening, title, track stops and starts you in your tracks. Tommy Hale, from Dallas, sings, “It seems I’ve let time slip away. It goes over the hill like a wild dog.” Here is the celebration, […]

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Johns & Nowak “Johns & Nowak” (Independent, 2016)

November 8, 2016 Jeremy Searle 0

Debut EPs often function as a calling card for new acts, showing the range of what they can do and this five (six on CD) is no exception.  It has a couple of originals, three covers […]

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The Lumineers: Hammersmith Apollo, London – 4th November 2016

November 8, 2016 Jonathan Aird 0

The Lumineers burst onto the scene with a huge breakthrough hit Ho, Hey, and quickly found themselves pigeonholed alongside the likes of Mumford & Sons. Whereas that band had shot religious imagery right through their lyrics […]

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3hattrio “Solitaire” (American Desert Music, 2016)

November 8, 2016 Jonathan Aird 0

I’d never be one to suggest that experimentation is of itself not a good thing, and 3hattrio’s music does offer something new – their blend of elements of roots Americana with a modern jazz sensibility and […]

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Amanda Rheaume “Holding Patterns” (Independent, 2016)

November 8, 2016 Paul Kerr 0

Having explored her family roots on 2014’s acclaimed Keep A Fire Ottawa’s Amanda Rheaume moves into a more mainstream sound on Holding Patterns. With producer Jim Bryson (of Weakerthans and Kathleen Edwards fame) on board the […]

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