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Sorrel Nation, live at Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire, - 23rd February 2025
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Live Review: Sorrel Nation, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 23rd February 2025

March 4, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

The first show of the new year at the Newbald Village Hall, and the first of a new venture for early evening Sunday concerts, with the doors opening at 4.30 pm and the gig commencing half […]

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Will Stratton “Points of Origin”

March 4, 2025 Sebastian Reyes Turner 0

Striking stories intertwine in the vast, changing Californian landscape. Influences are always a tricky subject, perhaps better addressed directly and just as swiftly forgotten. ‘Points of Origin’ is Will Stratton’s eighth studio album, no small feat […]

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Patterson Hood “Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams”

March 3, 2025 Tim Martin 0

The unexpected songs impress most on Hood’s fourth solo album. It’s not DBT, but it is an intriguing look at another side of an established name. For his first solo album in 12 years Patterson Hood […]

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Reissue: Sukilove “Sukilove”

March 3, 2025 Tim Martin 0

Gentle, pop inflected music with Alt.Country influences mixing with more European sounds. Belgicana? Belgian band Sukilove were built on the songs of singer Pascal Deweze and formed in 2001. After splitting in 2013, they came back […]

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Live Review: Chuck Prophet & His Cumbia Shoes + Our Man In The Field @The Fallen Angels Club, St. Luke’s, Glasgow – 23rd February 2025

February 28, 2025 Paul Kerr 5

Commonly regarded these days as the best rock gig you can experience (certainly by most folk I know), an evening with Chuck Prophet never fails to excite, there’s always an air of expectation which, on the […]

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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

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Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

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The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

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Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

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While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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