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Doug Schmude ‘’Ghosts Of The Main Drag’’ (Independent, 2017)

April 19, 2017 Nick Jarman 0

The great thing about music, and particularly Americana, is that it comes in all sorts of shapes and forms. Songs to make you cry, to make you drink, to get you off your seat and to […]

Arty Hill “Live: Church on Saturday Night” (Independent, 2017)

April 18, 2017 Rick Bayles 0

Oh yes, this’ll get the party started! If you like your Honk with a fair bit of Tonk – and vice versa – then Arty Hill’s new live album is going to be right up your gardenia […]

Tyne Darling “These Ghosts” (Hope Parade, 2017)

April 18, 2017 Michael Farley 0

Tyne Darling is not a real person but the musical and stage moniker for Tommy Vollman, a writer and artist and it appears the subject matter of a forthcoming book. The songs apparently are a companion […]

Greg Wickham “If I Left this World” (Thirty Days Records, 2017)

April 18, 2017 Paul Kerr 5

Greg Wickham was a member of Hadacol, a rootsy “alt country” band who released two albums at the turn of the century and If I left This World is his first release in 15 years. Reuniting […]

Kelly Sloan, The Bellows at The Wheelwright Inn, Colyford, 11th April 2017

April 18, 2017 Peter Churchill 0

The schedule of a touring musician is a thing of mystery at times. Here we find Kelly Sloan, one of what seems to be a never-ending stream of talented singer-songwriters emanating from Canada, playing to a […]

Two Runner “Porchlight”

August 27, 2026 0

Old-time instruments meet new-world issues. Two Runner is the musical nom de plume of Paige Anderson (although until this record, the band had been a long-term collaborative relationship with fiddler Emilie Rose). Anderson has now taken […]

Vox Continental: August 2026

August 27, 2026 0

Winter is Coming! This is a fascinating time in mainland Europe, with summer scheduled to come to an abrupt stop on the 31st August, regardless of what the weather might be. Holidays are over and everyone […]

Album art for Sanctuary Park by The Jayhawks

The Jayhawks “Sanctuary Park”

August 27, 2026 0

Gary Louris celebrates love and the past on Jayhawks’ latest. Forty years on from their debut, a quarter century from the release of Smile and 6 years after their last record XOXO, The Jayhawks return with […]

Doug Schmude ‘’Ghosts Of The Main Drag’’ (Independent, 2017)

Arty Hill “Live: Church on Saturday Night” (Independent, 2017)

Tyne Darling “These Ghosts” (Hope Parade, 2017)

Greg Wickham “If I Left this World” (Thirty Days Records, 2017)

Kelly Sloan, The Bellows at The Wheelwright Inn, Colyford, 11th April 2017

Two Runner “Porchlight”

Vox Continental: August 2026

The Jayhawks “Sanctuary Park”

Video: Oh Pray Tell “Poor Black Woman Blues”

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