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Ernie Palmer “A Teacher, a Preacher & a Bad Farmer”

June 5, 2025 Sebastian Reyes Turner 1

Memories and tales of a veteran songwriter. Ernie Palmer is a seventy-six-year-old retired schoolteacher from Cartersville, Georgia, who enjoys travelling and spending time with his family. Below this surface level, there are many interesting facts pertinent […]

Album cover artwork for Pippa Blundell's "common thread"

Pippa Blundell “common thread”

June 5, 2025 Andrew Raw 0

Evocative words painting a vivid picture of a relationship, accompanied by lush and sensuous music. “common thread” is Glaswegian Pippa Blundell’s debut album, and comes after her 2023 EP “sisters”. She wrote all the songs and […]

Artwork for David Lowery album "Fathers, Sons and Brothers"

David Lowery “Fathers, Sons and Brothers”

June 4, 2025 Andy Short 0

The life of David Lowery, who took the skinheads bowling. In 1963, the sea froze in Herne Bay, Kent. It was so cold during the big freeze that the sea was solid. That is where we […]

Live Review: Bess Atwell + Sophie May + Pem, Koko, Camden – 22nd May 2025

June 4, 2025 John Lee 0

Second time lucky. Bess Atwell’s long-awaited show at Koko, postponed from February due to illness, proved well worth the wait. Judging by the warmth of the crowd, no one seemed to mind the delay. Atwell herself […]

Anderson East “Worthy”

June 4, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

A solid set of songs and performances in first for new label. “Worthy” is Anderson East’s fourth studio album and his first for new label Rounder. It appears just under four years since its predecessor, “Maybe […]

Something for the weekend: Son Volt “If I Could”

July 17, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from alt-country heroes/pioneers/stalwarts/choose your own noun Son Volt whose latest album Sound Signal Serenades was physically released on […]

Artwork for Bell White album "A sign in the weather"

Bella White “A Sign In The Weather”

July 17, 2026 0

A strong third album from the rootsy Canadian “Appalachian” artist from New Orleans showing raw emotion and a degree of post-breakup positivity. As you listen to each song on Bella White’s new studio album you feel […]

Jawdropped have a “Secret To Spare” and October dates

July 17, 2026 0

Jawdropped, a four-piece from Los Angeles, have announced their debut album, Secret To Spare, due 18th September via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The band has also released the first single, Split Lip, along with a video […]

Interviews

Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0

Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]

Interviews

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]

Interviews

Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1

Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

Album Reviews

Vanessa Peters “Flying on Instruments”

March 5, 2024 0

Texan singer-songwriter leaves the past and steps bravely into her new world. After majoring in creative writing at the prestigious A & M University in Texas, Vanessa Peters was set to become a novelist. Instead, with […]

Album Reviews

Kyle Daniel “Kentucky Gold”

August 23, 2024 0

Enjoyable and varied southern rock with good, memorable melodies. The first track on this, Kyle Daniel’s debut album, is the hard rock, “hard man” song ‘Can’t Hold Me Back’ with him stating “I’m back, I’m bullet-proof, […]

Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: Turnpike Troubadours “Diamonds and Gasoline”

March 29, 2023 4

There’s a growing expectation that the Turnpike Troubadours are going to release a new album soon. It has certainly been a while since ‘A Long Way From Your Heart’ in 2017. Long before the band’s reboot, […]