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Live Review: The Long Road Festival, Stanford Hall, Leicestershire – Friday 23rd August 2024

September 9, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
The Long Road festival is now a fixture in the calendar of fans of country and americana music with its welcoming family friendly atmosphere and its broad range of established and upcoming acts across six stages.  […]
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Paperback Riders: Peter Guralnick “Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll”

September 6, 2024 Dean Nardi 0
Sam Phillips was a single-minded visionary who some say invented rock ‘n’ roll. “If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a million dollars!” This […]
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MJ Lenderman “Manning Fireworks”

September 6, 2024 Tom Harding 3
Raw, ragged, and irreverent. Five years ago, MJ Lenderman was scooping ice cream in his hometown of Asheville. Since then, his career has skyrocketed, and his songs, laced with a humour older than his years, balance […]
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Jason Haywood and The Goldrush “Jason Haywood and The Goldrush”

September 6, 2024 Jonathan Smith 0
Canadian singer-songwriter finds a new band, and looks back to move forward. The eponymously titled album by Jason Haywood and his new backing band the Goldrush marks a transition from his work with previous band the […]
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Ben Arsenault “Make Way For This Heartache”

September 6, 2024 Paul Russell 0
Laid-back sophomore release for Canadian singer-songwriter. Our music appreciation is so often influenced by our parents’ record collections – and Vancouver-based Arsenault had a sterling music education as his parents encouraged him to listen to the […]

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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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