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Good Lovelies, live at The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, 26th January, 2024

Live Review: Good Lovelies, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 26th January 2024

February 8, 2024 Graeme Tait 0

With the bulk of January’s grey days already disappearing in the rear view mirror I made my way for the first time this year to Lincolnshire premier Americana music venue, the Town Hall at Kirton in […]

Artwork for Regina Ferguson album "Fortune"

Regina Ferguson “Fortune”

February 8, 2024 Peter Thompson 1

An excellent roots rock debut album that bears repeated listening. Singer-songwriter Regina Ferguson, who describes her sound as roots rock, grew up in the East of the United States (South Carolina), has travelled extensively and now […]

Malcolm MacWatt “Dark Harvest”

February 7, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

A bold, dark and deeply moving modern folk album. Having set a high bar with his previous release, ‘Settler’, Scotland’s Malcolm MacWatt manages to surpass it on ‘Dark Harvest’, an album of sombre acoustic folk songs […]

Swimming Bell “Charlie”

February 7, 2024 Peter Churchill 0

Gorgeous vocals raise the stakes on impressive album. ‘Charlie’ is the second album from LA-based songwriter Katie Schottland’s Swimming Bell project. The album’s beginnings date back to 2019 and before a relocation from Brooklyn to the […]

Front cover artwork for Little Lore's Seven Stories

Little Lore “Seven Stories”

February 6, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Latest mini-album release from London-based singer-songwriter. Little Lore is the nom de tune of singer-songwriter Tricia Duffy. Originally from Portsmouth and now based in London, Duffy has several releases to her name under the Little Lore […]

Benjamin Miller “So What” – to just care not

July 9, 2026 0

The frontman of The Federales, Benjamin Miller, is about to release a solo EP which celebrates his love for the Grateful Dead, and we have here the title track. These are Grateful Dead covers, and nor […]

Video Premiere: Kye Alfred Hillig “On Small Wings”

July 9, 2026 0

The latest single from Tacoma songwriter Kye Alfred Hillig is a brilliantly crafted reflection on love, vulnerability and patience. On Small Wings unfolds beautifully, opening with just Hillig’s voice before the instrumentation begins to swell beneath. […]

Jason McNiff heralds his tenth with “Ten Blue Songs”

July 8, 2026 0

Jason McNiff has announced the release of his latest album, Ten Blue Songs, his 10th, and, despite the melancholy title, he assures us it is a record of celebration, a celebration of the musical life he […]