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The Langan Band “Plight of Sheep”

June 21, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Scottish folk, but not entirely as you expect it. If there were such a thing as Caledoniana, The Langan Band could well be leading the charge. This is the band’s first studio recording in almost ten […]

Book Review: Bruce Pollock “The Bleeker Street Tapes: Echoes of Greenwich Village”

June 21, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Essentially a compendium of articles, interviews with, and profiles of artists pertaining to the folk boom of the early 60s in Greenwich Village and its influence on the following decades, ‘The Bleeker Street Tapes’ roams much […]

Notes from abroad: Bluegrass legend Peter Rowan pays tribute to the Grateful Dead at Unlimited Devotion, Ardmore Music Hall, Pennsylvania – 2nd June 2023

June 21, 2023 Mike Fiorito 0

Unlimited Devotion is an annual event held in Pennsylvania’s Ardmore Music Hall to celebrate the music of the Grateful Dead and to raise funds for the Rex Foundation. This sixth Unlimited Devotion included two impromptu “supergroups,” […]

Madelyn Read “Concrete Country”

June 21, 2023 Michael Macy 1

Debut album continues great tradition of Canadian singer/songwriters. ‘Concrete Country’ is Canadian Madelyn Read’s debut album. It is a great start. Reed uses the sounds of country and folk to tell vivid stories of urban life. […]

Album cover artwork for the Leroy From The North album "Toughen Up"

Leroy From The North “Toughen Up”

June 20, 2023 Andrew Raw 4

Premier League southern rock shining a light on modern America. Leroy From The North is the brainchild of Eli Wulfmeier, singer and guitarist, who wrote all the songs on the record. Originally from Michigan, he moved […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
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RE: Versions!
@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
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RE: What are you watching at the moment?
Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
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Amy Grant The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm): time for ...
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The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
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XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
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Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 0

Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]