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Book Review: Taylor Hagood “Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Legend”

May 16, 2023 Tim Newby 0

David Akeman, better known as Stringbean, is an often overlooked part of the long history of bluegrass and country music. To some he is the Wally Pipp of bluegrass music, as he is the man who […]

artwork for Hannah Rose Platt album "Deathbed Confessions"

Hannah Rose Platt “Deathbed Confessions”

May 16, 2023 Graeme Tait 0

Platt establishes herself as the consummate storyteller with an album of poetic ghost stories full of pulp noir and macabre mystery. On this her third album, though first for her new label ‘Xtra Mile Recordings’, ‘Deathbed Confessions’ […]

Morganway “Back to Zero”

May 16, 2023 Rick Bayles 0

Band on the rise. What marks Morganway out from other soft rock bands with hints of Americana in their music is, mainly, the voice of lead singer, S.J. (Sarah Jane) Mortimer, which is an impressive instrument […]

JP Ruggieri “Gradually Descend Into Chaos”

May 15, 2023 Rick Thorn 0

Songs of courage and hope arising from chaos. There is so much to like and admire in this album which is Nashville-based Ruggieri’s second full-length offering. On first listening it feels like a very breezy light […]

The Milk Carton Kids “I Only See The Moon”

May 15, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

The Kids have grown up without losing what made them in the first place. The Milk Carton Kids have had quite a degree of success with their brand of stripped-down contemporary folk, releasing seven studio albums […]