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Artwork For Lynn Miles album "Tumbleweedy World"

Lynn Miles “Tumbleweedy World”

April 13, 2023 David Jarman 0

Finely crafted songs with classic acoustic stylings find Canadian singer-songwriter Lynn Miles and her band on top form Canadian singer-songwriter Lynn Miles carries a formidable reputation before her–with 15 albums and some 900 songs under her […]

Ruston Kelly “The Weakness”

April 12, 2023 Andy Davidson 0

Thank God for human frailty. Ruston Kelly puts it to music. Ruston Kelly’s third studio album is a product from a move out of Nashville. A withdrawal to reflect on some negative life-altering changes over the […]

artwork for Rodeo FM album 'Right Wing Planet'

Rodeo FM “Right Wing Planet”

April 12, 2023 Viv Fish 0

A hard-hitting take on the current state of the world. Rodeo FM’s fourth studio album pulls no punches, covering all that is wrong with the world, from climate change to class war and much in between. […]

Carter Sampson “Gold”

April 12, 2023 Martin Johnson 0

Gold americana from the Queen of Oklahoma. The self-styled Queen of Oklahoma Carter Sampson planned to have a month or so off at the end of 2019 which became three years thanks to the pandemic. In […]

Live Review: Jarrod Dickenson + JP Ruggieri + David Ford, Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich – 24th March 2023

April 11, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

The Norwich Arts Centre was packed out for a Friday night in the company of Jarrod Dickenson and friends. Dickenson has performed at this converted church a number of times over the years and commented on […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
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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Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
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 […]