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Book/Mixed Media Review – Li’l Andy “The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925 – 1930)”

November 4, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

Fascinating and ambitious project that shines a light on the roots of Old Time music and the start of commercial recording. We’ve had some really good multi-media projects come to us for review this year, and […]

Frank From Blue Velvet “Frank From Blue Velvet”

November 3, 2022 Lyndon Bolton 0

Bleak lyrics to a menacingly heavy roots sound. Frank From Blue Velvet sound as if they ply their trade deep in Appalachia so it comes as a surprise to learn they play the south coast pub […]

Lydia Ramsey “Like A Dream”

November 3, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Lydia Ramsey makes great music, again. On her third album Seattle’s Lydia Ramsey shows her mastery of the upbeat Americana song – with songs that are so catchy that one may at first not pick up […]

Artwork for Rainn Byrns album “New In Town”.

Rainn Byrns “New In Town”

November 2, 2022 Darren Lumbroso 0

Lo-fi, self-produced, catchy debut album documenting the challenges of everyday life. Having been born in Texas, brought up in Swindon, Rainn Byrns currently resides in Peckham in South-East London. His debut album ‘New In Town’ is […]

Freight “Hard Worker”

November 2, 2022 Ian Kennedy 1

A stomping rocky country funk, or funky country rock, album made by friends. Freight (from Ithaca NY state, there is another one!) are a five-piece band, built around a collaboration between JP Payton (JP and the […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

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It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

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It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]