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Paperback Riders – Harriet Beecher Stowe “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

October 28, 2022 Tim Martin 0

‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin: or, Life Among the Lowly’ was published in 2 parts in 1852. The abolitionist movement was gaining ground and Stowe wrote the novel in the wake of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, which […]

Live Review: Angeline Morrison + Maddie Morris, Cecil Sharp House, London, 20th October 2022

October 28, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

Cecil Sharp House on an Autumnal evening was the place to be to witness a major folk talent emerging. That’s a big claim, but 2022 has surely been Angeline Morrison’s year with first the album ‘The […]

artwork for Man The Lifeboats album "Soul Of Albion"

Man The Lifeboats “Soul Of Albion”

October 28, 2022 Graeme Tait 0

Excellent sophomore album from London Celtic / Punk band, full of high-octane Folk and dark rumination. Six years on from their formation and with a cannon of work that already includes an EP and live album […]

Angela Easterling “Witness”

October 27, 2022 Paul Russell 0

Hook-laden, poetic and masterful collection of highly personal songs. So often, listening to the songs penned by good singer-songwriters, it shines an honoured light into the lives and experiences of people we don’t know and have […]

Native Harrow “Old Kind Of Magic”

October 27, 2022 Michael Macy 0

The title fits an album that conjures up rock’s old kind of magic. Native Harrow is primarily Stephen Harms and Devin Tuel, who emigrated together from Pennsylvania to the U.K. in 2021. They produced their fifth […]

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”

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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 […]