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Live Review: Beans On Toast + Kitty Liv, Face Bar, Reading – 14th December 2021

December 20, 2021 Darren Lumbroso 1
Kitty Liv, of Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, strolls on to the small stage at the Face Bar armed only with an electric guitar. Having performed gigs in pubs and clubs since the age of nine, she’s […]
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The End Of America “Night is Alive”

December 20, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0
Surprising and original album of quality folk-rock. ‘Night is Alive’ trips you up on first listen. The first two tracks are pleasant enough generic folk-rock taking their influences from Crosby, Stills and Nash: swirling guitars and […]
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Ken Pomeroy “Christmas Lights in April”

December 20, 2021 David Jarman 0
Sweet voiced third album release from Oklahoma-based 19 year old Cherokee singer-songwriter Pomeroy. Although only 19 years old, ‘Christmas Lights in April’ is the third album release from Cherokee singer-songwriter Ken Pomeroy, hailing from Moore, Oklahoma. […]
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Reb Fountain “IRIS”

December 20, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Difficult to get a hold of, but well worth the effort. ‘IRIS‘ is Reb Fountain’s second release and it see’s the San Francisco born. transported to New Zealand singer-songwriter make a grab for that modern folk […]
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Cajun Corner: Book Review – Marc Savoy “Made in Louisiana: The Story of the Acadian Accordion”

December 17, 2021 Rick Bayles 0
Written from the heart. The great instrumental triumvirate of Cajun music is the guitar, the fiddle, and the accordion but, surely, the greatest of the great is the accordion. Without the fluidity of the button accordion, […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 Hurrah For The Riff Raff Songs

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In a nod to Woody Guthrie, a 2014 American Songwriter magazine cover featured Hurrah For The Riff Raff with the strapline, “Bound for Glory”. I’m not sure how the author of that article defined glory, yet […]
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first thoughts José González is a Swedish indie-folk singer – with, naturally, the usual background in hardcore punk influenced by Black Flag and choral singing – Against The Dying Of The Light is his fifth album, […]
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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Video Premiere: Randy Palmer “Somewhere Down the Line”

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The new video from Randy Palmer takes us on a railroad journey across he USA, taking in gorgeous landscapes, silhouetted cacti against a star-spangled night sky and places that pioneers made their home out West.  Randy […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Drive By Truckers “Perfect Timing”

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This week we’ve been made aware of some interesting facts and figures. Apparently net migration to the UK (year ending March 2020) was 313,000 – up on 221,000 on last year. Xenophobes and Brexiteers must be […]
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Breaking Grass have a hard-boiled tale for you here – it’s not just a prison break, no no no: it’s a Bluegrass prison break.  And who can blame them for wanting to quit the chain gang, […]

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