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Sam Morrow “Gettin’ By on Gettin’ Down'” (Forty Below Records, 2020)

October 29, 2020 Ewan Lury 0

Sam Morrow’s fourth record, ‘Gettin’ By on Gettin’ Down’, is hiss most guitar and groove-driven album to date. Wanting to create an album that is rooted in grease, grit, and groove, Morrow focused on making his […]

Loudon Wainwright III “I’d Rather Lead A Band” (Thirty Tigers, 2020)

October 29, 2020 Russell Murphy 0

There can’t be many albums reviewed on these pages that have name-checked Irving Berlin, Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong, so this may well be a first. ‘I’d Rather Lead a Band’, the latest offering from six-stringed […]

Gordon Barry “All The Live Long Year” (Froggy Bug Music, 2020)

October 29, 2020 Viv Fish 0

Gordon Barry, an award-winning Irish singer-songwriter from charming Wexford, has remarkably handsome vocal talent and refined musical skills. ‘All the Live Long Year‘, the follow up to Barry’s debut album ‘The Best Way To Kill A […]

John Murry “Tilting At Windmills” (Submarine Cat Records, 2020)

October 28, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

John Murry’s debut, 2013’s ‘The Graceless Age’, made many of that year’s Best Of lists. While it was his debut, Murry was already 34 and had recorded two albums with legendary Memphis singer-songwriter Bob Frank and […]

Book Review: Todd Westbrook “Americanaville” (Independent, 2020)

October 28, 2020 Richard Phillips 0

Americanaville is a project created by Todd Westbrook that saw its inception as an essay but which has now burgeoned into a series of chapters that are currently available for free at http://tswestbrook.com. Westbrook describes a […]

Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, and what a sad week it’s been for not just the americana and country communities but for, well human decency. Plaudits can be cloying when someone moves on […]

Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

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A strong storytelling album, highlighted by good songs, exemplary playing and a fascinating soundscape. Chris Murphy was born into an Irish-Italian family in New York, growing up surrounded by a wide range of traditional music such […]

Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

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On January 24, 1975, Poco appeared on The Midnight Special, the popular late-night musical variety show that ran during the 1970’s. One of the six songs they performed that evening was High and Dry, an energetic […]