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Trudy & Dave “Out Of Our Minds” (Blue Mood Records, 2020)

April 8, 2020 Alan Fitter 0

Trudy & Dave’s debut album ‘Out Of Our Minds’ isn’t accurately speaking Americana as the band hail from Norway but Norwayicana doesn’t really work as a category (and is impossible to say) so if you’re looking […]

Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton “Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton” (Smithsonian Folkways, 2020)

April 8, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

The New York folk scene of the early 1960s is one of those legendary moments in the history of popular music where an explosion of new talent mixed freely with the previously neglected talent of a […]

Miracle Whips “The Art of Facts” (DevilDuck Records, 2020)

April 8, 2020 David Jarman 0

‘The Art of Facts‘ is the debut album from Portland, Oregon based band ‘Miracle Whips’. Described by the band as ‘porch music’, it is gentle and reflective, with subtle and well-crafted songs, featuring evocative impressionistic lyrics, […]

Nathan Kalish “Songs For Nobody” (Independent, 2020)

April 7, 2020 Steven Rafferty 0

Nathan Kalish is the kind of songwriter that other songwriters love. He’s a road warrior and his travels fill the pipeline of the songwriting cycle. When you combine that with a band that’s turn-on-a-dime tight and […]

Nikki & the Phantom Callers “Everybody’s Going To Hell (But You and Me)” (Tiny Tornado Records, 2020)

April 7, 2020 Guy Lincoln 1

Nikki Speake is from Alabama, Nikki and the Phantom Callers is her band and they currently make Atlanta their home. These are not just simple biographical facts from the PR notes as a way in to […]

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