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Jo Schornikow “Secret Weapon” (Keeled Scales, 2019)

May 8, 2019 Gordon Sharpe 0

This album raised two questions – what are the furthest limits of Americana and how do you review music that is not inherently to your taste, but is likely to appeal to someone, somewhere? Both these […]

Book Review: Doug Hoekstra “Unopened” (Five-Minute Books, 2019)

May 8, 2019 Rick Bayles 0

“In the unfinished basement past stainless steel filing cabinets, humming humidifiers and stacks of yellow magazines I reach two racks of records promised to us both; My heart can only take a few, including “Memories of a Middle-Aged Movies by the […]

Shovels & Rope “By Blood” (Dualtone Music, 2019)

May 7, 2019 Harold Hogan 0

‘I won’t fail you when I walk out on the wire,’ sing South Carolina natives Carry Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, AKA Shovels & Rope, and it’s not just talk; they really walk the walk. The […]

Jeff “The Horse” Horsey “Rattlesnakes and Heartstrings” (Hookah Records, 2019)

May 7, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

Based in Cornwall, Jeff “The Horse” Horsey is a veteran practitioner of old time blues music, often to be found with his acoustic guitars and harmonica on stages here in the UK and in Europe. This […]

Simone Felice, Leaf, Manchester, 30th April 2019

May 7, 2019 Clint West 0

Dressed in black jeans, black shirt and a crumpled black jacket; with unkempt hair and a greying, wispy beard, Simone Felice shuffled unceremoniously on to the stage to open the first of two sets he delivered […]