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Daddy Long Legs, Rough Trade East, London, 16th May 2019

May 23, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

When a well-respected music fan informs you that the best band at last year’s Red Rooster Festival are performing an in-store at London’s Rough Trade East you know it’s got to be worth checking out. Over […]

Tyler Ramsey “For The Morning” (Fantasy Records/Virgin EMI, 2019)

May 22, 2019 David Stevenson 2

For those unfamiliar with Tyler Ramsey, he was the lead guitarist and one of the core songwriters in Band of Horses throughout their astronomical rise to the top of their game and, having left the group […]

David Quinn “Wanderin’ Fool” (Independent, 2019)

May 22, 2019 Tim Merricks 0

“Chicago cosmic country!” thus David Quinn is introduced via the gimmick weary world of the media press release. The resulting introduction into the life of this travelling proponent of country rock tells a different story. From […]

Hayes Carll + Travis Linville, Deaf Institute, Manchester, 15th May 2019

May 22, 2019 Clint West 1

Hayes Carll is in a pretty good place right now. His new album ‘What It Is’ is a triumphant return to form following two releases which some considered somewhat flat. In addition, at the start of […]

Book Review: David Berman “Actual Air” (Drag City, 2019)

May 22, 2019 Rick Bayles 0

It seems poetry books are a bit like buses – you wait ages for one and then two come along at once! Following on from our recent review of Doug Hoekstra’s ‘Unopened’ we now have David […]

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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

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“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]

Ramsey Thornton “I Called It!”

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Oklahoman Ramsey Thornton’s debut album explores the liminal space between action and inertia against a mellifluous musical background. Ramsey Thornton’s I Called It! is an album preoccupied with the moments where something should happen but doesn’t. […]

France’s Eldorado festival brings americana stars to NW France in late June

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After a first promising edition in September 2024, the one and only americana Fest in France, Eldorado, returns to the village of Vancé in NW France (close to Le Mans) with its second edition on 26th […]

Daddy Long Legs, Rough Trade East, London, 16th May 2019

Tyler Ramsey “For The Morning” (Fantasy Records/Virgin EMI, 2019)

David Quinn “Wanderin’ Fool” (Independent, 2019)

Hayes Carll + Travis Linville, Deaf Institute, Manchester, 15th May 2019

Book Review: David Berman “Actual Air” (Drag City, 2019)

Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

Ramsey Thornton “I Called It!”

France’s Eldorado festival brings americana stars to NW France in late June

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