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Bob Rea “Southbound” (Shiny Dime Records, 2018)

July 26, 2018 Mark Underwood 0
Bob Rea, will be a complete unknown to most, and yet this Nashville-based singer-songwriter arrives with this release, fully formed. He’s actually been making music for 50 years now, even though this is only his third […]
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Izaak Opatz “Mariachi Static” (Mama Bird Recording Co, 2018)

July 25, 2018 Alan O'Hare 0
There’s a Wurlitzer playing through the bright and breezy ‘Got To Me Since’ that grounds the sound of Izaak Opatz. It’s strange, especially when you read that the quirky songwriter grew up in and around the national […]
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Simon Patrick Kerr “Doldrums” (Independent, 2018)

July 25, 2018 Denis Parkinson 0
Simon Patrick Kerr is releasing his first solo album, ‘Doldrums’, and it’s a change in direction from the driving rock pop of his regular band The Wans. As frontman for the trio, Nashville based Kerr writes […]
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Ben Reel “Land Of Escape” (Independent, 2018)

July 24, 2018 Michael Farley 0
Ben Reel is an Irish artist who has been in the business for over 20 years, this being his eighth studio album release.  This is a homegrown affair having been recorded and produced in his home […]
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Sarah Louise “Deeper Woods” (Thrill Jockey, 2018)

July 24, 2018 David Cowling 0
This is a record that is wrapped in layers. There’s Sarah Louise’s guitar playing, her voice, and vibes and strings, all melded together to give a kind of pointillist vision of the nature that surrounds her […]

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