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Leon III “Leon III” (Cornelius Chapel Records, 2018)

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Leon III (or Leon the Third if you prefer, their PR blurb mentions both) are a side project of two members of a Virginia alt-country band, the Wrinkle Neck Mules, a band this reviewer had never […]
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Kim Richey, Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham, 19 June 2018

June 25, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
“I normally have my roadies do this” quips Kim Richey as she arrives and fumbles with her guitar lead, setting the tone for an intimate, folksy evening more akin to being in a friend’s living room […]
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Mean Mary “Blazing: Hell is Naked Soundtrack” (Woodrock Records 2018)

June 25, 2018 Dave Jennings 0
Mean Mary (Mary James), renowned multi-instrumentalist and lightning-fingered banjo picker, returns with her new album ‘Blazing,’ which is a soundtrack to accompany the novel she has recently written with her mother, Jean James. The novel, which […]
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Jessica’s Brother “Jessica’s Brother” (Fika Recordings, 2018)

June 25, 2018 David Stevenson 0
Jessica’s Brother are a group from London formed in 2016, after drummer of The Wave Pictures’ Jonny Helm’s girlfriend (Jessica) introduced him to the man who would become primary songwriter in the group, her brother, Tom […]
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Jeffrey Foucault “Blood Brothers” (Blueblade Records/Tone Tree, 2018)

June 22, 2018 Peter Churchill 0
Time is precious. Things to do. People to see. So straight to the point. ‘Blood Brothers’ by Jeffrey Foucault is a bloody marvellous album. There are many albums that are slow growers, gradually getting under the […]

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