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dASHDOWN “Can’t Get Too High or Low” – new music inspired by a Florida tempest

January 30, 2024 Ed Donnelly 1
dASHDOWN weathers a hurricane and delivers a raspy-voiced rhapsody with ‘Can’t Get Too High or Low’.   Dave Ashdown, previously with Waiting For Henry, has his third solo EP. This is his third solo release and features […]
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The Northern Belle “Hell & Back” – where we’re heading

January 30, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
This latest single from The Northern Belle finds the band leaning into their poppier side with ‘Hell & Back‘, which is a jangly, catchy, uptempo pop-tinged Americana tune.  On ‘Hell & Back‘ lead singer Stine Andreassen […]
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A Circle of Friends “Youth Was Never Wasted on the Young” – Inspiration and insight in the face of worldwide challenges

January 29, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0
A Circle of Friends prepare the next generation for trials and tribulations on ‘Youth Was Never Wasted On The Young’.  After a busy year of live performances in 2023 the Danish sextet kicks off the new […]
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Leland And The Silver Wells “Six Feet Underground” – no do-overs

January 29, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Los Angeles-based band Leland and the Silver Wells are set to release their fifth album, ‘Riverboat,’ on February 23rd, and today’s song is of course taken from that album.  ‘Six Feet Underground‘ is a psychedelic blast […]
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Something for the weekend: For all the Girls “Caroline” featuring Icarus Phoenix

January 26, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for another weekend dear reader. We are heading for our annual writers’ get together to (drum roll) Buxton this year so do come and say hello if you happen to be […]

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The Milk Carton Kids will return to the UK and Ireland for a run of headline dates in January 2027, including London’s Barbican Centre, Bristol Beacon, Manchester’s Albert Hall, Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre and Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre. […]
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The new release by Little Sparta takes Mekons collaboration in directions old and new. After 26 years at work and 20 years since their first release, veteran Alan D. Boyd’s project Little Sparta just put out […]
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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]
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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

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Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

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Video Premiere: Arkansas Dave “Diamonds”

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This is the new single from Texas man Arkansas Dave’s acclaimed eponymous album.  A man with a voice and a half, he delivers a bluesy, soulful piece here that we like very much.  He’s got three […]
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