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Sanford: “Figured I’d Ask Anyway” – worth a try

April 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
On ‘Figured I’d Ask Anyway’ Jay Sanford takes a road trip back to where he’d been before and, whilst knowing that you an never really go back again, takes the opportunity to ask some questions that […]
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Cedar Hill “Window Of A Train” – Riding the railroad to nowhere

April 24, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Setting off this week on a lively Bluegrass note with the new single from Cedar Hill – and very appropriately it’s a train-themed song.  Cedar Hill Railyard was, you’ll recall, the largest rail yard in the […]
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Something for the Weekend: Bruce Springsteen “Mary Queen of Arkansas”

April 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
Here’s a nice live rendition of Springsteen’s bitter-sweet love song from the new download release ‘Songs of Character‘ that is out today.  It’s  something to contemplate whilst you lap up the latest news about the appearances […]
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Shirley Collins “High And Away” – Tornadoes are tricky

April 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
A new song from Shirley Collins’ latest album ‘Archangel Hill‘ which will be released on May 26th.  ‘High and Away‘ sounds incredibly traditional but is actually new – albeit drawing on writings that Collins made in […]
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Anna Tivel “American Novella” – Drawing to a close

April 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Anna Tivel makes music that hits you hard – soft and quiet it may often be but the ideas are large, the emotions are bare, sometimes brutally so even within the tightly constrained words and the […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 Thea Gilmore Songs

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Thea Gilmore is one of the most remarkable voices in contemporary British songwriting. Her work is often experimental, thrillingly so at times, and she moves effortlessly between genres without ever being defined by them. Elements of […]
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Preview: Georgia’s Clover County plays first ever UK and Ireland tour dates in May

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Emerging Georgia singer/songwriter Clover County, whose debut album, Finer Things, was released in September 2025 via her own label Undercover Lover Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers, has announced a short series of tour dates in […]
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Paperback Riders: John Perry Barlow “Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times” and The Principles Of Adult Behavior

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John Perry Barlow’s memoir Mother American Night: My Life in Crazy Times reads like an acid trip from the American counterculture, yet also carries an idealistic turn that comes from living through multiple revolutions. The book […]

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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
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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Ayla Brook and The Sound Men “Desolation Sounds” (Fallen Tree Records, 2020)

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It was Captain George Vancouver himself who, whilst mapping the (now) British Columbia coastline, named the deepwater of Desolation Sound, claiming that “there is not a single prospect that is pleasing to the eye”. Of course […]
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Live Review: Lloyd Cole, The Barbican, London – 25th January 2025

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Upon opening the Barbican Centre on  3 March 1982, the Queen remarked that it is “one of the wonders of the modern world”. That remains a moot point, however, it can’t be denied that the centre […]
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