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The Mostar Diving Club “Lovely Bones” – Listen

February 5, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
The Mostar Diving Club is the work of writer, composer and lead singer Damian Katkhuda, who first came to prominence fronting cult indie folk band Obi in the early 2000s.  The latest single ‘Lovely Bones’ is taken from […]
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Josh Ritter “Old Black Magic” – Listen

February 4, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Exciting news that Josh Ritter is returning with his tenth album, ‘Fever Breaks‘.   If the first single is a guide – and we’ve a feeling it is – then ‘Fever Breaks’ is going to be Josh […]
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Graham Nash “On The Line” – Listen

February 1, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
This, strictly speaking, is breaking all the rules.  Not only an old song, but a video.  Well, as someone once said “Rules and regulations – who needs them?  Throw ’em out the door“.  Also, it should […]
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Shirley Collins “Wondrous Love” – Listen

January 31, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
Decisions, decisions – what to do when the Americana Music Association Awards clashes with a hen’s-teeth rare outing by Shirley Collins at The Roundhouse?  That is the dilemma before us all – the cream of the […]
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Track Premiere: Graham Stone Music “Fighting For”

January 30, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s great to have the premiere for this new song by Graham Stone – taken from his new album ‘Bad News‘ which is out on April 12th.  It’s an impassioned roots-rocker that reflects on the turmoil […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November

April 21, 2026 0
Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell, who is releasing her new album Shadow Child on 8th May 2026 via Outside Music, has announced a run of six UK headline shows as part of a wider UK and European […]
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Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

April 21, 2026 0
Candace Hastings is long steeped in songwriting. Her first came when she was in fifth grade; it had just one chord and was written on the three-quarter-size Kay guitar that her mother bought for her the […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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The Black Crowes “A Pound Of Feathers”

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More energetic bluesy 70s styled tunes from Georgia’s southern rock stalwarts. … and the boisterous brothers are back. No, not that pair from Manchester, but Chris and Rich Robinson, with a follow-up to 2024’s Happiness Bastards. […]
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A Night to Remember: Orange Juice, The Go-Betweens, The Marine Girls, Lyceum Theatre, London, 1983

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Thinking about memorable gigs for this piece, there were a couple that I considered; Bitch Magnet in Birmingham (probably Edward’s No. 8) that damaged my hearing for good or Buffalo Tom in the same city and […]
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Essentials: The top 10 Townes Van Zandt songs

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Townes Van Zandt is one of the most criminally overlooked songwriters of the last fifty years. His life in a snapshot is simple and scary. Born to a wealthy Texas family, he left to pursue music, […]

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