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Dave Stroda “Demolition Man” – Listen

November 26, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Demolition Man‘ leads in with whoozy pedal steel as Dave Stroda takes a ride through a familiar desolation, in the company of two old amigos, loneliness and emptiness.  The song’s from the new and recently released […]
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Dave Ernst “Pallbearer” – Track Premiere

November 23, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Dave Ernst’s ‘Pallbearer‘ comes from his debut solo album ‘Hickory Switch’, an introspective look into the relationships and experiences that have shaped Ernst’s life.  The message and inspiration for this one is quite clear, as Ernst […]
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Foxwarren “To Be” – Listen

November 22, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Ten years is a long time to make an album – when Foxwarren first started out as a band they’d coalesced at college around a shared love of Pedro the Lion, Paul Simon and The Band.  […]
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Willard Grant Conspiracy “Untethered” – Listen

November 21, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
David Michael Curry tells us the origin of this song: “Incubate Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands was our last show in 2016. When we returned home, Robert went for a check-up because he said he felt something […]
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Jacko Hooper “The Long Road” – Listen

November 20, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
‘The Long Road‘ is taken from Jacko Hooper’s EP ‘Together We’re Lost‘ which is out November 23rd.  It’s a true example of bedroom recording and delves into Hooper’s psyche, coming up with a struggle between anxiety […]

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Norwegian duo delivers a nordicana record filled with beautiful songs, expertly performed and arranged. Fayen is a Norwegian duo based in Trondheim, situated in central Norway, on the south shore of the third-largest of Norway’s fjords, Trondheimsfjorden […]
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Poignancy heaped upon poignancy on Taylor’s final recordings Words From Holy Gardens was already a very emotionally wrought record, featuring as it does Chip Taylor’s home recordings of his responses to aging and in particular to […]

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