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Something for the weekend: Grant McLennan “Horsebreaker Star”

June 27, 2025 Mark Whitfield 1
That’s it from us for another week dear reader. I was chatting to one of our writers earlier this week about my love for Grant McLennan, one half of course of the seminal Australian band The […]
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Nicolai Dunger “Love Is A Song” – so sing, sing, sing

June 27, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Nicolai Dunger has hardly been letting the grass grow under his feet – with a good thirty albums to his name the Swedish “folk-rocker” (it’s in quotes, folks, ‘cos he’s that and so much more) is […]
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Ron Sexsmith “Don’t Lose Sight” – Listen

June 26, 2025 Ed Donnelly 0
Canadian icon Ron Sexsmith reflects on the past few years in his new single ‘Don’t Lose Sight’.    Recorded in London with long time collaborator Martin Terefe at Eastcote Studios in London, this is the first single […]
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Joseph Decosimo “Ida Red” – Appalachian makeover

June 25, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Sometimes it can be something as simple as a chance remark that leads a person to make some astonishing new music, and that’s the case for Joseph Decosimo on his new album “Fiery Gizzard“.  It was […]
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Ron Pope “Things Jesus Didn’t Say” – hey, that’s not right

June 24, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
We’ve written about Ron Pope’s most recent album ‘American Man, American Music’ but this new single is not taken from that release.  It stands alone as a testament to Pope’s antipathy to…TikTok.  That surprised you.  Bet […]

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Well that’s it for this week dear reader. Don’t forget to get your tickets for our 25 year anniversary event if you haven’t yet – all the details are here. It’d be remiss of us to […]
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Teddy Thompson “Never Be The Same”

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Guitar-based pop, done skilfully, with words reflecting life’s imperfections. Teddy Thompson, the son of British folk icons Richard and Linda Thompson, was born in the UK but now lives in Brooklyn. This is his tenth self-penned […]
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Americana Stories – Dean Owens “The Motel And The Highway”

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In March, we put out a request for short fiction written around the subject of americana. The first to answer our call was one of our favourite singer/songwriters, Dean Owens. He also appeared on our Podcast […]

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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

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Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]
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Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

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To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
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Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

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If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]

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Every year in recent times I seem to listen to fewer and fewer whole albums – it’s often a time issue, as creating the monthly supporters’ compilations along with trawling through dozens of submissions every week […]
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Morganway “Kill The Silence”

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Vigorous, good-time, catchy soft rock, Morganway are a six-piece band from Norfolk and Cambridge, founded by twins Callum and Kieran Morgan on bass and guitar respectively, with Ed Bullinger on drums. This is their third studio […]
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Video: Los Lobos “Volver Volver”

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In this week’s retro slot we have the legendary Los Lobos and a live performance from 19899 of the classic “Volver Volver”.  Have a great weekend everyone.

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