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Video: Boy Scouts “That’s Life Honey”

August 17, 2021 Cam Fraser 0

The Oakland, California singer/songwriter Boy Scouts (aka Taylor Vick) releases ‘That’s Life Honey‘, the first single from her new album, ‘Wayfinder‘. There are so many hugely talented young female indie singer/songwriters coming out of the US […]

Video Premiere: Malcolm Holcombe “Shaky Ground”

August 17, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

The new single from Malcolm Holcombe is most notable for his tremendous vocal performance; his mesmerising voice is filled with emotion, character and weary experience. It feels as though Holcombe is talking directly to you: “Let […]

Rodeo FM “Shame Shame Shame”

August 16, 2021 Cam Fraser 0

Having spent years working their way across Europe on the ‘any-gig-you-can-get’ circuit, Rodeo FM show off their impassioned and polished alt.country skills on ‘Shame Shame Shame‘, the barnstorming second single from their upcoming EP, ‘All The […]

Video: The Winnie Blues “Lonely Love”

August 16, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

‘Lonely Love’ by The Winnie Blues begins with gentle, weeping piano before beautifully delicate finger-picking is introduced along with the weary voice of Cameron Potts: “It’s time for me to leave.” It’s a carefully measured opening […]

Something for the weekend: Lucinda Williams covers ZZ Top

August 13, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another week dear reader. A lot of new stuff out today singles-wise including a new eighties sounding song by Sam Outlaw, a new collaboration from Darlingside with The Distantly Social Orchestra, and […]

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Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

March 20, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new song from British slacker twang quartet Brown Horse, the third and final single from their upcoming album Total Dive […]

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

March 20, 2026 1

Danny George Wilson delivers a reflective and beautifully crafted set of songs exploring loss, memory, and the difficult business of moving on. Danny George Wilson follows up the Danny & The Champions of the World album, […]

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

March 20, 2026 0

Tampa-born, New Orleans-based singer/songwriter Thomas Dollbaum has announced his new album Birds of Paradise, “a goodbye letter to lost loved ones and former selves,” which will come out on May 22 via Dear Life Records, and […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Dirty Dozens

Dirty Dozen: Roddy Hart & the Lonesome Fire

January 4, 2017 0

If the Scots slang – which gives Roddy Hart & the Lonesome Fire’s “Swithering” its name – suggests any sort of indecisiveness at play, then it’s one that the band whole-heartedly embraced to help push the […]

Essentials

Essentials: The Top Ten Caroline Spence Songs

June 19, 2025 3

It’s a difficult enough task to find an artist’s best albums or their best songs; the initial dilemma for this writer in the latest round of Essentials was to find an artist that justified inclusion, given […]

Album Reviews

Christian Rutledge “An Inch Of This New York Mile”

May 29, 2025 6

Rutledge’s debut album, described as a love letter to the city and people of New York, is a resounding success. For some years now, Christian Rutledge has carved out a reputation for being one of New […]

Video: Boy Scouts “That’s Life Honey”

Video Premiere: Malcolm Holcombe “Shaky Ground”

Rodeo FM “Shame Shame Shame”

Video: The Winnie Blues “Lonely Love”

Something for the weekend: Lucinda Williams covers ZZ Top

Something for the weekend: Brown Horse “Wreck”

Danny George Wilson “Arcade”

Thomas Dollbaum enlists MJ Lendeman and friends for his latest album

Classic Clips: Brown Horse “Wipers”, Newport 2024

Jim Lauderdale “Country Super Hits Volume 2”