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Video Premiere: Beth Snapp “Something to Prove”

May 10, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Upbeat and with an infectious (pardon the pun), care-free melody, the new single from Beth Snapp is her answer to the global pandemic that has held us in its grasp for the last year. ‘Something to […]

Video Premiere: JAKL “Hear”

May 7, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

After a year of immense challenges and social upheaval, JAKL (also-known-as Hughie Gavin) delivers a heartfelt message of positivity and hopefulness in new single ‘Hear’. For many, our isolation has been emotional as well as physical […]

Video Premiere: Lena Anderssen “The Airport”

May 6, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Lena Anderssen has spent a lifetime travelling, ever since she moved with her family from Canada to the remote Faroe Islands as a child. That’s a lifetime of good times followed by goodbyes. However, the sorrow […]

Video: Benjamin Miller “Try to Think” (ft. Hemma)

May 5, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Drift away with Benjamin Miller’s dreamy blend of psychedelia and folk in the absorbing video premiere for ‘Try to Think’. Featuring the distinctive animation of Laura Yurich, the video transports us to a strange world populated […]

Video: John Smith “Hold On”

May 4, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the latest single from John Smith, taken from his outstanding new album ‘The Fray’. The video, directed by Chris “MUG5” Maguire and Nastassja Simone with riot.nyc, was filmed in Wales, the scenic locations matching […]

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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 […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Brendon “Hold My Hand”

April 15, 2020 0

The gently upbeat ‘Hold My Hand’ is characterised by lovely guitar-work and vocals. At a time when we all need a little lift, we are pleased to share the video premiere of this feel-good song. It’s […]

Album Reviews

Jim Lauderdale “Time Flies” (Yep Roc, 2018)

July 30, 2018 0

After seeing him host and judge the Americana and the Independent Music Awards respectively, be an Honorary Chairperson for the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest each April at MerleFest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, co-hosting – along with […]

Album Reviews

Gretchen Peters “The Show – Live From The UK”

August 3, 2022 1

A live album to savour from one of the great singer-songwriters of her generation. Gretchen Peters has always had a great affinity with UK audiences and 2022 marks 25 years since this outstanding singer-songwriter first stepped […]

Video Premiere: Beth Snapp “Something to Prove”

Video Premiere: JAKL “Hear”

Video Premiere: Lena Anderssen “The Airport”

Video: Benjamin Miller “Try to Think” (ft. Hemma)

Video: John Smith “Hold On”

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”