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Video: Desolation Horse “Heavy Rain”

December 10, 2020 Andrew Frolish 1

A cleverly shot video reinforces this song’s message about growing beyond a small town and finally leaving home for good. There’s a warm, gentle opening, in which the dreamy melody of Cooper Trail’s vocal is a […]

Video Premiere: Morton Valence “Skylines Change / Genders Blur”

December 9, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

There’s a sinister darkness to the latest single from Morton Valence. The opening song from the album ‘Black Angel Drifter’ is a chaotic blend of genres, an unrelenting, atmospheric blast of apocalyptic sound. Discordant, disturbing, unsettling. […]

Video: Sunny Bones “Be Cool”

December 9, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the dreamy debut single from new duo Sunny Bones. Helen Anderson and Ben Asker have captured a sound that is familiar yet fresh. Though good-humoured, the video carries a serious message about valuing yourself […]

Video Premiere: Jack Henderson “Stars”

December 8, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

With delicate, weeping guitar and his characterful, melodic vocal, Jack Henderson finds the sounds to match the beauty in the lyrics for his new single ‘Stars’. There is a hymnal quality to this song, which takes […]

Video: William Lawrence “Fool For You”

December 8, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The new single from New York singer-songwriter William Lawrence is warm, open-hearted and uplifting. It’s the title track from his upcoming third full album, which is due on 24th December, just in time for Christmas. Early […]

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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 0

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 […]

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

March 11, 2026 1

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 […]

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Video: Lily Frost “Nightbird-Lilith” – resurrecting the myth

January 21, 2026 0

This is the latest single from Toronto-based songwriter, musician, producer, and radio host Lily Frost. Opening with dramatic instrumentation, ‘Nightbird-Lilith’ grows in lush, musical layers of harp, accordion, and percussion. Over this soundscape, Frost’s vocal is […]

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Video: Sam Lee “Lay This Body Down”

February 13, 2020 0

A beautifully directed, artistic video complements this excellent new song from Sam Lee. His vocal range and characterful voice are real features of ‘Lay This Body Down’, which is taken from his third album, ‘Old Wow’, […]

Album Reviews

Torgeir Waldemar “Love” (Jansen Records, 2020)

January 23, 2020 0

‘Love’ is Norwegian troubadour Torgeir Waldemar’s follow up to the well-received ‘No Offending Borders‘ album released in 2017. Described by his publicists as (his) “most ambitious work to date”, and “inspired by Brian Wilson’s ‘Love and […]

Video: Desolation Horse “Heavy Rain”

Video Premiere: Morton Valence “Skylines Change / Genders Blur”

Video: Sunny Bones “Be Cool”

Video Premiere: Jack Henderson “Stars”

Video: William Lawrence “Fool For You”

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”