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Video: Ben Harper “Inland Empire”

September 22, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
Simply, breathtakingly beautiful.  Ben Harper is an incredibly talented performer and, here, he shows how the lap steel guitar can be used to create musical poetry.  It needs no words.  Harper has just announced the release […]
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Video: Phil Hooley “Learning to be Still”

September 21, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
The latest single from Phil Hooley features his typically warm, rich vocals, which are perfectly suited to this reflective song.  The timely lyrics touch on mindfulness, adapting to our challenging circumstances and developing new habits in […]
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Video Premiere: Grace Pettis “Drop Another Pin”

September 21, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
In a time of turbulent change, very little feels permanent anymore.  The new single from Grace Pettis focuses on the importance of being able to live in the moment, grounding yourself while accepting the shifting world […]
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Something for the weekend: Taylor Swift “Betty”

September 18, 2020 Mark Whitfield 4
Well that’s it for another week dear reader. It’s our last weekend of freedom here in the People’s Republic of Liverpool before we go into a local lockdown, but there’s so much exciting music coming up […]
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Video Premiere: Matthew McDaid “Look Away Sun Child”

September 18, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
Matthew McDaid was born and raised in Northern Ireland but moved with his family to the Barcelona region in 2005.  In recent years, he has been building a reputation as one of the finest musicians on […]

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Various Artists “Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow – Words And Music Tom Waits And Kathleen Brennan”

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Other Brother Darryl “Hey Yeah Hey”

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Jackson Browne press conference September 1997
Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Jackson Browne

June 10, 2026 2
I can already hear the cries, “Jackson Browne, a bad album – what heresy is this.” After a moment, though, those same voices say more reflectively, “Well, there is his recent output,” or “Well, there was […]
artwork for Various Artists Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow - Words And Music Tom Waits And Kathleen Brennan
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Various Artists “Where The Willow And The Dogwood Grow – Words And Music Tom Waits And Kathleen Brennan”

June 10, 2026 0
Bang on target: 19 shells from the Waits and Brennan cannon. Since Tom Waits’ last studio album, Bad As Me (2011), apart from the odd reissue and a contribution to Marc Ribot’s Songs Of Resistance 1942 […]
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Other Brother Darryl “Hey Yeah Hey”

June 10, 2026 0
Harmonies to the fore in Boston eight-piece’s swift sophomore album. You would have to be of a certain vintage to recognise where Boston-based Other Brother Darryl may have garnered their moniker. If it means nothing, it […]

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  • CR & The White Lights head back to their roots on latest album “My Old Self”
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Interview: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is thriving

June 10, 2026 0
With influences in blues, jazz and country, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline is actually thriving on their fifth album, Monster Swan (2025). Based in Somerset, England, Beth Packer’s distinctive, emotive vocals, coupled with her evocative lyrics, create […]
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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

June 5, 2026 1
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

May 29, 2026 0
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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Brian Fallon “Horses” – Listen

April 6, 2020 0
‘Horses‘ is a single taken from Brian Fallon’s new album ‘Local Honey‘ which was released a week ago on Lesser Known Records and Thirty Tigers.  It sees the New Jersey-based singer-songwriter in an optimistic mood “we […]
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Plasi “Remember” – Listen

May 26, 2020 0
‘Remember‘ is as soothing a balm of a song as you’re likely to hear in many days, and comes from the half-Swedish half-Greek singer Plasi.  It’s taken from his new EP ‘Where I Belong‘ which will […]
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Video Premiere: Speedbuggy USA “Honky Tonk Singer”

May 3, 2018 0
This is taken from Speedbuggy USA’s new album Kick Out the Twang, due out on 2 July and coinciding with a UK tour (see below). A great song that’s dark, reflective and laced with steel guitar […]

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