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Leon Russell RIP
The idea that God moves in mysterious ways is being pushed to its logical limits this year. The Guardian of many reports: “Leon Russell, who emerged in the 1970s as one of rock’n’roll’s most dynamic performers after […]
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Live Reviews
John Paul White: Bush Hall, London – 8th November 2016
John Paul White, along with Joy Williams, was The Civil Wars – the all-conquering duo who filled the void when Plant and Krauss stopped gigging their Raising Sand album. The Civil Wars lasted for a similar […]
Album Reviews
Tommy Hale “Magnificent Bastard” (Holiday Disaster, 2016)
The opening, title, track stops and starts you in your tracks. Tommy Hale, from Dallas, sings, “It seems I’ve let time slip away. It goes over the hill like a wild dog.” Here is the celebration, […]
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Here’s the Shortlist for Tonight’s CMA Awards (Updated with Winners)
Some decent americana-y musicians in here including Jerry Douglas. Good luck Jerry! Rolling Stone reports: “The 50th annual CMA Awards are set to award country’s top artists later this evening, but two trophies have already been […]
Album Reviews
Kemper Norton “Toll” (Front and Follow, 2016)
My old boiler used to sound like ‘Mladic’ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, so the musicality in machinery’s tonal shifts and sighs, and how it can create melody, isn’t new to me and is, I believe, in […]