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Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”

May 26, 2026 Comments Off on Anniversary Cheers: The Handsome Family “Singing Bones”
An addition to our Anniversary Cheers occasional Feature: this is The Handsome Family with a re-release, with additional outtakes and live recordings, of the excellent Singing Bones. The Handsome Family are Brett and Rennie Sparks, a […]
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Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson

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With only a few weeks to go until the 19th Gate To Southwell Festival, fans are looking forward to this four-day event in rural Nottinghamshire which runs from 2nd-5th July. The festival features more than 60 […]
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Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, London Palladium, London – 11th May 2026

May 26, 2026 Comments Off on Live Review: Cowboy Junkies, London Palladium, London – 11th May 2026
The Timmins family (and a close friend) band has reached the milestone of forty years as a band and forty years since their debut album, Whites Off Earth Now!!, and for their current tour, they have […]

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  • Preview: Gate To Southwell Festival 2026 in July features The Proclaimers and Richard Thompson
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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 Comments Off on Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

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Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

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At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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Interview: Jeb Loy Nichols on keeping it simple

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Although he is now happily ensconced in the rural delights of mid Wales, Jeb Loy Nichols has a chequered past. Born in Wyoming, raised in Missouri and Texas, he grew up steeped in music and aged […]
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The General Store “The Great Indoors: an introduction to The General Store”

October 30, 2025 Comments Off on The General Store “The Great Indoors: an introduction to The General Store”
Superb career overview from uber-talented musician harking back. The environment one grows up in has to influence a musician’s career, and how lucky was Tam Johnstone (aka The General Store) in his formative years. His father […]

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