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Paperback Riders: Emily St. John Mandel – “Station Eleven”

August 1, 2023 Tim Martin 0
Rereading Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road’ for last month’s edition of Paperback Riders, I was reminded of another, and in my view far better, “post-apocalyptic” novel. ‘Station Eleven‘ is about a worldwide pandemic, The Georgia Flu, that […]
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There’ll be Music Everywhere: 2022 in the Rear View Mirror

December 22, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0
And it has become a cliché now – this has been a weird year.  But if you say that at the end of every year for five or six years in a row then has it […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Bill Callahan, Manchester Albert Hall – 6th November 2022

November 15, 2022 Paul Wilson 0
Coming onto Manchester’s Albert Hall stage to the strains of Tina Turner’s ‘Private Dancer’, a song that doesn’t immediately strike you as an obvious touchstone for Bill Callahan’s often gentle brand of americana, instantly feels like […]
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Bill Callahan announces UK dates

June 29, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0
Drag City have announced the return of Bill Callahan to UK shores later this year – Callahan will play five exclusive performances “wherein Bill (guitar) and his cohorts,Matt Kinsey (guitar), Jim White (drums) and Dustin Laurenzi (tenor sax), […]
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Bonnie Prince Billy and Bill Calahan announce new album – new song out now

November 8, 2021 Emily Dongray 0
Bill Calahan and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy are releasing ‘The Blind Date Party’ on December 10th. The album is the culmination of half a year of collaborations online and will be released on 2xLP/2xCD/2xCS. The tracks feature […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November

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Interviews

Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November

April 21, 2026 0
Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell, who is releasing her new album Shadow Child on 8th May 2026 via Outside Music, has announced a run of six UK headline shows as part of a wider UK and European […]
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Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

April 21, 2026 0
Candace Hastings is long steeped in songwriting. Her first came when she was in fifth grade; it had just one chord and was written on the three-quarter-size Kay guitar that her mother bought for her the […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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Bruce Springsteen “Faithless” – looking for something to hold onto

May 2, 2025 0
Another release from the Springsteen unreleased seven albums set – ‘Faithless‘ has a smoother ‘Nebraska‘ feel to it, with a bit of a Dylan twist as well “I reached for the hem of his garment / […]
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Wilco appear on new Linda Perhacs album

August 7, 2017 0
Well most of them do anyway. Hope you had a good weekend one and all. Uncut report on the slightly shorter wait between the new album and its predecessor than last time around (44 years to be […]
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Track Premiere: Michael Colton “Leave The Light On”

August 13, 2020 0
Today’s song is the upcoming new single from Michael Colton, which will be generally available from tomorrow and precedes an upcoming EP which will be released this Autumn.  ‘Leave the Light On‘ is a ballad which […]

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