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Something for the weekend: Blitzen Trapper “Upon the Chain”

June 7, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for another week dearest of reader. I have been listening in the rare spare minutes I have had in recent days to the new album by Blitzen Trapper and reminiscing on […]
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Blitzen Trapper “100s of 100s, Millions of Billions”

May 17, 2024 FredArnold 0
On their eleventh album, the Oregon band continue their exploration of Buddhist teachings and how they inform our very existence. The man behind Blitzen Trapper is Eric Earley, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and meditator. Blitzen Trapper (BT) […]
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Something for the weekend: Blitzen Trapper “Hello Hallelujah”

March 8, 2024 Mark Whitfield 0
That’s it from us for another weekend dear reader. Good luck if you’re heading down to London for the next national Palestine demo tomorrow, especially now you’re apparently the reason the country is on its arse […]
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Something for the weekend: Blitzen Trapper “Millions of Billions”

November 24, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
Well that’s it from us for this week – apologies for the site gremlins again, you’d think with Christmas coming up they’d have other fish to fry. We leave you anyway dear reader with a new […]
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Blitzen Trapper “Cheap Fantastical Takedown” – holding out for a good woman

August 30, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Portland’s Blitzen Trapper return with their first new music since 2020’s ‘Holy Smokes Future Jokes‘ as they set to release a three song 12″ single which includes ‘Cheap Fantastical Takedown.’  Since it’s a 12″ we’re assuming […]

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Something for the weekend: Great Lakes “Why Did My Love Go Away?”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a track from the new album by Great Lakes, Fear of the Fear, a band we have been big fans of […]
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Keyside “Keyside”

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A catchy, guitar-led debut where jangly hooks and catchy choruses carry stories of lives lived close to the edge. There is something immediately familiar about Keyside, the debut album from Liverpool four-piece Keyside. Jangly guitars and […]
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Classic Clips: The Monkees “What Am I Doing Hangin’ ‘Round?” – The Monkees TV Series Episode 40, “Monkees Marooned” 1967

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Growing up, I loved to watch the television show The Monkees, though looking back, I figure I wasn’t watching the episodes as they first aired, but re-runs. There were only two series of the show, though […]

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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

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As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
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Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

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Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]
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Interview: Nora Kelly holds space for the quirky in outlaw country music

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It’s always the ride and not necessarily the destination that makes a trip through a Nora Kelly Band album worthwhile. The songs can be zany, intriguing and melancholic all at once, cavorting to their own primal […]

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