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Book Reviews

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”

May 15, 2026 Tim Martin 0
Patrick Joseph O’Connor’s Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community reclaims an overlooked part in American musicology. While places like Chicago, Memphis, and the Mississippi Delta often dominate the story of Blues, O’Connor suggests that […]

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Muireann Bradley to release new EP and adds tour dates

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Track Premiere: Charissa Hoffman “Forward Motion”

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Video Premiere: Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock “Let It Happen”

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Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

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Muireann Bradley to release new EP and adds tour dates

August 13, 2026 0
Donegal blues prodigy Muireann Bradley has announced the release of her latest EP, Blackwood Pew, which will be issued on 23rd October 2026 via Fontana Records/Verve Forecast. Bringing together three brand new original songs, including recently […]
Artwork for the Pieta Brown album "Dreamin' Of"
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Pieta Brown “Dreamin’ Of”

August 13, 2026 0
New album from a lauded indie-folk performer with poetic lyrics over a nuanced backing. Dreamin’ Of is Pieta Brown’s ninth album and her second recorded with Bon Iver alumni S.Carey and Mike Lewis producing with her […]
Tracks

Track Premiere: Charissa Hoffman “Forward Motion”

August 13, 2026 0
What do you get when you give a sixth-generation musician and aspiring songwriter a ukulele? You’re expecting fey songs or something a little bedroom-based, right? No, no, no…that’s not Charissa Hoffman at all. She explains that […]

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  • Pieta Brown “Dreamin’ Of”
  • Track Premiere: Charissa Hoffman “Forward Motion”
  • Video Premiere: Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock “Let It Happen”
  • Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns
  • Anniversary Cheers: The Mercy Brothers “Strange Adventure” celebrates 23 years
  • Laura Veirs “Temple Songs”
  • After six years, Laura Cortese announces new studio album “Lucky Water”
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  • Isreal Nash saddles up to reimagine Sweetheart of the Rodeo
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Interview: The Roseline play sweet music but you must accept the thorns

August 12, 2026 0
It’s no secret that americana music in all its colorful variations has been prevalent and in vogue for years now as countless bands and singer/songwriters from the last two decades have found success filtering their music […]
Interviews

Interview: Frank Turner reflects on 20 years of Campfire Punkrock

August 11, 2026 0
Remarkably, it is twenty years since Frank Turner released his first solo EP: Campfire Punkrock. The very title was both a statement of intent and a conscious identifier, defining his sound and the purpose of his […]
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Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0
At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]

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Videos

Video: Ondara “A Nocturnal Heresy”

August 10, 2022 0
The latest single from Ondara is the gorgeous ‘A Nocturnal Heresy’.  The accompanying performance video is brilliantly directed by Nate Ryan – the camera zooms in and out and pans around Ondara as he fills the […]
Album Reviews

Arty Hill “Live: Church on Saturday Night” (Independent, 2017)

April 18, 2017 0
Oh yes, this’ll get the party started! If you like your Honk with a fair bit of Tonk – and vice versa – then Arty Hill’s new live album is going to be right up your gardenia […]
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Video: Whiskey Myers “John Wayne”

September 7, 2022 0
Whisky Myers return and star in their very own Spaghetti Space Western in the music video for ‘John Wayne’.   Grizzled screen veteran, and delicious taco purveyor, Danny Trejo brings his grizzled gravitas to what is ultimately […]

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