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Interview: The Big Wu’s Chris Castino shares his love of pickles and bluegrass

February 22, 2022 Martin Johnson 0
The challenges of reimagining rock songs as bluegrass staples with the help of newgrass legends. The jamband scene in America has always been bluegrass friendly because of the rhythm inherent in the music and the instrumental […]
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Video Premiere: Chris Castino “Chinese Whispers”

March 24, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
Chris Castino displays excellent songcraft on the beautifully performed ‘Chinese Whispers’.   The song is about being physically separated from people you love and the first word we hear is the name of Castino’s cousin Sonny, […]

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Video Premiere: Dean Owens “Face The Storm (The Buffalo)”

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

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Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

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Video Premiere: Dean Owens “Face The Storm (The Buffalo)”

March 24, 2026 0
2025 was another extraordinary year for Scottish singer-songwriter Dean Owens. Last year started with a headline show at Celtic Connections in Glasgow to launch Owens’ acclaimed twelfth studio album, Spirit Ridge, before touring Australia with his […]
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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0
Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]
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Album Reviews

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0
Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

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  • Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup
  • Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”
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  • Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]
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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2
At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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Live Review: Albert Lee, The Drill, Lincoln – 20th July 2025

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The Drill is one of the city of Lincoln’s premier and most iconic live venues. It is also its oldest. Formerly known as The Drill Hall, this Grade II-listed building was erected in 1890 as a […]

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