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  • [ July 31, 2026 ] Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power” Tracks
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Ellie Holcomb “What Would I Do Without You” – watcha say?

July 10, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0
Here’s a nice turn-around, as Drew & Ellie Holcomb release covers of each other’s songs. Released at the end of June, Drew offered his take on Ellie’s Constellations, while Ellie reimagines Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors’ […]
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Jingle Bells Friday – do you hear what I hear?

November 21, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Starting up the beloved annual feature Jingle Bells Friday is a bit like christmas shopping in reverse.  When is too soon to start that shopping – or, and perhaps more meaningful and likely to be remembered […]

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Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

Tracks
July 31, 2026 0

Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September

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July 31, 2026 0

Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”

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There’s a joyful festival to be Found in Buckingham on the August bank holiday

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Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981

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Tracks

Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”

July 31, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from case/lang/veirs who have this week shared their cover of Patti Smith’s track People Have The Power which […]
News

Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September

July 31, 2026 0
London-based singer-songwriter Jack Browning will release his sophomore album, Painted Skies, on September 16th via Too Fine Records. The twelve-song collection follows Browning’s signing to the Nashville label earlier this year and arrives after two years […]
Features

Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”

July 31, 2026 0
The next Americana Story comes from one of our own. Rick Bayles escaped the UK to live in the Dordogne region of France, and from there he reports back through his monthly Vox Continental column, sharing […]

  • Something for the weekend: case/lang/veirs “People Have The Power”
  • Jack Browning to release his long awaited second album in September
  • Americana Stories – Rick Bayles “The Little Shop of Hollers”
  • There’s a joyful festival to be Found in Buckingham on the August bank holiday
  • Classic Clips: Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” – Studio Recording, 1981
  • Jason McNiff “Ten Blue Songs”
  • Live Review: Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Suffolk – 3rd-5th July 2026
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]
Interviews

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]

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Track Premiere: Matt Charette & The Truer Sound “Going Down Swinging”

February 20, 2023 0
Matt Charette was born and raised in Mashpee, at the foot of Cape Cod – “My mother’s a hair stylist and my dad’s a truckdriver,” he says. “My dad listened to a lot of John Prine […]
Videos

Video: Ennor “West Coast”

May 22, 2018 0
The latest single from Cornish band Ennor is a great folk-op song with plenty of echoes of California.  Good video too.
Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed 196 “Technical Issues”

August 22, 2025 2
The discerning readers amongst you will have been religiously listening to the radio broadcast attached below since its inception. Every week, I travel to a radio studio in Milton Keynes and for two hours, I play […]

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