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Fay Hield “Wrackline” (Topic Records, 2020)

September 18, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
On her new release Fay Hield digs deep into folksong’s mystical world – the songs of spirits, usually malicious and malevolent, dark deeds and supernatural consequences. It’s a theme that is captured to perfection from the […]
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Video: Fay Hield “Hare Spell”

September 8, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
The atmospheric video for ‘Hare Spell’ is the perfect accompaniment to this striking song.  It’s taken from her new album, ‘Wrackline’, which is out on 11th September.  This song follows Isobel Gowdie’s witch trial confessions from […]

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Bruce Springsteen is just one of many well known names who have contributed to the new tribute album 20th Century Paddy, which showcases the music of Shane MacGowan.  It falls to Springsteen, though, to mark the […]
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Video: Iron and Wine “Roses” – Laugh into each other’s empty mouth

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The much-loved Iron and Wine, also known as multi-instrumentalist and producer Sam Beam, has released the third single from his brand new album, Hen’s Teeth. Released on 27th February 2026 via Sub Pop, this is the […]
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Live Review: Madison Violet, The Town Hall, Kirton In Lindsey – 3rd February 2023

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The first concert of the new year at Lincolnshire’s premier Americana music venue saw the return of Canadian duo Brenley MacEachern and Lisa Maclsaac better known as Madison Violet who only last June treated the regulars […]
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Threefifty “Gently Among The Coals” (Independent, 2017)

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Threefifty founders Brett Parnell and Geremy Schulick have developed their love of, and influences from, guitar heroes such as Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler through classical guitar training, and released three previous albums. And then they drop […]
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Steve Earle to be inducted into Songwriters’ Hall of Fame

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Steve Earle was announced Monday as a 2020 inductee into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame — although his honours and those of everyone else inducted this year will have to wait a while because of […]

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