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Essentials: The Top 10 Digital Live Albums in 2025

December 18, 2025 Dean Nardi 1
A quirky and amusing take in our occasional Essentials series looks at the best live digital-only releases in 2025 This exciting and fun way of listening to live music recordings is a new wrinkle on the […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Joan Osborne, Union Chapel, London – 2nd July 2024

July 17, 2024 David Jarman 0
Visiting the UK for the first time since 2018, with her London show part of a tour taking in dates in Italy and France, Joan Osborne once more showed what a consummate performer she is. Still […]
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Classic Clips: Joan Osborne “St. Teresa” – Transatlantic Sessions 2007

July 22, 2022 Rick Bayles 1
This might raise some eyebrows since there are those that might not think of Joan Osborne as an americana artist but, as the intro to this clip says, she cuts such a wide swathe through American […]
Tracks

Joan Osborne “That Was A Lie” – Listen

September 30, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Taken from her tenth album ‘Trouble and Strife‘ which was released on September 18th, ‘That Was a Lie‘ might sound like a personal exchange but Osborne is aiming at a bigger picture; as she explains, the […]
News

Joan Osborne to release new Dylan covers album

July 4, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Joan Osborne of philosophical musings about higher being fame has announced the release of her ninth studio album “Songs of Bob Dylan” for September 1st, her own interpretation of Dylan’s catalogue from his 60s and 70s standards through […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard “California Zephyr”

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Artwork for Jesper Lindell album "Royal"

Jesper Lindell “Royal”

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Seasick Steve proclaims The Last Season Of America with his new album

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Preview: Jessie Malin Returns to the UK for a limited run of shows

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The Two Tracks “Seasons Unknown”

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Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard
Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard “California Zephyr”

June 8, 2026 0
The idea of a journey, setting off on the road, the excitement, the anticipation of discovery, leaving the stress and worries and memories behind is a construct we all can identify with. The romance of the […]
Artwork for Jesper Lindell album "Royal"
Album Reviews

Jesper Lindell “Royal”

June 8, 2026 0
Vibrant set of vintage soul grooves from Sweden via Memphis. In the wake of his most recent release, Jesper Lindell and his band, The Brunnsvik Sounds, return with another impressive collection of soul-infused covers. While the […]
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Seasick Steve proclaims The Last Season Of America with his new album

June 8, 2026 0
“It’s the last season of America, And we’ll never watch again, The show that we loved ” Veteran Bluesman Seasick Steve returns with The Last Season of America, his new album due September 19th on LP, […]

  • For The Sake Of The Song: Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard “California Zephyr”
  • Jesper Lindell “Royal”
  • Seasick Steve proclaims The Last Season Of America with his new album
  • Preview: Jessie Malin Returns to the UK for a limited run of shows
  • The Two Tracks “Seasons Unknown”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 236 “Disgust”
  • Preview: UK trio pay live tribute to legend Michael Hurley
  • The Pintos “Studio Rain” – trapped within the walls
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Interview: Greg Loftus – As both musician and carpenter, he would like to knock on wood

June 5, 2026 1
Greg Loftus comes from the town of Bourne, not far from the bridge that connects Massachusetts to Cape Cod. It is there that he practices woodworking, operates a club in nearby Falmouth and makes rock music […]
Interviews

Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

May 29, 2026 0
To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]
Interviews

Interview: Beau Jennings – In Tribute to Will Rogers and the Verdigris

May 27, 2026 0
If History was your favourite class in school, raise your digital hand. Only two? Come on, the subject is not that dull. Now pay attention. Today, we are going to learn about a river called the […]

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Christmas means many different things to different people.   “Dive Bar Christmas” by folk-pop act Blue Monkey is a song for the lonely-hearted, for all those who don’t have anyone to spend their holidays with, for those […]
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Album Reviews

Christina Martin “The Essentials”

April 13, 2026 1
An excellent value compilation of songs from the Canadian singer-songwriter’s career. Nova Scotia, Canada, singer-songwriter Christina Martin has reached the point in her 20-year career when she feels the need to put out a compilation. It’s […]
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Something for the weekend: Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney “Resist the Urge”

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Well that’s it for another week dear reader. We hope you’re geared up to sit half-frozen in your garden tepidly nursing an IPA. Do send us your choices for our new readers picks feature which we […]

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