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Mary Chapin Carpenter “The Dirt And The Stars” (Lambent Light/Thirty Tigers, 2020)

September 17, 2020 Sean Hannam 0
‘The Dirt And The Stars’  is Mary Chapin Carpenter’s first collection of new material since 2016’s ‘The Things That We Are Made Of.’ Her last record, ‘Sometimes Just The Sky’, which came out two years ago, […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Mary Chapin Carpenter “Stones In The Road” (Columbia, 1994)

July 8, 2020 Peter Churchill 1
Mary Chapin Carpenter can be credited with bringing this reviewer out of the musical wilderness that was his post teenage decade; the 1980s. Struggling to identify with anything remotely described as popular at the time it […]
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Mary Chapin Carpenter has a new album

June 15, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
Her first new release since 2018, ‘The Dirt and The Stars‘ is the upcoming album from Mary Chapin Carpenter – it’ll hit all good music vendors on August 7th and is released through Lambent Light Records […]
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Mary Chapin Carpenter announces UK dates, new album

February 9, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
The new album from Mary Chapin Carpenter (no relation to Karen or Jesus) ‘Sometimes Just The Sky’, will be released March 30th via Thirty Tigers, and features new versions of some of Carpenter’s best-known songs as well as […]
Live Reviews

Mary Chapin Carpenter, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Cambridge, 5th February 2017

February 16, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
This gig was the last of Mary Chapin Carpenter’s UK tour, and was also a first weekend highlight for the inaugural City Roots festival running across many venues in Cambridge as a week-long winter spin-off from […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

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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

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The Byrds “Captain Soul” – let’s boogie

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Now, as you may recall, we find Wednesday to be one of those tough sort of days – a long way into the week and a long way still from the weekend.  Wednesday afternoon is quite […]
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Penny & Sparrow “Breakdown” – love me through the angst

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Indie-folk pair Penny & Sparrow released their latest album, ‘Lefty‘ on the 31st of January via I Love You / Thirty Tigers, and naturally enough ‘Breakdown‘ is taken from that release.   ‘Breakdown‘ shows a lot of […]
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Classic Americana Album: Various Artists “This One’s For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark”

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Describing ‘This One’s For Him’ as a classic Americana album might seem surprising given it’s entirely made up of cover versions. Also, in no way does ‘This One’s For Him’ constitute a “breakthrough”  moment in the […]

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