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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 Dean Nardi 1
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Jerry Leger releases new album and announces UK tour dates

February 17, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Canadian singer-songwriter Jerry Leger makes a welcome return to the UK in April 2025 for solo, acoustic shows, to coincide with the release of his new solo album “Lucky Streak – Latent Lounge, Live From The […]
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John Murry and Michael Timmins “A Little Bit Of Grace And Decay”

September 18, 2024 Martin Johnson 2
Joy and beauty abound in revisited classic Gothic Americana songs. John Murry’s three solo recordings add up to one of the most consistently excellent song catalogues of 21st-century songs and are probably the prime definition of […]
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New film, soundtrack album and UK and Ireland tour dates from John Murry

July 19, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
John Murry has announced the release of  “a little bit of Grace and Decay – Original Soundtrack Recording for The Graceless Age: The Ballad Of John Murry” on 20th September 2024 on TV Records.  The album […]
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John Murry “A Short History Of Decay” (TV Records, 2017)

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It’s been five years since John Murry appeared set to build on the accolades garnered by his album, The Graceless Age, a sublime record which took the raw material of his unsettled life (and near death […]

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A slight shift in musical style makes for a refreshing sound that relays strong stories. Josiah Leming, the man who goes by the stage moniker of Josiah and the Bonnevilles, has been honing his craft since […]
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The Glass Hours release latest album “Chapel Glass” in June

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The Glass Hours, the band name for songwriters Megan Barbera and Brad Armstrong, will release their latest album, Chapel Glass, via Cornelius Chapel Records on 26th June 2026. The record was recorded live in five days […]
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Live Review: True Foxes, FortyFive Vinyl Café, York – 25th April 2026

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True Foxes, the cousins from Cornwall, Amie Parsons on vocals and guitar and Chloe Payne on vocals and bass, were on top form at the FortyFive Vinyl Café in York. Since forming in 2019, True Foxes […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Your first week in isolation: Seven songs about loneliness

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With working from home and self-isolation the new normal for the foreseeable, we’ve put together a soundtrack of daily tracks to get you through the first week. Feeling lonesome and blue? These artists are too…
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Robert Forster “The Candle And The Flame”

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Solo album number 8 for respected Brisbane singer-songwriter. Acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Robert Forster has been around a while. He was the co-founder of The Go-Betweens and made nine albums in that guise from the 1980s on, […]
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