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Old Californio “Metaterranea”

November 24, 2023 Chas Lacey 0
High-energy bar-room band find truth in the wider world. With ‘Old Californio Country’, their previous album of mostly covers, Old Californio displayed their considerable vocal and instrumental prowess but left this reviewer wishing for more original […]
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Old Californio “Old Californio Country”

November 24, 2022 Paul Kerr 1
Pleasant renderings of familiar songs with a couple of hidden nuggets begging for attention A southern California band, based on the partnership of Rich Dembowski and Woody Aplanalp, Old Californio deliver an album which is rooted […]
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A Sunny Day In Beachwood

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Well, here’s a fine thing – yet another garden party that you weren’t invited to, but at least there’s some footage of it so you can see what you missed.  As Great Willow told us, by […]

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The Right Reverend Crow “Demokracy Blues”

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Bluesman gets raw and honest on timely state of the union address. Respected folk-blues musician Nathan Bell’s latest project, The Right Reverend Crow, is a formidable soul/blues trio committed to playing what Bell refers to as […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

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Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
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Christina Martin “The Essentials”

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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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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

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Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]

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Parker Twomey “All This Life”

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New generation of Texan singer songwriter delivers debut album that suggests promise for the future. Parker Twomey is a graduate of the Booker T Washington School for the Performing Arts who, in 2019, at just eighteen […]
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Collaborations with classical artists are often an uneasy fit, a cue for an unholy alliance of partners.  Non-classical artists bask in the status and virtuosity of the conservatoire sorts, while the orchestral players demonstrate they are […]

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