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Vox Continental: June 2025

June 26, 2025 Rick Bayles 0
We have a couple of new single releases and a look at some of the Bluegrass festivals coming up in mainland Europe. First up, a new single from German band Lambs & Wolves. Originally based in […]
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Pixie & The Partygrass Boys “Powder Day” – actual snow…

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We’re pretty convinced that there’s no subtle subtext to this song, and that when Pixie sings about snow then it’s the crystallized flakes of water that are being referenced.  We’re aware though of the Partygrass side […]
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Pixie & The Partygrass Boys “Gimme Shelter” – Stones covered

May 25, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Here’s a theory for you to disregard completely, the real difference between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones was not that one was the clean-cut crew and the other the bad boys of rock.  It’s simpler […]
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Pixie & The Partygrass Boys “The Devil Went Down To Utah” – Utah? Are you sure?

May 2, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
On this cover of the song you doubtless recall, Pixie & The Partygrass Boys have relocated the fiddle contest encounter to Utah – on the grounds that that is where they, and in particular their fiddle […]
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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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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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