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The General Store “The Great Indoors: an introduction to The General Store”

October 30, 2025 Paul Russell 0
Superb career overview from uber-talented musician harking back. The environment one grows up in has to influence a musician’s career, and how lucky was Tam Johnstone (aka The General Store) in his formative years. His father […]
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Video Premiere: The General Store “Makes No Difference”

October 23, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Here’s the upbeat new single from The General Store, the alt-country project of multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter Tam Johnstone. In ‘Makes No Difference’, the guitar grooves along over flowing keys and a pulsing beat. Full of […]

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Demi Marriner at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds on 1st December 2024

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More People Really Should Know About: Demi Marriner

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The title of this piece is “More People Really Should Know About“, but I’d wager that more people have come across Demi Marriner and her work than realise, so perhaps the piece should be entitled More […]
Cover art to The Third Mind EP, "Spellbinder"
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The Third Mind “Spellbinder”

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Psychedelic rock supergroup continues to impress with a four-song EP companion piece to last year’s critically acclaimed album. There are very few musical collaborations doing the rounds these days as talented as The Third Mind. Formed […]
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Deer Tick return to their roots with “Coin-O-Matic” out in June

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Providence’s Deer Tick have announced the 5th June release of their ninth studio album, Coin-O-Matic, via ATO. The LP is said to cast a bright light on a little-known facet of the American mythos: the hidden […]

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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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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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Paul Brady “Nothing But the Same Old Story”

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