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The Hanging Stars “Hollow Heart”

April 7, 2022 Paul Kerr 0
The Hanging Stars are close to perfection on a magnificent album which just about defines “cosmic country” From the moment The Hanging Stars glide gently into the perfumed garden which is ‘Ava’, the opening song on […]
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Sounds from beyond the shed – Week 51

March 30, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0
Believe it or not Easter Hols are coming  Thank f**k for that. Covid numbers are at an all time high, spend more lessons covering for absent colleagues or uploading work for isolating students than I do […]
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Fourth album by The Hanging Stars out today, new music and tour details announced

March 25, 2022 Emily Dongray 0
The Hanging Stars have today released their latest album, ‘Hollow Heart‘ out now on Loose Records. This fourth album from the London five-piece was recorded at Edwyn Collins’ Clashnarrow Studios in North-Eastern Scotland. Their previous albums […]
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Video Premiere: The Hanging Stars “Black Light Night”

February 22, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1
Check out the captivating video for ‘Black Light Night’, the latest single from London’s The Hanging Stars.  Swirling instrumental layers wrap around Richard Olson’s dreamily hypnotic voice as we take a sonic journey into the cosmos.  […]
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Festival Review: Red Rooster Festival, Euston Hall, Suffolk, 27th-29th August 2021

September 3, 2021 Oliver Gray 0
Our roving reporter, Oliver Gray, gets back into the field as music opens up. After a six-hour in-depth review of the M25, we arrived to the strains of Iraina Mancini, with a surprising and reassuringly old-fashioned […]

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The Jayhawks announce new album “Sanctuary Park”

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Putting some meat on the bones of last week’s passing reference to a new album when announcing their upcoming live dates, we can now reveal that the new album by The Jayhawks is called Sanctuary Park […]
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Andrew Sa “American Rough”

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The remarkable debut of a 21st-century crooner. Where do crooners come from? Surely this thought must have kept you awake in the late hours, when time stands still and there’s nothing to do but face the […]
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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

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As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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Self-produced album could have done with a producer ‘Coffee and Laundry’ is as the American’s say, Martin Farrell Jr’s sophomore (as the English say, second) album. Farrell has not only written all the songs and produced […]
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The Backyard Devils “Honkytonk Heartbreaker” (Independent, 2016)

January 20, 2017 0
Sometimes a new piece of music drops in your lap and even before taking the CD out of the sleeve you have a really good idea of what to expect. Honkytonk Heartbreaker by Canadian band The […]
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Video: Blitzen Trapper “Wild And Reckless”

October 16, 2017 0
This is a brilliant song with a mighty get-up-off-your-backside sound on the title track of Blitzen Trapper’s new album, due out on November 3rd.

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