The Watson Twins

Essentials: The Top 10 Digital Live Albums in 2025

December 18, 2025 Dean Nardi 1

A quirky and amusing take in our occasional Essentials series looks at the best live digital-only releases in 2025 This exciting and fun way of listening to live music recordings is a new wrinkle on the […]

For the Sake of the Song: Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins “Rise Up With Fists!!”

March 17, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 1

Jenny Lewis first came to fame as a child actress, starting at the tender age of three when she appeared in a television commercial for Jell-O, a gelatine dessert. She starred in a number of films […]

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Live Review: American Aquarium + The Watson Twins, Greenfield Lake, Wilmington, NC, 30th August 2024

September 19, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

So I’m putting in the work / I’m digging in the dirt / I’m replanting my Southern roots. Having southern roots is first and foremost a matter of growing up in a deeply conflicted region and […]

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John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
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Ashley McBryde - Wild (vinyl)
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Liz stringer ‘ first time really feeling’Melbourne song...
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@paul-villers Those versions keep coming
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Just binged "Legends" - a British drama on Netflix abou...
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Radio Paradise's Mellow Mix whilst on a bit of a drive
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The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
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Something for the weekend: Keyside “Lemon and Lime”

May 15, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and bear with me dear reader with the track we’re leaving you with for the weekend which despite starting off sounding like we’ve veered into covering 90s-era Britpop, […]

Cowboy Junkies “Open to Beauty”

May 15, 2026 0

Americana legends celebrate 21st-century releases on latest career retrospective. Forty years in, the Cowboy Junkies remain one of the great under-the-surface bands in Americana: despite having a million-selling classic to their name, they rarely make best-of […]

Book Review: Patrick Joseph O’Connor “Wichita Blues: Music in the African American Community”