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Van Plating “The Hard Way” – featuring Reckless Kelly

September 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Today is, it appears, true story day.  There’s two strands of truth to Van Plating’s new song ‘The Hard Way‘ – there’s the near death experience that it draws on and there’s the dream fulfilment of […]
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Van Plating “New York” – it’s her kind of town

November 10, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
What’s a girl to do when she’s majored in violin and voice at Florida Southern College and spent several years in a band named for Fitzwilliam Darcy’s pad?  Especially when said band, Pemberley, breaks up.  Go […]
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Van Plating “The Way Down” – Listen

April 26, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
“Are you feeling cool?” Van Plating asks on her latest single, a smouldering number called ‘The Way Down‘, which chugs at the speed of slowly swaying hips, with irresistible percussion quirks that hook you in for […]
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Van Plating “Bird On A Wire” – Listen

November 24, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0
First things first – this is not the ‘Bird on a Wire‘ you’re thinking of, it’s a new song that Van Plating co-wrote with Brian Elijah Smith.  Second thing  second – after her re-emergence in 2019 […]
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Track Premiere : Van Plating “Mountain”

November 6, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Mountain’ is taken from  Van Plating’s debut, self-titled LP, which will be self-released on November 15th.  It’s a song that has Rachel Plating duetting with her writing partner Bradley Walden, as they explore the nature of […]

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Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

August 6, 2026 0
A respectful and traditional tribute to Phil Ochs. Volume 1 of this collaborative tribute by Phil Odgers of The Men They Couldn’t Hang and John Kettle of Merry Hell was birthed in the dark days of […]
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Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album

August 6, 2026 0
For more than two decades, Freddy Trujillo has quietly built one of the most distinctive careers in American roots music. Whether anchoring the rhythm section as bassist for Richmond Fontaine and The Delines or as a […]
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Railcard “Unstable Neighbour” – let’s get on, ok?

August 6, 2026 0
Railcard’s new single from their debut album Two Steps At A Time, is a softly sunny power pop take on a common problem – the unreasonable person who lives next door.  Tell us about it.  Although […]

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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

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Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

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American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

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