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Album Review: Allison de Groot & Rich Ruth- ‘Allison de Groot & Rich Ruth’: bringing something singular to the ambient country soundscape.

Michael Ruth aka Rich Ruth has been at the hub of Nashville’s more experimental fringe for a while now. You may have caught him live as part of Spencer Cullum’s…

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Album Review: ‘Go-to’ guitarist and collaborator Alessandro ‘Asso’ Stefana delivers a distinctive and tender solo album in his own name.

You could use up a whole review word count with guitarist/producer and multi-instrumentalist Alessandro Stefana’s illustrious CV but some snapshots and name drops will give the flavour. He’s played on…

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Album Review: Jim Wallis – In Huge Gesturing Loops: moving ‘ambient country’ way beyond passive mood music.

Drumming and making ambient soundscapes is not a well populated intersection on the musician directory Venn diagram but Jim Wallis sits comfortably within that quirky enclave. Perhaps best known for…

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