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Track: Anne Reburn – ‘Everywhere And Nowhere’: a sweet country-folk sentiment homespun for you

COMIN’ atcha from the state that likes to think of itself as The Native America, Oklahoma, Anne Reburn grew up singing, dancing and playing the piano from a young age.…

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Track: The Northern Belle feat. Siv Jakobsen and Louien – ‘No Rush’: Nordicana loveliness reminds us to take care

THE NORTHERN BELLE, the Norwegian alt.country collective led by Stine Andreassen who cites a love for Phoebe Bridgers, Khruangbin, Gillian Welch and Waxahatchee, amongst others, and who self-style as ‘Nordicana’,…

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Feature image of H.B. Nielsen leaning against a wall in a baseball cap.

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EP Review: H.B. Nielsen – It’s Today Again

Swedish singer-songwriter, rambler and travelling tattoo artist, H.B. Nielsen, follows up 2020’s debut album “Grand Opening” with his new EP, “It’s Today Again” which is out today. It’s a delicious…

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Premiere: Naomi In Blue reveals the beautiful country tinged folk of her debut EP, An Experiment

British-Chilean singer-songwriter Naomi In Blue is gearing up for the release of her debut EP, An Experiment, this coming Sunday (28th February) via Walking Blacksmith Records, and we’re delighted to…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Valley Maker – When The Day Leaves

An enjoyable, if a little lame, new album by the South Carolina songwriter

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See: Kyle Edward Connolly – ‘Get Me Tomorrow’: springtime country rock from Toronto

TAKING that particularly Canadian spin on the alt.country sound, as espoused by Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, particularly as he moved through the ranks of Buffalo Springfield – that seems…

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Track: Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles – ‘I See God’: that old time religion beautifully recast for guitar and banjo

KEYS, the soon-come long-playing conversation between Chicago’s Bill MacKay on guitar and North Carolina’s Nathan Bowles at the banjo, ranges back and forth across the great bluegrass and guitar soli…

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TRACK: Catch Prichard – ‘Lipstick And Fur’: 1am chamber pop … with a coronavirus baritone

CATCH PRICHARD are a chamber-pop orchestral project based in the San Francisco Bay city of Oakland, who have a delightfully nuanced, baritone way with their musical stylings, the like of…

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TRACK: Renée Reed – ‘Où est la fée’: a mystical tale from the Louisiana backwoods

HAILING from Lafayette, Louisiana, Renée Reed has followed up her excellent first single, “Fast One”, with a French language track, “Où est la fée” today. It’s the first song she’s released in French, reflecting…

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NEWS: Fruit Bats announce lush new album for Merge; see the video for The Balcony

CHICAGO’S pristine and lovely Fruit Bats, who’ve been providing us with excellent folk-rock that completely illustrates the wondrous magic of music when they’re flying high (and they mostly are, let’s…

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