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ALBUM REVIEW: Ian Skelly – ‘Drifter’s Skyline’: Coral man takes a country-psych sabbatical

THEY came rushing off the Wirral back in 2002 – was it really that long ago now? – with the woozy and seductive psych shanties of “Dreaming Of You” and…

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TRACK: Whitney take on The Roches’ ‘Hammond Song’; full covers set next month

CHICAGO’S Whitney, who set all kindsa ears on fire with that fragile, world-weary crossover slice of Americana “No Woman” back in 2016, have released a video for their cover of…

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SEE: Jerry Joseph – ‘Sugar Smacks’: tellin’ it like it is with The Drive-By Truckers

JERRY JOSEPH is a singer who’s been there, got the tee-shirt; hell, got the entire arm-sleeve tattoo. He made his first steps into music after living a little on the…

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TRACK: Bill Callahan makes it a Monday quartet with ‘Protest Song’

BILL CALLAHAN’S ongoing Monday afternoon pledge to gift us a song from his September Gold Record reached its fourth instalment today, with the downhome and evocative porchside “Protest Song”. Today’s…

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SEE: Emily Barker – ‘The Woman Who Planted Trees’: bell-clear Americana

EMILY BARKER, the British-based, Wallander theme-gracing singer-songwriter, has released a beautifully animated lyric video for her track “The Woman Who Planted Trees”, ahead of her new album, A Dark Murmuration…

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Track: Low Cut Connie – Private Lies

Low Cut Connie have announced that their new double album ‘Private Lives’ will be released on October 13th via Contender Records / MidCitizen Records. In celebration they have released second single – ‘Private…

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See: Chuck Prophet Releases new video for Nixonland

Chuck Prophet, formally of cult 80s new-psych outfit Green On Red, has just released a new single and accompanying video for ‘Nixonland’, taken from his latest album ‘The land that…

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Album Review: The Hanging Stars – A New Kind of Sky (plus tour news)

Folk music seems to be a genre I dip in-and-out of; the multi-faceted style manages to have different elements that have the roots of traditional folk music underpinning those subversions…

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Not Forgotten: Neil Young – Live Rust

One of the things that strikes you when you look at Neil Young’s extensive discography is just how many live albums he has put out over the years. No matter…

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News: Sean Cronin’s Very Good Issue ‘Ghost Warning’ Prior to ‘Adulthood’

Brooklyn Americana eight-piece Very Good, the brainchild of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sean Cronin, have announced their third album, ‘Adulthood’, will be released on October 11th. ‘Adulthood’ is the group’s follow-up…

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