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TRACK: The Lost Highway Tapes – ‘Something To Say’: stripped-down funky blues with The Infadels

THE LOST Highway Tapes is the project of a serendipitous encounter for Fabyl Records’ Nick Faber, who was out on a crate-diggin’ exploration of the American South. He was in…

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Track: Robert Plant reveals the unreleased Charlie Patton Highway (Turn It Up – Part 1) from upcoming compilation

Out October 2nd on his own Es Paranza label is a new career-spanning 2cd retrospective of the career of the legendary Robert Plant, Digging Deep. It includes tracks from across…

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Premiere: The Son(s)’ icy, baptismal video for ‘Lord, I Am Grateful’

EDINBURGH’S The Son(s) are not a band to shy away from the raw side of living in their creative pursuits. The video for their latest song, which the band are…

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TRACK: William Shatner and Canned Heat decide: ‘Let’s Work Together’

AND now he’s back. From outer space. The rebellious re-interpreter of “Mr Tambourine Man” and “Lucy in the Sky in Diamonds” on his album, The Transformed Man, in 1968. Brilliant…

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Remembered : Leon Redbone

Leon Redbone was one of those characters that seemed to have stepped out of an E.L. Doctorow novel, or an Our Gang comedy. Playing Tin Pan Alley shuffles and ragtime…

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Track / Video

Track: The Wave Pictures – Jim

They don’t know this of course (well, not till they read this) but I’m sort of very proud of The Wave Pictures. Before landing in Sheffield I lived in a…

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Classic Compilation: B. B. King – His Definitive Greatest Hits

B. B. King was a legend and legend is not a word I use lightly. He was and remains an icon of popular music. A blues guitar player whose career…

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Album Reviews

Album Review: Son Volt – Notes Of Blue

I think if you went back 22 years to 1995 you’d find the running thoughts on the trajectories of Son Volt and Wilco would be significantly different than what actually…

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Track / Video

Track: Barry Adamson – Sweet Misery, plus UK tour dates

After a lifetime in music, Barry Adamson has announced details of a new six tracks EP Love Sick Dick, which drops on 14th April. From it, he’s released a new…

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See: Little Brother Eli reveal video for Oceans

Once again creating an incredible dose of beard envy, Little Brother Eli are back with a brand new music video for their song ‘Oceans’, the opening track from their album…

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