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Premiere: Tony Harrah – Unicorns album stream

Everything changed for singer-songwriter Tony Harrah about year ago when his wife, and mother of his three children, suddenly passed away. The result of that is a new record, titled…

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Album Review: Gena Rose Bruce – Can’t Make You Love Me

Since covering her single ‘Blazing Radio’ back in 2014, we here at Backseat Mafia have keenly followed the career of Melbourne’s Gena Rose Bruce and it is with great joy…

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Album Reviews

Album Review: Bruce Springsteen – Western Stars

Let’s not beat about the bush: this is … alright. It’s got all the elements of a Bruce Springsteen: well-worn faces and expressions, like favourite jeans; stories that are going…

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Track: Bruce Springsteen – Hello Sunshine, plus new album news

Bruce Springsteen has announced that his first new studio album in five years (and his 19th in total), Western Stars, is to be released on June 14th, via Columbia Records.…

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Album cover artwork for Venom & Faith by Larkin Poe

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Album Review: Larkin Poe – Venom & Faith

Larkin Poe have brought the music of their roots bang up to date on progressive third album ‘Venom & Faith’. Larkin Poe, aka Atlanta-born sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell, have…

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Live Review: Handsome Family – Plug Sheffield 19.03.2018

Poor Rennie Sparks. Snowed in the previous day at a carvery somewhere outside Barnsley, only to find that the rearranged gig was in Britain’s coldest venue. She shuffled onstage a…

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Album Review: First Aid Kit “Ruins”

It’s amazing to find Swedish country folk duo First Aid Kit already releasing their fourth album and between releasing fascinatingly authentic Americana-drenched albums, they’ve conquered the world, cracking the US…

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Album Review: Deer Tick – Volume 1 and Volume 2

Acclaimed roots-rock-americana-country-folk-acoustic-boundary-breakers Deer Tick have released their first new material in four years via Partisan Records. The good news for fans is that they have released not just one, but…

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Not Forgotten: Marty Robbins – More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs

Such is the high regard that 1959’s Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs is held, that the fact that the late great Marty Robbins released another 43 albums in his lifetime…

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Track / Video

Track: Jesse Jo Stark – Driftwood

With the combination of a peacefully constructed composition and lyrics that show elements of a country inspired noir tale; ‘Driftwood’ by Jesse Jo Stark is an equally haunting and captivating…

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