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Track: Lucy Dacus – ‘My mother and I’

Americans are different. They have Electoral Colleges and TV programmes which come in seasons, and they have ‘holidays.’ This year. American Lucy Dacus is celebrating these ‘holidays’ through a series…

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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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Album Review and Interview: Gareth McLaughlin – Into The Ether

The great thing about the Internet age is that artists are now more accessible and searchable. For those artists, the means of production and distribution is now so immediately within…

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Promo image of artists in the King's Theatre Glasgow for Celtic Connections 2019

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News: Celtic Connections Launch 2019 Festival Programme

Celtic Connections Festival delivers another exciting line-up of over 300 events featuring musicians from across the globe. After last year’s impressive 25th festival celebrations, when Celtic Connections welcomed over 2,300…

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Not Forgotten: Jethro Tull – This Was

For those that are familiar with the more complex and progressive output of Jethro Tull from the 70s, a first listen of their 1968 debut album, This Was, can come…

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Live: Three Queens in Mourning, Bishop’s House Sheffield 22.10.18

The Bishop’s House more usually hosts groups of schoolkids getting a bit of history lesson. But it’s an atmospheric place for an intimate gig celebrating the songs of Will Oldham…

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Album Review: An Early Bird – Of Ghosts and Marvels

Here at Backseat Mafia, we have been following the career of Stefano De Stefano since our very inception when he was the front man for Italian folk/rock band Pipers. He…

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Picture of Gregory Alan Isakov - Evening Machines

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Album Reviews

Album Review – Gregory Alan Isakov – Evening Machines

Charles Spano’s review of Damien Rice’s “O” on All Music Guide has a fantastic description of the ‘special sauce’ that turns the ordinary into the extraordinary and takes seemingly simply…

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Not Forgotten: Neil Young – Comes a Time

Comes A Time is generally seen as Neil Young cycling back to the more laid back sounds of the hugely successful Harvest, and is therefore one of Young’s gentlest albums…

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Track / Video

Track: Maarja Nuut and Ruum – Kuud Kuulama

Estonian violinist and modern folk artist, Maarja Nuut has a burgeoning reputation for her delicate, multi-layered and looped song constructions. Kuud Kuulama is an advance snippet from her new album…

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