Classic Album: Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
For those that purchased Bookends when it was first released in 1968, it might have come as something of a surprise that a folk-pop duo would have taken on board…
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Track: Sarah Louise – When Winter Turns
Taken from the new album ‘Deeper Woods’ out on May 11th., Sarah Louise’s new album conjures vivid images of the verdant forest that surrounds her North Carolina home. Steeped in…
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Track: Gurrumul – Djolin (Musical Instrument), plus album and film news
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island readers of this post are advised that the following media release and links within contains images and voices of people who have died. The…
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News: Anti- to re-release Tom Waits’ 1970s Elektra albums, plus RSD exclusive and curated 76 song playlist
Tom Waits’ first seven albums, originally released through Elektra Asylum Records in the 1970’s are now available digitally and are available on CD HERE. All seven titles – many of…
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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: The Hanging Stars – Songs for somewhere else
Since their first album London’s The Hanging Stars have changed band members and opened their eyes a little beyond the charming indie/americana of their first full length. For their second…
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Playlist: Trembling Bells pick ‘tour bus jammers and tequila slammers’ playlists
On the verge of the release of seventh album Dungeness on March 30th, we asked Alex Neilson and Lavinia Blackwall from the band to come up with a playlist of…
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Track: Damien Jurado – Over rainbows and Rainier, plsu album / tour dates
Singer/songwriter Damien Jurado has been growing his craft to new heights over the last few years with albums like St. Bartlett, Maraqopa, Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son, and…
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A buyers’ guide to The Waterboys 1981-1990
The Waterboys are an act that for too long have laboured with being associated with just one song and one album, at least by the majority of people outside their…
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Not Forgotten: Jethro Tull – Heavy Horses
Where to begin? The beginning I guess. My beginning. Or at least as far back as I can remember. You might be surprised to find out that I didn’t get…
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