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Not Forgotten: Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding

Music changed forever in 1967, primarily because in the wake of Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, it was firmly established that the long player had finally wrestled the mantle…

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Live Review: Ryan Keen / Corey Harper, The Islington, London, 30/11/17

Totnes-born singer-songwriter Ryan Keen has graced the same stages as megastars like Ed Sheeran and X Factor champion Leona Lewis playing support slots on huge national and indeed world tours,…

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See: Panteon reveals new video for debut single White Jaguar

Travelling the world might well provide inspiration for songwriting, but its not often that that inspiration comes in the shape of the indigenous civilisation of the the Kogi in Columbia,…

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See: Holy Moly & The Crackers release new video for ‘Let Go’, plus November tour dates

‘Let Go’ is the new single off Holy Moly & The Crackers’ recently release album, Salem. ‘Let Go’. The North East gypsy folk outfit go in heavy on the record…

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Album Review: Pale Bird – Ten Things Which Aren’t Love

Pale Bird, aka Martin Austwick, or the artist formerly known as the Sound of the Ladies possesses an instantly identifiable folkish indie sound. Part of this is down to Austwick’s…

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Live Review: Richard Thompson / Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker Sheffield City Hall, 25.10.2017

Opening for an act like Richard Thompson, a man who has been at the forefront of the folk rock movement for five decades now, could easily overwhelm the unprepared. Luckily,…

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Promo image of performers with instruments for Celtic Connections 2018

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News: Celtic Connections Launch 25th Festival Programme

The Celtic Connections festival celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2018 with a line-up that links the past, present and future of Scotland’s music scene with musicians from all over the…

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Album Review: Richard Thompson – Acoustic Rarities

The new Richard Thompson album, Acoustic Rarities, arrives barely two short months after the release of its sibling, Acoustic Classics Vol II, and is released both separately, and as a…

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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: Jethro Tull – Crest of a Knave

Like many acts from the 60s and &0s, when the 80s rolled around Jethro Tull struggled with something of an identity crisis, desperately trying to blend the traditional core values…

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