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Album Review: Richard Thompson – Acoustic Classics II

Richard Thompson has been performing his particular brand of folk rock for the best part of five decades now, and his career has seen him regularly release critically acclaimed albums.…

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Siobhan Wilson 'There Are No Saints' album cover

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Album Review: Siobhan Wilson – There Are No Saints

Siobhan Wilson provides the heavenly soundtrack to heartbreak and healing with her second album ‘There Are No Saints’. After returning to Scotland from Paris five years ago, Siobhan Wilson moved…

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Album Review: tunnel traffic – MEESH

Adam Hachey writes under the name tunnel traffic but we’ve met him before playing as part of a band called Meesh – enthusiastically reviewed by Backseat Mafia a few years…

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EP Review: Spirit of Play – Apocalypse EP

Smart, literate and good natured, Spirit of Play’s new EP is shot-through with the book-smarts and approachability you might expect from a four piece band consisting of employees of the…

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Live Review: Trembling Bells, Regather Works, Sheffield 05.07.2017 plus Gallery

It’s been an odd and unsettling few months to be in this country. Through it all though the thought that the likes of the Trembling Bells couldn’t come from anywhere…

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News: Richard Thompson announces new albums and tour news

A legendary singer songwriter, and one of the most celebrated guitar players to strap on a six-string, Richard Thompson will release a follow up to his well received 2014 release,…

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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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Maarja Nuut – Rich Mix, London 16.05.2017

To label Maarja Nuut an Estonian folk singer and fiddler would be to hugely understate what she does and might even miss the point entirely. There’s no doubt the tunes and…

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Album Review : Mac Demarco’s ‘This Old Dog’

Mac Demarco is a hard one to put your finger on. On his last two albums 2 and Salad Days there was a definitely this vibe of a true blue…

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Track / Video

Track: Joe Innes and the Cavalcade – Little Rabbit

Ever think that pop needs more politics? Joe Innes and the Cavalcade are back with their 2nd single, “Little Rabbit”, and a sound that the band are calling “Post-Brexit Indie”. An…

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