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Album Review: The Provincial Archive – Maybe We Could Be Holy

“We hope for a warmer November But we’re changing with the air It’ll be colder soon And we’ll be in the darkness through the daytime Waiting for phone-calls from your…

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Album Review: Smoke Fairies – Ghosts

There’s something otherworldly about Smoke Fairies. Their name, taken from the Summer mist that collects in the hedgerows of the lanes in the duo’s, school friends Katherine Blamire and Jessica…

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Track: Son of Dave – new single and kickstarter campaign

Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable, so said Janis Joplin, before she went ahead and gave her audiences the blues by administering a reportedly strong batch of heroin…

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Meet: Emily Ireland a.k.a. See Emily Play on Sheffield, new songs, performing and more

I nearly wore out my copy of Kate Bush – The Whole Story when I first started work. For some reason, I found playing The Man with a child in…

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Live: Secret Cinema presents Laura Marling – Cardinal Pole Lower School, Hackney, London

ON A WEEKEND in which some of her fellow folk revivalists were busy dividing opinion at Worthy Farm, Laura Marling was finishing a run of unique, ‘immersive’ nights in a…

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See: Second Hand Heart – Hold On, plus Video

I used to be a big fan of the Australian Soap ‘Neighbours‘. Yes, I know it’s still on here in the UK, but now I have other things that occupy…

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Track: Josh Record announces new tour dates and releases Kate Bush cover, Running Up That Hill

Who doesn’t like a good cover. In fact, who doesn’t like a good Kate Bush cover (or a good cut-up piece of Kate Bush, remembering Utah Saints something good) for…

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See: Emily and the Woods release new video for small song / announce Summer tour dates

My father used to take us to the woods, quite a lot of the time. They didn’t have much money (I’ll never live the embarrassment of my home-made elasticated school…

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Live Review: Canyon Family, The Payroll Union & Mudcats Blues Trio: Americana at The Harley, Sheffield 11.05.2013

Highlighting a night of Americana, this gig brought together three bands that ring true to that expression. We were able to experience everything covering country, folk, alternative and blues. This…

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Meet: A Hawk and a Hacksaw, and You have already gone to the Other World

There’s something unique, and beautiful about A Hawk and a Hacksaw. In these days of X-Factor and formulaic unit-obsessed drivel, the Albuquerque, New Mexico duo have furrowed if not a…

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