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Album Review: Shelagh McDonald –‘Stargazer’: A long lost folk rock treasure returns to the shelves.

Vinyl reissues over the past few years have seemed to have been seized upon by majors gagging to maximise the current appetite for buying black (but now probably re-coloured) plastic.…

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Live preview: Emily Barker embarks on UK-wide tour

Australian singer-songwriter Emily Barker has come a long way since the release of her debut solo album Photos.Fires.Fables in 2006. There followed a lengthy hiatus, before she began more consistently…

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Premiere: Matt Costa returns with atmospheric new single ‘The Golden Ghost’

Back in April we shared Matt Costa‘s score for Katabatic Flight, as well as the film itself, indicating a follow-up to 2020’s album Yellow Coat was on the way. This…

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Premiere: Ashton Nyte shares ‘Something Beautiful’ and announces new solo album for August

It’s always good to hear from prolific South African songwriter Ashton Nyte, who’s released an impressive 18 albums between his work as leader of The Awakening and his eponymous solo…

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News: ‘Irish as f**k, not Irish folk!’ – Áine Tyrrell announces Australian tour

Irish-born Áine Tyrrell, is taking to the road to showcase her contemporary global sound. Tired of being pigeon-holed as an Irish folk singer, Tyrrell is keen to show her wares…

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News: Iskwē releases new single featuring Nina Hagen

Singer-songwriter and activist iskwē (pronounced iss-kway) has released her new single, “I Get High” featuring German punk icon Nina Hagen, out now. Inspired by the freedom of letting go of…

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News: Matt Corby releases the soulful Reelin’, his second helping as flavoursome taster for upcoming new album, Everything’s Fine.

The ultra cool Australian vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Matt Corby is back on the release trail with the second single, Reelin’ from his upcoming album being unveiled. Following on from a…

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Live Review: Susan O’Neill (AKA SON) / Declan O’Donovan – Cleere’s Bar & Theatre, Kilkenny 15.09.2022

The award winner Cleere’s Bar and Theatre Kilkenny played host to a fantastic intimate show from Susan O’Neill supported by Declan O’Donovan Opening proceedings was Canadian singer-songwriter Declan O’Donovan, one…

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Soundtrack of Our Lives: Emma Spartz

It’s one thing to admire an artist’s work from afar, behind a screen, or in the crowd of a show. But it is something else entirely to share a personal…

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Track: Singer-Songwriter Fo Daniels Shares Poignant New Single ‘Promises’

Sometimes less is more and keeping things simple and stripped is much more effective than overloading a track with instrumentation, this is certainly true of the new single ‘Promises’ from…

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