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Album review: ASHLEY CAMPBELL – Something Lovely

Vacancy Records [Release date 09.10.20] It’s not the first time on these pages I’ve mentioned that in country music, pedigree is pretty important. They don’t come much more iconic than Glen Campbell – so being the youngest of Glen’s eight … Continue reading
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Tagged .Ashley Campbell, album, country, Glen Campbell, Nashville, pop, review, Something Lovely
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Album review: EILEEN ROSE – Muscle Shoals

Holy Wreckords [Release date 17.04,20] Looking back, I had my last encounter with Eileen Rose with the release of her third solo album, Come The Storm, a record I had down as a strong contender for my 2005 album of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, country, Eileen Rose, Muscle Shoals, Nashville, review, roots
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Album review: CORMAC NEESON – White Feather

Cormac Neeson Music [Release date 26.04.19] The solo debut album from the Answer’s vocalist Cormac Neeson has had a bumpy ride as it was one of those caught up in the recent Pledge Music issues, which have scuppered plans for … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, Cormac Neeson, country, folk, gospel, melodic, Nashville, review, rock, singer songwriter, soul, THE ANSWER, White Feather
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Album review: ELLES BAILEY – Road I Call Home

Outlaw Music [Release date 08.03.19] After attracting a slew of favourable reviews with her debut album, 2017′s ‘Wildfire’, the Bristol-based singer-songwriter Elles Bailey is back with a follow-up. Like its predecessor, recorded primarily in Nashville’ Road I Call Home’ is … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, country, Elles Bailey, folk, guitarist, interview, Nashville, review, Road I Call Home, rock
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Quick plays: KRISTINA STYKOS, DANNI NICHOLLS

KRISTINA STYKOS River Of Light Thunder Ridge Records [Release date 05.04.19] With many of the songs delivered in an enforced semi-spoken style (in 2017, she was diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia, a disorder that makes speaking and singing difficult or even … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Americana, country, Danni Nicholls, folk, Kristina Stykos, Nashville, review, River Of Light, singer, songwriter, The Melted Morning
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Quick plays: BEN DE LA COUR, SAM LEWIS

BEN DE LA COUR The High Cost Of Living Strange Flour Sack Cape Records [Release date 06.04.18] Having trodden a path from NYC to Europe, and then back to LA, to New Orleans and now (yes, somewhat predictably it would … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Ben De La Cour, Loversity, Nashville, R&B, review, roots, Sam Lewis, shoegaze, singer, songwriter, soul, Superdrone, The High Cost Of Living Strange
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Album review: JW-JONES – High Temperature

Solid Blues Records [Release date 02.06.17] Award winning Canadian blues-rock guitarist JW-Jones ditches most of the rock elements to ingratiate himself with the industry hotbed that is Nashville. ‘High Temperature’ showcases a handful of good songs that have one eye … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Canadian, country, Dick Cooper, funk, guitar, High Temperature, Jaida Dreyer, JW-Jones, Lonnie Mack, MOR, Nashville, review, soul
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Single review: DANIELLE MORGAN – Shy

Fatdan Productions [Release date 7.07.17] You don’t have to be a Christian rocker to have an exclusive claim to focused, emotionally driven music, but I guess it helps. Either way, Danielle Morgan delivers her music with passion and an effortless … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbey Road, Christian rock, Danielle Morgan, John Merrigan, Jonathan Essick, Nashville, RealJohnSmith, review, rock, Shy, single, vocals
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Album review: KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND – Lay It On Down

Kenny Wayne Shepherd chatted to Pete Feenstra about his new album ‘Lay It On Down’. First broadcast 23 July on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. More information Provogue [Release date 04.08.17] When you sign a multi-album deal with Warner Brothers … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, country, funk, guitar, Jackson Brown, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Lay It On Down, Ledbetter Heights, Marshall Alltman, Nashville, Noah Hunt, R&B, review, rock, soul, Steve Stills, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Eagles, The Rides
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Album review: STEVIE NIMMO – Sky Won’t Fall

Manhaton [Release date 04.03.16] Stevie Nimmo’s returns to his solo career with a broad based but coherent set of songs that play to his strengths as a thoughtful song writer, impassioned vocalist and stellar guitar player. Where his solo debut … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, blues, country, funk, guitar, Nashville, Nimmo Brothers, review, rock, Sky Won't Fall, soul, Stevie Nimmo, Texas, Wynds of Life
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Gig review: SIMO – St.Moritz Club, London, 23 November 2015

Sometimes you just have to dip into the past to make sense of the present and such is the case with alt. Nahville’s psychedelic tinged improvisational jam trio Simo. Their intense improvisational spirit draws from a wide variety of classic … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Abrashoff, blues, Cream, Elad Shapiro, Fleetwood Mac, gig, J.D.Simo, JOE COCKER, Leo Lyons, Let Love Show The Way, Mike Bloomfield, Mountain, Nashville, Peter Green, Phish, Pink Floyd, psychedelia, review, rock, Simo, soul, Ten Years After, The Allman Brothers. Grateful Dead, Umphrey McGhee, Vanilla Fudge, Widespread Panic
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Album review: JOSH TAERK – Here’s To Change

Misty Creek Records [Release date 20.07.15] Josh Taerk is back with his second album, after good reviews for his 2013 debut album. This time he has upped the ante by recording in Nashville, joined by bassist Park Chisholm and drummer … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bruce Sprinsteen, country, Here's To Change, John Oates, Josh Taerk, Nashville, pop, review, singer songwriter
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Quick plays: AWNA TEIXEIRA, KIMMIE RHODES, PAUL BIBBY, LYNRYD SKYNYRD

AWNA TEIXEIRA Wild One Like Po’ Girl Awna Teixeira’s solo debut – Where The Darkness Goes (2012) – her follow up Wild One is a sparse, plaintive set. For the most part written in Salt Lake City and reflecting on … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Awna Teixeira, Bliss & Lullabies, country, Cowgirl Boudoir, Invocations, John The Baptist And The Second Coming, Kimmie Rhodes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Midwich Assembly, Nashville, Paul Bibby, Po' Girl, review, roots, singer, songwriter, Vinyl, Wild One
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Album review: HANNAH ALDRIDGE – Razor Wire

Trodden Black Ent. [Release date 13.05.14] ‘Dark Americana’ is how Hannah Aldridge – daughter of esteemed Muscle Shoals/ Nashville songwriter and producer Walt Aldridge – describes her gritty, uncompromising debut. Recorded in analogue (naturally) in Nashville (where else?) she’s backed … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, country, Hannah Aldridge, Nashville, Razor Edge, review, rock, roots, singer, songwriter
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Album Review: NINA FERRO – Into The Light

Night Creatures Records– [Release Date: 01.11.13] The trick with a singer songwriter is always to finds a suitable niche with which to build their profile. In the case of Anglo Australian Nina Ferro things are slightly different. She’s already a … Continue reading
Album review: BONNIE TYLER – Rocks And Honey

Celtic Swan Recordings [Release date 6.05.13] Bonnie Tyler was asked back in the 1980s to represent the UK at Eurovision but politely declined. With success since those heady days coming primarily in Europe and relying heavily on past glories, she … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Bonnie Tyler, David Huff, Desmond Child, Eurovision, Nashville, pop, review, rock, Rocks And Honey, Vince Gill
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