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Alberta's Bill Bourne has a career stretching back over thirty years, but music has really been his entire life. His parents played with a dance band so he's known the lure of the stage since he was very small. His heart may be in the blues but it appears that Bill Bourne has played in a wide range of styles and with an equally wide…
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JT is Chicago's Jeremy Lindsay; he has a band (JT and The Clouds) that has a steadily growing profile. JT Nero appears to be a reduced version of The Clouds. JT himself also plays frequently with Po'Girl. This album appears to be JT's songs performed by the man himself, some Clouds, three-quarters of Po'Girl and Michelle…
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Jeremy Steding barely looks old enought to be out of school but this Florida native relocated to Austin some years ago and this is his third album already. Blessed with a voice that is frequently down in the baritone range, he sounds an awful lot older than his pictures suggest; his style is all his own but is…
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Back with their second album just seven years since their debut (swanning around the world on the proceeds, I expect), Edinburgh's Sunshine Delay sound just as fine as they did first time round. Playing country rock with a fair emphasis on the rock element, this is guitar-driven music with some urgency to it. The…
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That'll be country music that they still love, there isn't actually any flag-waving patriotism going on here, much to my relief. Carrie Rodriguez should need no introduction but Ben Kyle is the front man for Minnesota alt-country band Romantica. This recording of eight duets in classic country style was released a while ago in the States, but has…
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Vancouver's Sarah MacDougall made her mark with her official debut album, Across The Atlantic, released nearly three years ago. That album featured some distinctly pop moments but this new album has retreated from that tactic to focus on producing something which is definitively Sarah MacDougall, rather than an attempt to grab the coattails of a passing fad. To my mind, it's all the better for this slight change of approach, a more intense and rewarding experience than…
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Not sure which of Flyinshoes' categories this fits into: not Americana or country or blues, that's for sure. Could be pop, I guess, at times, but what the heck - this is inventive, impassioned and very individual music of high quality. Paul Liddell is based in the north-east of England and frequently plays with the support of his…
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Roadhouse Rambler is a short album to fill the gap between Mike's last full length album and his next planned album, Barstool Monologue, a Canterbury Tales of the honky tonk clubs where Mike…
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The phrase "California Country" makes you think of Bakersfield or of modern bands like I See Hawks In LA, but Rita Hosking hails from the hills of Northern California, and she sounds like a real mountain music sort of girl. Her singing voice has a strong accent and a lot of vibrato, close to Buffy St Marie at times. For me, this makes it a little difficult to make out her words when she lets loose, and consonants disappear. Fortunately, a lyric sheet is included to help me join the…
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Montreal-based songwriter Rob Lutes has been playing with guitarist Rob MacDonald for over a decade now, time enough to develop the wonderful interplay between acoustic (Rob L) and resophonic (Rob M) guitars evidenced on this recording. In that time, Rob Lutes has released several solo albums which have built him a solid reputation as a songwriter; though he has an oblique way with words that makes his songs not so immediate as some, his tendency to wordplay, to unexpected…
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This could be the easiest and shortest review ever: if you've got a taste for Bad Company, The Faces or Rod the Mod in his glory days and just wish there was some fresh music around in that vein, then wish no more. Jim Stapley's your man. He's got the voice, he's got the songs, he's got the band.…
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This Edinburgh-based folk singer's previous album, Across The Troubled Wave, impressed me with the warmth and integrity of its approach, leaving me with a sense of the seriousness of his intent. That album, recorded in America, featured David singing other people's songs (including songs attributed to the "tradition") and…
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