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Wills Van Doorn – Enduro
It might raise a few eyebrows if I were to describe making an out-and-out power pop album a brave move, in doing so creating a sit up and take notice statement release, but I believe this to be both and I am happy to make that call. The truth about writing and recording great pop… Read more
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Fresh Juice 20th July 2026
Rhiannon Giddens – Carolina Rain ‘Carolina Rain’ bursts forth as a vivid first glimpse of ‘Hope Is The Thing With Feathers,’ Rhiannon Giddens’ seventh studio album arriving 18th September on Nonesuch Records. Tracked live at The Cypress House in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, complete with foot-stomps, room noise and the easy chatter of musicians who’ve shared… Read more
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Ely Folk Festival 2026 Review
This is not your average festival, not by a long stretch, which is why having tasted the thrill and ambience of Ely Folk Festival for the first time last year I have returned for more. And the mood in the summer heatwave air is one of justifiable celebration as this is their 40th festival, having… Read more
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Fresh Juice 13th July 2026
ANYX – Ladybirds Spine ‘Ladybirds Spine’ is a striking first glimpse of ANYX’s forthcoming debut ‘Starlink,’ a song that opens with overwhelming magnitude, wrapping the listener in guitars that surge in great, engulfing waves before the drums lock us into a lurching Velvets-like menace. Into that force steps a voice carrying a command that grabs… Read more
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Almost Friends – Again, Not Again
I have found such delight in the discovery of this superb debut album by an act I had previously never heard of, that it prompted me to ponder with some frustration the crowded field they are about to occupy. There has to be a space for quieter music, for sounds that do not demand much,… Read more
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Andrew Sa – American Rough
It might seem like country music has done all its evolving by this point, that the end game has been arrived at with its current mainstream pop sheen success. Where can it go from here other than reach back and try to recapture that western grit and sawdust authenticity that made it such a vital… Read more
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