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Richard Thompson, Walking on a Wire -

Look up the word 'cult' in a dictionary and you might as well see the picture of Richard Thompson. His triple armoury of sonorous voice, concise and moving songwriting and (not least) his supernatural guitar skills inspire a well-deserved slavish devotion amongst the indoctrinated. With that in mind a new...

Album Review: Trees - Lights Bane -

"Blackened doom" seems to the buzz genre for 2008, and if you ask me the ones who do it best are bands such as Portland's Trees, who dabble as much in avantgarde and drone as anything, the black influences usually pertaining to rhythmless, battle scarred vocals and the doom basically...

Kate Rusby, Sweet Bells -

Was there ever a more appropriate voice for Christmas than Kate Rusby's? Soft as fresh fallen snow, pretty as a sparkling star and uplifting as a robin's song, as suited as it is to other seasons, her timbre naturally breathes with the magic of Yuletide.

It's something she proved back in...

Bert Jansch, L.A. Turnaround -

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Tim Buckley Live Album To Be Released In August -

The late Tim Buckley has a new live album coming out in August featuring previously unreleased tracks.

Rolling Stone reports that the album will be entitled ‘Live At The Folklore Centre, 1967’ and was recorded by journalist Izzy Young, who also interviewed Buckley â€" an interview that will be included in...

Painted Sky - The Strawbs began life in the 1960s as a bluegrass band under the name Strawberry Hill Boys. Soon they began recording their own material with Dave Cousins being the primary contributor. They signed in 1968 with A & M Records and recorded their first single 'Oh How She Changed' and...

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