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THE SPADE

I am so the wrong person to be reviewing THE SPADE by Butch Walker and the Black Widows by a good 35 years or more. I found myself shouting: ‘What the hell??????’ at the CD player after track 3 and then I read the band’s bio; but I should have realised something was going to …

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Kristy Gallacher – SPINNING PLATES

Singer-songwriter Kristy Gallacher’s second album falls very much into the burgeoning new folk style with mainly acoustic accompaniment utilised to enhance her well-crafted bittersweet songs of relationship issues. Though still in her early 20s, Kristy has been controlling her own music career for several years by running her own record label and self-producing and releasing …

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THE LANTERN HAS FALLEN

THE LANTERN HAS FALLEN is the inspiring 8-track follow-up release from Falkirk (Scotland) born singer-songwriter, banjoist and guitarist, Jill Hepburn. Being the youngest of five children and growing up in a household filled with music from both ends of the spectrum, including pop, punk, 1960s folk and traditional tunes, her latest collection of songs does …

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Red Sky July to release Americana Christmas song

Red Sky July are to release an Americana Christmas song called Save Christmas Day For Me. The single will be be released on December 11, by Shadowbirds Records. The award-winning Americana trio have created an atmospheric single, featuring renowned singer-songwriter, Beth Nielsen Chapman, whose vocals add another layer to the beautiful vocal harmonies on the …

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Details announced for Beverley Folk Festival 2016

Beverley Folk Festival has begun to announce its headline acts. They include the multi-award winning songbird, Kate Rusby, folk-rockers Steeleye Span and rising folk stars, The Young’uns. The latest addition to the lineup is former BBC Folk Awards Musician of the Year Tim Edey, who has been rated as one of the world’s finest-ever Melodeon …

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The Shires Perform at BBC Music Awards

UK country duo The Shires will perform at this year's BBC Music Awards

The Shires (Crissie Rhodes and Ben Earle) have announced that they will join acts including: One Direction, James Bay, Ellie Goulding, Little Mix, Hozier, Rod Steward and Jess Glynne performing at this year’s 2015 BBC Music Awards, which will be hosted by Chris Evans and Fearne Cotton and take place on Thursday 10 December. The …

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