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Here of their own free will – talking to Graham Firth about The True Deceivers
I feel I need a disclaimer when writing about a few bands I love, not least when I’ve known them so long. And in the case of two members of folk roots stalwarts The True Deceivers, I even had a … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Broad, Americana, Blazing Homesteads, Dee Coley, Dumpy's Rusty Nuts, Eat the Sofa, Fairport Convention, folk, Graham Firth, guildford, Hell or High Water, His Wooden Fish, Jamie Legg, Lies We Have Told, Lindisfarne, Long Ryders, Mark Mitchell, Mel Tillis, My Own Heighway, Nick Bliss, Plenty, Rupert Lewis, Steve Earle, The Star, The Waterboys, Tom Petty, True Deceivers, Woodworm Studios
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Introducing the Islandman – the Elliott Morris interview
There’s a song on The Waterboys’ 1990 album Room to Roam that appears particularly apt in describing the career journey of inventive guitarist and singer-songwriter Elliott Morris. In Islandman, Mike Scott cites England as his ‘spine, the backbone and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bevan Morris, CALM, Carmarthenshire, Celtic Connections, Chris Bingham, Danny Kyle Award, Ed Sheeran, Elliott Morris, Islandman, John Martyn, Lincolnshire, Lisbee Stainton, Martin Carthy, Mike Harding, Mike Scott, Mull, Newton Faulkner, Orkney, Paul Carrack, Pledge Music, Pons Aelius, Scotland, Swindon, The Waterboys, Tom Robinson, Will Gompertz
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Taking the low road to success – the Thea Gilmore interview
It’s been a long time coming, but Thea Gilmore is finally getting true recognition, with her fan-base ever-growing and each album outselling the last – 17 years after her debut. She has admirers in high places too – Joan Baez … Continue reading
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Tagged Atkinson Theatre, Billy Bragg, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Burnley Mechanics, Cranberries, Dan Gillespie Sells, Ghosts and Graffiti, Joan Baez, John Cooper Clarke, Lana Del Ray, Lorde, Mike Scott, Nantwich, Nigel Stonier, Sandy Denny, Southport, The Waterboys, Thea Gilmore
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