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Long Live The Duke & The King

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The Duke & The Kings debut album Nothing Gold Can Stay was one of 2009s most acclaimed albums, with its heady mix of rootsy folk-rock and vintage soul earning comparisons with artists ranging from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to Sly & The Family Stone. Little over a year later, the band lead by Simone [...]

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Ahab – Free show in Camden 5th Sept

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Country rock five-piece Ahab will be performing a showcase set in Camden, London, on Sunday 5 September. Entry to the gig is free and everyone’s welcome. Ahab recently stole the show at Cropredy festival performing to a crowd of nearly 20,000 people. A track from their soon-to-be-released EP featured on Bob Harris’s BBC Radio 2 [...]

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Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 9

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The Bootleg Series Volume 9 – The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 and The Original Mono Recordings are two sets that have been long sought-after by Bob Dylan collectors and fans worldwide. Finally, The Witmark Demos are seeing their commercial release nearly five decades after they were initially recorded, and re-release of the artist’s first eight long-playing [...]

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Lost in the Trees

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Lost in the Trees are a music collective from Chapel Hill, North Carolina who combine American folk alongside modern pop and dramatic unconventional symphonic classical elements all led by composer, vocalist and songwriter Ari Picker. Their sound is deep and rich as well as daring and ambitious. Their latest release All Alone In An Empty [...]

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Ólöf Arnalds – New Album

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Ólöf Arnalds has a new album out on 13th Spetember titled Innundir Skinni. Check her latest videos for the new album below and get the latest UK Tour Dates:

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Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz

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We recently announced the release of Sufjan Stevens new EP All Delighted People. Asthmatic Kitty have today announced the release of Sufjan Stevens first song-based full-length album since Illinois in 2005 . The Age of Adz (pronounced odds) will drop on October 12th (CD, MP3) with a double-LP following on November 9th.

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Tricky – New Video / Site / Tour Dates

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Tricky is amongst the leading lights of the Bristol music scene where trip-hop (Bristol Sound) orginated in the 90′s. Some great music came out of that scene from the likes of Massive Attack, Moorcheeba, Portishead, Bonobo and more. Tricky made his mark after leaving Massive Attack and forging ahead with his own music brand taking [...]

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Introducing: Maps and Atlases

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I came across Maps and Atlases only recently on Fat Cat Records and was humbly impressed by their originality. Seeing as they have just recorded a heap of video sessions, including for Shake it Records in Cincinatti / Reggie’s and they have some UK tour dates coming up in October to coincide with the release [...]

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Megafaun to do Alan Lomax

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This press release just rolled in: Americana-folk warriors MEGAFAUN, have been chosen to curate, perform, and record songs/interpretations of Alan Lomax’s classic recordings “Songs of the South” at Duke University this September. Invited guests feature Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten and jazz big band Fight the Big Bull.

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Breathe Owl Breathe

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We recently mentioned the forthcoming album from Breathe Owl Breathe titled Magic Central being released on Hometapes. They have released another free track for digestion called “Swimming” which according to Hometapes is already in your head.

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Arborea touring the UK!

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We have been waiting a long time to see Arborea play and now finally they are back in the UK and will be even touching down in Bristol which is right on our doorstep! So we’re very very happy! We’re big fans, in case you didn’t guess! Arborea are Buck and Shanti who, amongst producing [...]

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Charlie Parr releases new album

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Charlie Parr holds an air of mystery about him. The story goes that one spring day in 1979, a young Charlie Parr made his way down to East Side Lake in Austin, Minnesota carrying a Johnson 9.9 outboard motor and half of a gallon of gas. His pockets were stuffed with stolen cans of Blatz. [...]

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Willkommen Foxtrot at Stanmer House

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Brighton’s premier folk collective Willkommen Records have teamed up with South Coast independent music promoters Melting Vinyl for a second year following last years success to bring you another all day show. The venue is in a nature reserve on the outskirts of Brighton, a mere stroll for those who have partied hard the night [...]

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Sufjan Stevens releases a new Digital EP

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Sufjan Stevens has released an 8-song, 60-minute EP for digital download via bandcamp. The EP titled All Delighted People will be available through itunes and amazon from Monday, but you can download. The EP, All Delighted People, is built around two different versions of Sufjan’s long-form epic ballad “All Delighted People,” a dramatic homage to [...]

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Matt Bauer and Dana Falconberry release split single

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I first came across Matt Bauer in 2006 when he released an e.p. called Wasps and White Roses. It featured a neo-traditional version of Sea Lion Woman a traditional American folk song which hooked me. It led me on a bit of a musical journey which led to many other great artists including Alela Diane, [...]

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Outer Circle: London Manchester Bristol

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Humble Soul has teamed up with London promoter Arctic Circle to assemble this mini album featuring exclusive tracks from the six artists involved in the first of a brand new concert series from Arctic Circle.

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James Blackshaw – All is Falling

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Released on August 23rd 2010 via Young God Records, All Is Falling was recorded, mixed and mastered by John Hannon and James Blackshaw at No Recording Studio, December 2009 – January 2010 and is his first foray into the realm of the electric 12 string guitar.

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Mumford and Sons – Announce US Tour

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I‘m going to leave it for Mumford and Sons to explain in their own words: Today, I will be sharing with you some wonderful news. But before that, I will be sharing with you my final woeful confession, Part III in the holy trinity of never-to-be-repeated tales of teen-angst. Technically, this series could have run [...]

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Carina Round

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La Blogotheque have a great new session recorded with Carina Round. Her new EP Things You Should Know is out now.

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Paleo – A View Of The Sky

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For the last 5 years, living in a car, booking his own shows, producing all his own music, Paleo has become something of a mantlepiece in the American house show circuit. His tour history is a database for kindred spirits: over 700 shows across the US, about 150 a year since 2005. Daytrotter’s Sean Moeller [...]

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Prince Rama

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Raised on a Hare Krishna commune in Florida, educated at art school in Boston, and now making noise and living in Brooklyn, Prince Rama are the latest addition to the Paw Tracks roster. Their new album Shadow Temple is an epic shrine of swirling synths, pulsing guitars, and thunder drums. An ethereal chorus of voices [...]

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Dark Night of the Soul

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Dark Night Of The Soul is a music and visual art project instigated and helmed by Danger Mouse. This unique, unconventional endeavour unites a wonderful album length piece of music by Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse and a host of guest vocalists with a collection of original David Lynch photography. David Lynch’s imagery is wholly inspired by [...]

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