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Ramblin' Ricky Tate 'The Magnolia Sessions' Artwork

The latest series of Anti-Corp’s wonderful The Magnolia Sessions continues to deliver the goods in terms of shining a light

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Review: Benjamin Tod ‘Vengeance And Grace’

27th April 202627th April 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Benjamin Tod, Country, Folk, Thirty Tigers

An album from Lost Dog Street Band frontman Benjamin Tod wasn’t on my bingo card for 2026… Following the man

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Review: Chris Emmert ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

14th April 202614th April 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Chris Emmert, Country, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

Back in 2020, few people would have imagined that the enduring (and endearing) success of Anti-Corp Music’s The Magnolia Sessions

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Review: The Bandit Queen Of Sorrows ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

2nd April 20262nd April 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, The Bandit Queen Of Sorrows, The Magnolia Sessions

One of the most valuable things for the continuing health of music is for new or underground artists to get

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Review: Aurelia Anne Cohen ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

31st March 202631st March 2026 Martin Williams Americana, Anti-Corporate Music, Aurelia Anne Cohen, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

While I personally have not yet covered any of Anti-Corp Music’s mainman, Dan Emery’s fabled The Magnolia Sessions, I’ve been

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Review: Joe’s Truck Stop ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

2nd February 20262nd February 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, Joe's Truck Stop, The Magnolia Sessions

For the first two years of its existence, Anti-Corp/Black Matter Mastering’s fantastic The Magnolia Sessions ran at a blistering pace,

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Review: The Mon ‘Songs Of Abandon’

26th January 202626th January 2026 Martin Williams Acoustic, Folk, Psych, Supernatural Cat, The Mon

The Mon, the acoustic, psych-folk, solo project from Urlo, the primary architect behind Italian heavy, portal-openers Ufomammut, had been floating

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Review: Coleman Williams ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

23rd January 202623rd January 2026 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Coleman Williams, Country, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

When he created The Magnolia Sessions back in 2020 to showcase real country, bluegrass and folk music, Anti-Corp Music main

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Review: Jesse Sykes And The Sweet Hereafter ‘Forever, I’ve Been Being Born’

29th December 202529th December 2025 Reza Mills Country, Folk, Ideologic Organ, Jesse Sykes And The Sweet Hereafter, Southern Lord

Following the dissolution of short-lived band Hominy, which Jesse played in with then husband Jim, she teamed up with Whiskeytown’s

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Review: The Devil’s Trade ‘Nincs Szennyezetlen Szép’

2nd December 20252nd December 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Doom, Folk, Folk Doom, Pelagic Records, The Devil’s Trade

The Devil’s Trade has undoubtably been one of my favourite musical discoveries in recent years. Hungarian singer/songwriter Dávid Makó (formerly

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Review: Hexvessel ‘Nocturne’

7th August 20257th August 2025 Reza Mills Black Metal, Folk, Hexvessel, Prophecy Productions

Mat ‘Kvohst’ McNerney has been a constant since the early days of my Shaman writing career when I covered Hexvessel‘s

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