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Review: Moonin Down ‘The Third Planet’

28th May 202428th May 2024 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Argonauta Records, Desert Rock, Folk, Moonin Down, Psych

Without the disclosure of Planet X from worldwide governments, we have yet to discover what rock ‘n’ roll would sound

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Review: Šamane ‘Solstice’

16th April 202416th April 2024 Reza Mills Alternative, Ambient, Folk, Last Day Of The North, Šamane

Three years ago I reviewed progressive doom rockers SAPATA and their album No Sun To Embrace for The Shaman which

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Review: Lost Dog Street Band ‘Survived’

11th April 202411th April 2024 Mark Hunt-Bryden Benjamin Tod, Country, Folk, Lost Dog Street Band, Thirty Tigers

Music, at its core, should stir the emotions in my opinion, and nothing has encapsulated this in recent years more

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Review: Goat ‘Medicine’

11th December 202311th December 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Folk, Goat, Psych, Rocket Recordings

We pay into a convenient, encrypted reality that others spend a lifetime cracking. Goat crack into the physics of metal

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Review: David Eugene Edwards ‘Hyacinth’

27th September 202327th September 2023 Reza Mills Americana, David Eugene Edwards, Folk, Sargent House

I’ve name-checked 16 Horsepower and Wovenhand numerous times in reviews for The Shaman, and now that I have an opportunity

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Review: Hexvessel ‘Polar Veil’

14th September 202314th September 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Blackgaze, Folk, Hexvessel, Svart Records

Hailing from the dark forest, progressive folk rockers Hexvessel have been on a path which their founder Mat McNerney describes

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Review: Wooden Tape ‘Music From Another Place’

26th July 202326th July 2023 Reza Mills Acoustic, Ambient, Folk, God Unknown Records, Wooden Tape

Merseyside based Tim Maycox (aka Wooden Tape) as well as being both a writer and musician is also a high

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Review: Lankum ‘False Lankum’

24th July 202324th July 2023 Reza Mills Drone, Folk, Lankum, Rough Trade, Soundscapes

Lankum are a Dublin four-piece whose members comprise of Ian Lynch, Daragh Lynch, Cormac Mac Diarmada and Radie Peat who

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Review: The Devil’s Trade ‘Vidékek Vannak Idebenn’

7th July 202310th July 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Dark, Folk, Folk Doom, Season Of Mist, The Devil’s Trade

The most striking thing about the dark Hungarian doom/folk band, for me, is Dávid Makó’s voice. Over a traditional musical

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Review: Austin Stambaugh ‘Midwest Supernatural’

4th July 20234th July 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Austin Stambaugh, Country, Folk

Steve Earle’s quote about standing on Bob Dylan’s coffee table and declaring Townes Van Zandt to be the greatest songwriter

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Dorthia Cottrell 'Death Folk Country'
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Review: Dorthia Cottrell ‘Death Folk Country’

17th April 202317th April 2023 Lee Beamish Country, Dorthia Cottrell, Folk, Relapse Records, Windhand

It’s not very often that an album title perfectly describes its content, to the point where three little words can

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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October
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Video Premiere: IAN ‘Manuel’ – Debut ‘Come On Everybody, Let’s Do Nothing!’ Drops 17th October

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Today marks the premiere of IAN’s new video for their single Manuel, the latest glimpse of their debut album Come

Video Premiere: SoftSun ‘Sacred Heart’ – New Album ‘Eternal Sunrise’ Drops 7th November
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Video Premiere: SoftSun ‘Sacred Heart’ – New Album ‘Eternal Sunrise’ Drops 7th November

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