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The Body & Big | Brave ‘Leaving None But Small Birds’
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Review: The Body And BIG|BRAVE ‘Leaving None But Small Birds’

20th September 202128th October 2021 Lee Beamish Americana, BIG|BRAVE, Folk, The Body, Thrill Jockey Records

BIG|BRAVE is a band I’m relatively new to the table on. This last year they arrived on my radar, mostly

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Lost Dog Street Band - Photo by Ericka Poore
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Premiere: Lost Dog Street Band ‘Carmelita’ – ‘The Magnolia Sessions’ Returns & Drops Today

3rd September 202119th October 2021 Lee Edwards Ashley Mae, Benjamin Tod, Country, Folk, Lost Dog Street Band, The Magnolia Sessions

The critically acclaimed The Magnolia Sessions returns for a second season of intimate, stripped backed and raw outdoor live recordings

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Great North Star 'Great North Star'
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Review: Great North Star ‘Great North Star’

17th August 202122nd September 2021 Lee Beamish Ambient, Folk, Great North Star, Post-Rock, Shoegaze, The Acid Test Recordings

Thirty years. Three decades. A trio of decades. Either way it’s a long time. For most of us, I doubt

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Clara Engel ‘Dressed In Borrowed Light’
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Review: Clara Engel ‘Dressed In Borrowed Light’

12th August 202121st September 2021 Lee Beamish Acoustic, Clara Engel, Folk, Independent

When I’m not fully immersed in satanic screams, and stoner throb, I can usually be found indulging in something, altogether

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Nytt Land ‘Ritual’
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Review: Nytt Land ‘Ritual’

9th August 20219th September 2021 Sandy Williamson Folk, Napalm Records, Nytt Land

Siberian dark folk collective Nytt Land‘s new record Ritual is out now through Napalm Records, and it is their seventh

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Great North Star
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Introducing: Great North Star – Debut Album To Get Vinyl Release Via The Acid Test Recordings

27th July 20219th September 2021 Lee Edwards Ambient, Folk, Great North Star, Post-Rock, Shoegaze, The Acid Test Recordings

Great North Star are quite possibly a new band to readers of The Shaman. This Manchester based duo offer sublime

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Musk Ox ‘Inheritance’
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Review: Musk Ox ‘Inheritance’

14th July 20211st June 2022 Jamie Grimes Folk, Independent, Musk Ox, Neo Classical

Timing is a weird thing with record releases. It seems like a miscalculation for Musk Ox to release Inheritance in

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Ivan Macleod ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
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Review: Ivan Macleod ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

12th July 202113th August 2021 Rob Bryant Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, Ivan Macleod, The Magnolia Sessions

Last September, I embarked on a most enlightening journey when I reviewed the first in a planned series of releases

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Dawn Ray'd 'Wild Fire'
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Review: Dawn Ray’d ‘Wild Fire’ EP

21st June 202121st July 2021 Will J Black Metal, Dawn Ray'd, Folk, Prosthetic Records

It’s fair to say that Dawn Ray’d are a band who have gained prominence as much for their distinctive message

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Austin Stambaugh ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
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Review: Austin Stambaugh ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

19th June 202121st July 2021 Reza Mills Anti-Corporate Music, Austin Stambaugh, Country, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions

As night follows day, here at The Sleeping Shaman another instalment (the ninth) in Anti-Corp‘s fantastic The Magnolia Sessions series

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Ivan Macleod - Photo by Ericka Poore
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Premiere: Ivan Macleod ‘Brokenhearted Dementia Blues’ – Tenth ‘The Magnolia Sessions’ Drops Today

4th June 20217th July 2021 Lee Edwards Anti-Corporate Music, Country, Folk, Ivan Macleod, The Magnolia Sessions

It doesn’t seem that long ago when the very first The Magnolia Sessions landed at Shaman HQ back in September

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June
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Video Premiere: Alunah ‘La Pucelle’ – From New Split With Samavayo, Out 5th June

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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