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Marcella Detroit, Richard Thompson And Other Stars Join Forces To Fight Parkinson’s

January 28, 2025

Parkinson’s disease is a terrible thing, and while there are ways to mitigate its symptoms, it still can’t be cured – but specialists tirelessly try to find a way to create a medicine, and there are charities that support this … Continue reading →

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Pete Townshend Produces Reg Meuross’ Tribute To Woody Guthrie

January 26, 2025

Quite a few people learned about Woody Guthrie from the recent Dylan biopic; others never forgot the legendary folkster. Reg Meuross belongs to the latter, of course, for this English artist is rather adept protest narrative, and so does Pete … Continue reading →

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WISHBONE ASH Issue A Big Box Set Of BBC Sessions

January 24, 2025

When WISHBONE ASH released “The Vintage Years 1970-1991” back in 2018, the whopping 30-disc box set seemed to be as exhaustive as such a collection could be, what with all of the ensemble’s studio albums from the titular period augmented … Continue reading →

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Godspeed You, Barry Goldberg

January 22, 2025

The great Barry Goldberg passed away on January 22nd at the age of 85, and an entire era of white blues died with him. The Chicagoan may have taken his place in history at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 … Continue reading →

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Thompson, McTell, Pegg, Mattacks: THE GPs Live Album To Be Out

January 22, 2025

The GPs might be the least known supergroup of all, just because three Fairporters – Richard Thompson, Dave Pegg and Dave Mattacks – and Ralph McTell didn’t record anything. They graced the stage, though, the whopping four times they did, … Continue reading →

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