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For fans and musicians of Folk, Americana, Country, Blues, Singer-Songwriter, Rock, Roots & Acoustic and music from the Laurel Canyon late 60’s/early 70’s era.

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Inverse Alchemy - Rob Corcoran (01/12/17)

March 06, 2018  /  Gary Smith

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  • Artist: Rob Corcoran & The Necessary Evils
  • Release Date: 1st December, 2017
  • Genre: Contemporary Folk, Americana, Singer-Songwriter
  • Record Label: Independent
  • Tracks: 12
  • Website: https://www.robcorcoranmusic.com/

"Heart-on-sleeve, alt-folk Americana with a Dublin accent" - the debut studio album by Dublin-born troubadour Rob Corcoran in the company of his alt-folk super-group 'The Necessary Evils' 

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categories / Contemporary Folk, Americana Music, Singer-Songwriter
tags / Rob Corcoran, Rob Corcoran & The Necessary Evils, Inverse Alchemy, LCM New Releases 2017, December 2017

Starfire - Caitlyn Smith (19/01/18)

February 12, 2018  /  Gary Smith

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  • Artist: Caitlyn Smith

  • Release Date: 19th January, 2018

  • Genre: Country, Rock, Pop

  • Record Label: Monument Records/Sony

  • Tracks: 12

  • Website: http://www.caitlynsmith.com/

  • Review By: Gary Smith (LCM)

‘Starfire’ is one of our favourite debut album this year. It’s wonderfully written, arranged and produced and a real gem. It’s also personal, heartfelt and sometimes hard hitting. We think Caitlyn is one of the very fast rising Nashville singer-songwriters and hope that this album gets the credit that it richly deserves.

The twelve songs on Starfire illustrate the range of Caitlyn's storytelling and the striking impact of her voice. "Don't Give Up On My Love," which she wrote by herself in a cabin in North Dakota, is almost painful in its intimacy, while "East Side Restaurant" is more cinematic in its detail and dramatic in its delivery. "That's about a past relationship that was quite toxic," she says, "so I know it's a song people can connect with").

The pain, struggle and daily rejection of chasing your dream in Nashville is clearly evident in one of our favourite tracks on the album ‘This Town Is Killing Me’. Personal and very hard hitting.

From small-town Minnesota to the stages of Lollapalooza and the Austin City Limits festival, Caitlyn Smith is now living a dream she's had from a very young age and with the release of the mature, masterful ‘Starfire’, there's no telling what happens from here.

"The path sure wasn't what I thought it would be," she says, "but it took all those 'no's and this whole journey to find what I needed, after trying too hard to do what other I thought other people wanted me to do. I needed to ask myself, 'What do I love, what can I do that no one else can?' And now I know that I'm not going to give up...This is what I was made to do." 

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categories / Country Music
tags / Caitlyn Smith, Starfire, LCM New Releases 2018, January 2018

Solo Duo Trio - Luke Jackson (09/02/18)

February 10, 2018  /  Gary Smith

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  • Artist: Luke Jackson
  • Release Date: 9th February, 2018
  • Genre: Americana, Blues, Folk
  • Record Label: First Take Records
  • Tracks: 15
  • Website: http://www.lukepauljackson.com

Luke Jackson organised a show in his hometown of Canterbury and decided he would record the whole thing and release these recordings as a CD. The night included a solo, duo & trio sets showing the different sounds and contrasts of Luke's music and live performances. He took tracks from all his previous albums, breathing new life into old songs, others he has been performing every night for the last few years. It also includes a few tracks, that although may have been performed, never made it onto any records.

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categories / Americana Music, Blues Music, Singer-Songwriter, Folk Music
tags / Luke Jackson, Solo Duo Trio, LCM New Releases 2018, February 2018

Southern Wind - Dean Owens (16/02/18)

February 09, 2018  /  Gary Smith

  • Artist: Dean Owens
  • Release Date: 16th February
  • Genre: Americana, Celticana, Singer-Songwriter
  • Record Label: At The Helm Records
  • Tracks: 12
  • Website: http://www.deanowens.com/

Southern Wind was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, with the same team responsible for his acclaimed Into the Sea – producer Neilson Hubbard, award winning guitarist (and long time collaborator) Will Kimbrough and some great US musicians.

Dean’s music has been described as Celtic Americana with a rocky pop edge, and draws as much from his Scottish roots, especially his home town of Leith (referenced and loved by the Proclaimers) as from his US heroes. The emotional honesty in his songs shines through as he sings about people and places, love and regrets, drawing favourable comparisons with the likes of Springsteen. A gritty yet lyrical Scottish sensibility, delivered with a searingly soulful voice.

Dean’s solo career has seen him tour far and wide, including in Europe, USA and Australia. Dean is also highly regarded among other musicians and has played shows and toured
with Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Joan As Policewoman, Eddi Reader, John Hiatt and Nanci Griffith, to name but a few.

In his early career Dean was the front-man of the much loved and lauded Americana band
The Felsons. Since launching his solo career he has produced 5 albums, including the highly regarded Whisky Hearts (also recorded in Nashville), New York Hummingbird (recorded in the Big Apple with some exceptional New York-based musicians) and Cash Back (Songs I Learned From Johnny) album, inspired by one of his lifelong idols, Johnny Cash.

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categories / Americana Music, Celticana, Singer-Songwriter
tags / Dean Owens, Southern Wind, LCM New Releases 2018, February 2018

See You Around - I'm With Her (16/02/18)

January 28, 2018  /  Gary Smith

  • Artist: I'm With Her
  • Release Date: 16th February, 2018
  • Genre: Folk
  • Record Label: DECCA (UMG)
  • Tracks: 12
  • Website: https://imwithherband.com/

I'm With Her, the band of Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan, have announced the release of their full-length debut, 'See You Around', out February 16, 2018. 'See You Around', the title track from the album, is available everywhere today. Co-produced by Ethan Johns (Ryan Adams, Laura Marling, Paul McCartney) and the band and recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in Bath, England, 'See You Around' is a 12 track LP filled with finespun narratives and breathtaking harmonies – full track listing is below. Additionally, I’m With Her has announced an international headlining tour that will kick off in March 2018 and bring the band to major cities across the world including Los Angeles, Paris, London, and more. 

'See You Around' presents a warmly textured, yet stripped-down sound layered with lush guitar tones and crystalline harmonies. The album is comprised of 11 originals, penned by the band in Los Angeles and Vermont, plus the never before released Gillian Welch-penned 'Hundred Miles'. With each member playing guitar and handling various aspects of the instrumentation— including fiddle and ukulele for Watkins, mandolin and banjo for Jarosz, piano and synth for O’Donovan—the band cut most of the album live, performing just a few feet away from each other in the tracking room. All through 'See You Around', I’m With Her exhibits a refined musicality that reflects their deep musical roots. 

After years of crossing paths in their intersecting scenes, I’m With Her came together by happenstance for an off-the-cuff performance at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival during the summer of 2014.The multi-Grammy-Award-winners have individually released nine solo efforts, co-founded two seminal bands (Nickel Creek and Crooked Still), and contributed to critically acclaimed albums from a host of esteemed artists. The band has garnered tremendous acclaim for their unique blend of instrumental interplay and indelible harmonies. 

"We all feel immensely fortunate to be in this band together,” says I’m With Her. “As longtime friends and fans of each other’s music, it’s been wonderful to realise that writing and collaborating together fits so seamlessly into our lives. And now, we’re so excited to get to tour and share the work we’ve done as a band with our debut album, 'See You Around'."

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categories / Folk Music
tags / I'm With Her, See You Around, Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan, LCM New Releases 2018, February 2018

Undersong - Salt House (02/02/18)

January 24, 2018  /  Gary Smith

'Undersong' is the new album from Scottish folk trio Salt House. Produced by folk scene heavyweight Andy Bell (Martin Simpson, Songs of Separation, Furrow Collective), the album instills a special sense of place, recorded in a restored Telford Church on the island of Berneray, Outer Hebrides.

Whether its setting old words to new melodies, re-working ancient ballads or writing their own - Salt House marry all their musical strands with a deep understanding for the British song tradition and an empathy for a story. Recent recruit, singer-songwriter Jenny Sturgeon joins multi-instrumentalist and songsmith Ewan MacPherson and violist and fiddler Lauren MacColl to weave stories of landscape, place and time.

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categories / Folk Music, Scottish Music, Scottish Folk
tags / Salt House, Undersong, LCM New Releases 2018, February 2018

Accomplice One - Tommy Emmanuel (19/01/18)

January 22, 2018  /  Gary Smith

  • Artist: Tommy Emmanuel
  • Release date: 19th January, 2018
  • Genre: Acoustic, Blues, Americana
  • Record Label: Mascot Records
  • Tracks: 16
  • Website: http://tommyemmanuel.com

 

 

A wonderful duet album two years in the making from Tommy Emmanuel, one of the best guitar players in the world. Accomplice One sees Tommy join a host of special guests for one of the most innovative and interesting albums so far in 2018.

 

  •   1. Deep River Blues (feat. Jason Isbell)
  •   2. Song And Dance Man (feat. Ricky Skaggs)
  •   3. Saturday Night Shuffle (feat. Jorma Kaukonen & Pat Bergeson)
  •   4. Wheelin' & Dealin (feat. J.D. Simo & Charlie Cushman)
  •   5. C-Jam Blues (feat. David Grisman & Bryan Sutton)
  •   6. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (feat. J.D. Simo)
  •   7. Borderline (feat. Amanda Shires)
  •   8. You Don't Want To Get You One Of Those (feat. Mark Knopfler)
  •   9. Keepin' It Reel (feat. Clive Carroll)
  •   10. Looking Forward To The Past (feat. Rodney Crowell)
  •   11. Purple Haze (feat. Jerry Douglas)
  •   12. Rachel's Lullaby (feat. Jake Shimabukuro)
  •   13. Djangology (feat. Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo)
  •   14. Watson Blues (feat. David Grisman & Bryan Sutton)
  •   15. Tittle Tattle (feat. Jack Pearson)
  •   16. The Duke's Message (feat. Suzy Bogguss)

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categories / Acoustic Music, Americana Music, Blues Music, Contemporary Folk, Folk Music, Roots Music, Singer-Songwriter
tags / Tommy Emmanuel, Accomplice One, LCM New Releases 2018, January 2018

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