Based in Olympia, Washington, USA, Jemmy Joe is an artist quite unlike any other I’ve encountered before, tearing up the rulebook to create collections that defy convention.
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Miles Salter reviews the new Bob Dylan biopic.
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How do you review an experience? Girl from the North Country written and directed by Conor McPherson, using the music and lyrics of Bob Dylan is just that.
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Paul Moody, who also records as Moody Jr, has featured on the blog a few times now. He first hit my radar last autumn through his folksy, autobiographical album Songs of Youth. Now he’s back with another strikingly honest song, this time about the pain that can coincide with love. It’s called Time Bomb.
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Miles and The Chain Gang is a York-based rock and Americana band fronted by friend of the blog, Miles Salter. We’ve shared a few of their tracks before so when I saw they had a new one out, I just had to give it a listen. Described by Miles as a “summer anthem”, it’s called Love Is Blind.
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Mike Vermeil is a Philadelphia, USA-based Americana artist whose eclectic influences include Bob Dylan, Steely Dan and Lil Uzi Vert. His latest track American Vacation caught my ear.
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Moody Jr., real name Paul Moody, is a folk singer songwriter who I first discovered last Autumn through his autobiographical album Songs From Youth. I’m was so pleased to see he had a new track out. It’s called Letting Light In.
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Morning Crush are a British alternative folk band that I recently discovered through their storytelling track Endless Kid. The track is taken from the band’s debut EP Brand New House which is full of more narrative gems of the personal and the political.
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Morning Crush are a British alt folk band who takes their cues from the likes of Billy Bragg, Bright Eyes and Frank Turner. Their latest track, though, owes its origins to Bob Dylan and his My Back Pages. It’s called Endless Kid.
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