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JD & Folk have been plying their trade as, mostly, a duo for a few years now mixing their take on well known country songs with their own original material and have now released this, Inn Slide Out, their first collection of their own songs on CD. The band was formed by John Le Sauvage... Continue Reading →
With festival season fast approaching three bands, BlackTopTales, Blue Mountains and JD & Folk, took over The Lion's Den upstairs room at The Golden Lion for a bit of an unofficial warm up for this year's Sark Folk Festival that happens at the beginning of July. Country influenced duo JD & Folk started the night... Continue Reading →
With the abundance of music schools in Guernsey giving young musicians a chance to explore things away from the traditional classical basis of the school's music service, it's no surprise that more and more youngsters are once again forming bands or creating their own music. One such performer is Dan Ashplant who recently released a... Continue Reading →
GASS Mark II, released via the recently rejuvenated Round Records in September 2018, sees Ginger Wildheart drawing on the GASS subscription fan club project of a few years ago once again, following on from Year Of The Fanclub. While that album compiled tracks from the GASS project chosen by fans, here we get Ginger's top... Continue Reading →
A little over a year ago Ginger Wildheart released his long rumoured 'country' album, Ghost In The Tanglewood, taking his songwriting in even more personal directions than previously in a style that he had previously only dabbled in. Now, following a couple of tours with the reformed 'classic' line up of The Wildhearts (read my review... Continue Reading →
Before there were rock stars, before Elvis or Jerry Lee or even Little Richard, there was Hank Williams. Playing country music in honky-tonks before working his way up to being a genuine phenomenon as a recording artist and songwriter, he fit the mould of rock star just as much as any of the others, so... Continue Reading →
Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, The Delta Bombers are a rockabilly quartet steeped in the history of the style. While I first encountered them via a high energy live set supporting Tiger Army at the second 2017 Octoberflame show their most recent, self-titled, album, presents a slightly different, but none-the-less impressive side of the band.... Continue Reading →
Having heard his brief journeys into the world of folk and country music in the past with the likes of Georgie In Wonderland and Sky Chaser High (and, somewhat differently, the alter-ego album World of Filth) I was intrigued what a complete album in this genre from Ginger Wildheart might sound like. Ghost In The... Continue Reading →
Now into its seventh year the Sark Folk Festival continued its huge success on the weekend of 1st, 2nd and 3rd July 2016 after tickets officially sold out in less than half an hour the previous November. With that in mind there was clearly a lot of expectation for the festival and with all accommodation... Continue Reading →
Over the past 12 months I’ve been lucky enough to have the chance to see upcoming country and roots band CC Smugglers live on two occasions; at the 2014 Sark Folk Festival and at the Buffalo Huddleston album launch. So, when they launched their crowd funding campaign for their debut EP (and an upcoming live... Continue Reading →
Tommy Girard 