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September 2015 sees Andrew Combs returning to the UK, supported by his label-mate Barna Howard. To celebrate their joint tour, Andrew and Barna have released a special limited edition split 7” single on a white coloured vinyl and it looks very cool indeed. The single features the tracks "Nothing To Lose" and "Quite A Feelin’”. The 7" is available from Loose Music here.
Read MoreWhen someone as universally respected as Mark Knopfler is singing your praises, guesting on your records and featuring you as his support act on large international tours, you must be doing something right. Ruth Moody is doing something very right indeed. Australian by birth but based in Winnipeg, Canada the two-time Juno award winning singer-songwriter , best known as a founder member of The Wailin’ Jennys, has now released two fine solo albums with ‘The Garden’ from 2010 and her 2013 release ‘These Wilder Things’ receiving rave reviews.
Read MoreLegendary rock act Toto will return to the UK in May 2015 for three 'An Evening With' shows in support of their new album due Spring, 2015. The new album Toto XIV will be their first since 'Falling In Between' in 2006.
Read MoreAmericana Folk duo The Black Feathers are excited to announce that their video ‘Strangers We Meet’ which was shot in Nashville earlier this year is now available to watch online. This follows the release of their critically acclaimed debut EP of the same name in February 2014, which gained plays on BBC Radio 2 and saw them appear in The Telegraph’s 51 Best Folk Albums of 2014 list, as well as a feature in Sunday Times Culture.
Read MoreExciting news for all Fleetwood Mac fans is the return of the band to UK shores for two dates in 2015 at the O2 in London on the 27th and 28th of May. Even better news is the return of Christine McVie to the band after a sixteen year absence.
Read MoreTrampled by Turtles the bluegrass / folk-pop act from Duluth, Minnesota in the USA recently contributed to the prestigious Tiny Desk concert series. They performed three tracks from their recent ‘Wild Animals’ album for the show.
Read MoreTexan singer Sam Baker returns to the UK this November in support of his 2013 album 'Say Grace' The tour kicks off with a London show at Dingwalls on November 10th. Baker will be touring with Carrie Elkin and Chip Dolan so it should be a great night out.
Read MoreUpdated 21st November.
The third Vasby Rock Festival in Stockholm, Sweden is set for July 17-18th 2015 and the festival organisers have announced the first seven acts set to perform.
Magnum / Heaven & Earth / Eden's Curse / Astral Doors / Madman's Lullaby / Work Of Art / Adrenalin Rush.
Read MoreNot content with a slew of UK and German tour dates with THE TREATMENT, Australian rockers MASSIVE will join up with BLACKBERRY SMOKE in Switzerland on October 31st and will support them through until the end of the tour on November 9th in Sweden. The tour will see the pairing of two notorious bands of road dogs, as MASSIVE once famously travelled over 1,000 miles to play a single show, while BLACKBERRY SMOKE regularly play up to 250 shows a year.
Read MorePolice Dog Hogan are a London based high-energy and eclectic seven-piece, combining fiddle, banjo, mandolin, drums and guitars with knockout four-part harmonies in an exuberant fusing of country, pop, folk, and rocking urban bluegrass. The band are renowned for their blistering live shows and will be touring throughout the UK in support of their forthcoming album ‘Westward Ho!’
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