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Review: Willi Carlisle ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

28th February 202528th February 2025 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, The Magnolia Sessions, Willi Carlisle

This year it has been hard to get going, especially when pummelled daily by the 24/7 news cycle bringing fresh

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Review: Joe Wunderle ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

19th November 202124th December 2021 Mark Hunt-Bryden Anti-Corporate Music, Bluegrass, Country, Joe Wunderle, The Magnolia Sessions

November sees the next instalment in the latest series of The Magnolia Sessions from Anti-Corporate Music/Black Matter Mastering’s Dan Emery;

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Premiere: Joe Wunderle ‘Farewell Yodel No3’ – ‘The Magnolia Sessions’ Releases Today

5th November 20216th January 2022 Lee Edwards Anti-Corporate Music, Bluegrass, Country, Joe Wunderle, The Magnolia Sessions

It’s the first Friday of the month, so regular readers of these hallowed pages will know exactly what that means

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Review: Jason Dea West ‘The Magnolia Sessions’

27th October 202026th November 2020 Rob Bryant Anti-Corporate Music, Benjamin Tod, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Jason Dea West, The Magnolia Sessions

As a label, Anti-Corporate Music brings an abundance of volume and crusty intensity to the music world, but today I’m

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24th January 20133rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2013, Bluegrass, CD, Country, Folk, LP, Ollie Stygall, Review, Rough Carpenters, The Black Twig Pickers, Thrill Jockey Records

Writing for a predominantly heavy music website is extremely rewarding in terms of the riches it delivers discovering some amazing

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Video Premiere: Black Helium ‘Up On A Hill’ – New Album ‘The Animals Are Coming’ Drops Friday
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