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Jade Jackson: “I listened to the same Hank Williams songs, but now I actually understood the pain in a different way”
The country songwriter bears testimony to the power of storytelling with her life-affirming second album, Wilderness
Charlie Cunningham: “I know what is needed now, what I need to do with the guitar in that moment, in a song”
Second album Permanent Way finds the UK singer-songwriter making bold new steps
Top Acoustic Guitarist of the Year 2019 prize announced
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Frank Turner on paying dues and telling stories: “The very least I could do as a white man who plays rock ’n’ roll is acknowledge that it was not my demographic that came up with the music”
The UK songwriter discusses his historical storytelling record No Man’s Land
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