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The Matthew Shadley Band have released their seventh studio album, The Great Divide — ten tracks split into SIDE ONE and SIDE TWO, built around a single idea: rock as a polar expedition. Over the…
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Simon Talbot returns today, April 3rd, with a new single “Wonder” — a track from the forthcoming album “Simon Called Peter III”, reuniting him with guitarist Peter Toussaint. For the…
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