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- [Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/06/lindisfarne-fog-on-the-tyne-vinyl-re-issue/) - Fog On The Tyne, the second album from the legendary Newcastle Upon Tyne folk rockers Lindisfarne was originally released on Charisma Records in October 1971 - The album made them UK superstars, reaching No 1 in the album chart for four weeks in March 1972. Lindisfarne, in their first incarnation, burned brightly and briefly. A
- [Embrace - The Good Will Out (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/05/embrace-the-good-will-out-vinyl-re-issue/) - Embrace have quietly created an admirable body of work without fuss or the internal friction that has dogged so many bands of the era. They were founded by the McNamara brothers, singer Danny and guitarist Richard in 1990 in Baliff Bridge, West Yorkshire. Joined by bassist Steve Firth, drummer Mike Heaton and keyboard player Mickey
- [More John Martyn vinyl re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2026/06/more-john-martyn-vinyl-re-issues/) - Following on from our first batch of John Martyn vinyl re-issues, we're re-issuing One World and Grace & Danger on 24 July 2026. Released by Island Records in November 1977, One World is widely regarded as one of John Martyn's finest achievements and a pivotal album in his evolution from folk-based singer-songwriter to sonic innovator
- [Wally Badarou - Echoes vinyl re-issue](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2026/05/wally-badarou-echoes-vinyl-re-issue/) - Echoes (1984) is the debut solo album by Wally Badarou, a keyboardist and producer closely associated with the Compass Point Studios scene - This re-issue faithfully replicates the original Island Records UK release and is pressed on 180g vinyl. Recorded between the Bahamas and London, the album sits at the intersection of progressive electronic, synth-pop,
- [Wishbone Ash - Argus, re-issued on LP](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2026/03/wishbone-ash-argus-re-issued-on-lp/) - Released in 1972, Argus is the third studio album by Wishbone Ash and is widely regarded as the band's defining work - This re-issue faithfully replicates the original UK release in its gatefold sleeve and is pressed on 180g vinyl. The album built on the group's distinctive twin-lead guitar sound, performed by Andy Powell and
- [Max Romeo](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2026/04/max-romeo/) - Originally released in 1976, War Ina Babylon was recorded with backing band the Upsetters and produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry at the Black Ark studio in Kingston, Jamaica - This re-issue faithfully replicates the original Island Records UK release and is pressed on 180g vinyl. Widely regarded as Romeo's finest work, the album is a
- [Shed Seven's second album, A Maximum High, due for vinyl re-issue](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2026/03/shed-sevens-second-album-a-maximum-high-due-for-vinyl-re-issue/) - A Maximum High, originally released in April 1996, is Shed Seven's second studio album - This 180g vinyl re-issue faithfully replicates the original Polydor UK pressing including the 12 page lyric book. Recorded in London during 1995–1996 and produced by Chris Sheldon, the album marked a significant step forward for the York-based group following their
- [Unbelievable Truth's debut album, Almost Here returns on vinyl](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2026/03/unbelievable-truths-debut-album-almost-here-returns-on-vinyl/) - Almost Here is the striking debut from Oxford trio Unbelievable Truth, released in 1998 on Virgin Records. Formed by vocalist and guitarist Andy Yorke, bassist Jason Moulster and drummer Nigel Powell, the band crafted an album that stood apart from the late-Britpop rush with a sound that was intimate, melodic and emotionally direct.Songs such as
- [Wishbone Ash vinyl re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2026/01/wishbone-ash-vinyl-re-issues/) - Wishbone Ash’s self-titled debut album, released in 1970, introduced a distinctive sound that would become highly influential in British rock. This re-issue faithfully replictes the original UKrelease in its gatefold sleeve and is pressed on 180g vinyl. Blending blues-rock, folk melodies, and emerging progressive elements, the album is defined by the band’s signature twin-lead guitar
- [Ladyhawke debut re-issued on LP](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2026/02/ladyhawke-debut-re-issued-on-lp/) - Ladyhawke is the debut studio album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Pip Brown, released in 2008. The album is rooted in synth-pop and new wave, drawing clear influence from 1980s electronic pop through its use of synthesizers, programmed drums, and guitar-driven arrangements. This re-issue fairhfully replicates the original 13 track UK version with its gatefold sleeve
- [Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Trouble](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/11/totally-enormous-extinct-dinosaurs-trouble/) - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs is the musical project of British producer, singer, and songwriter Orlando Higginbottom. Known for his emotionally rich electronic compositions and playful visual aesthetic, he emerged in the late 2000s with a sound that merges dancefloor energy with melodic songwriting. His work spans house, techno, synth-pop, and experimental electronic music, and he
- [Johnny Flynn - A Larum vinyl re-issue](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/10/johnny-flynn-a-larum-vinyl-re-issue/) - A Larum, the debut album by singer and actor Johnny Flynn, was recorded in Seattle and is one of those rare albums that immediately creates its own world - Originally released on Vertigo Records in May 2008, this re-issue faithfully replicates the original 2LP release's pop up gatefold sleeve and is pressed on 180g vinyl.
- [Shed Seven - Let It Ride (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/09/shed-seven-let-it-ride-vinyl-re-issue/) - Shed Seven's third album, Let It Ride, is a vibrant and energetic collection of alternative rock anthems - Packed with catchy melodies and memorable hooks, it captures the band's confident and upbeat sound - This limited edition 2LP 180g vinyl re-issue, the first time the album has been made available on LP since its initial
- [Caravan & The New Symphonia - LP re-issue](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/10/caravan-the-new-symphonia-lp-re-issue/) - Working with the New Symphonia Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Ford, Caravan played London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane in October 1973 to promote their brand new work, For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night - Although the whole show was recorded, only a single LP was released - Here, for the first time on vinyl,
- [Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust re-issued on LP](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/10/joan-baez-diamonds-rust-re-issued-on-lp/) - Originally issued on A&M Records in 1975, Diamonds & Rust marked a change in direction for Joan Baez; it gave her songs of the heart and politics an unashamedly commercial veneer, returning her to the US Top 20 for the first time in four years. This re-issue, released to mark the album's 50th anniversary, faithfully
- [Level 42 - vinyl re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/10/level-42-vinyl-re-issues/) - Our Level 42 vinyl re-issues continue with two more albums being re-issued heavyweight black vinyl, World Machine and Running In The Family, both due for release in November. This re-issue of World Machine, Level 42's 1985 breakthrough album, is presented with scrupulous attention to the detail of the original UK first pressings and available in
- [Bill Fay - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/09/bill-fay-vinyl-re-issues/) - Originally issued on Decca's Deram imprint in 1970, Bill Fay's debut album is a soulful and introspective folk-rock masterpiece. With its warm, lush arrangements and heartfelt lyrics, it showcases Fay's poetic storytelling and enduring from-the-heart emotion. This 180g vinyl re-issue replicates the original UK stereo pressing. Produced by Peter Eden and orchestrated by Michael Gibbs,
- [Lighthouse Family - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/07/lighthouse-family-vinyl-re-issues/) - Lighthouse Family's first two albums, the multi-platinum selling debut Ocean Drive and the follow-up Postcards From Heaven, are both being reissued on vinyl on the 29 August. Originally released on Wildcard/Polydor Records in September 1995, Ocean Drive reached No 3 in the UK charts, and spawned four Top 20 singles. This version is pressed onto
- [Marianne Faithfull - The Complete UK Decca Recordings Re-issued](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/04/marianne-faithfull-the-complete-uk-decca-recordings-re-issued/) - All four of Marianne Faithfull's original Decca albums Marianne Faithfull, Come My Way, North Country Maid and Loveinamist are being reissued on vinyl this June alongside Cast Your Fate To The Wind a new double LP of the collected singles, B-sides and rarities. Simultaneously, a 6 CD boxset will be released called Cast Your Fate
- [Ashra - New Age of Earth LP re-issue](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/08/ashra-new-age-of-earth-lp-re-issue/) - Guitarist and synthesiser player Manuel Göttsching formed Ashra after disbanding Ash Ra Tempel, the outfit he had led since 1971. Moving away from the space rock of his previous group, Ashra was a far more electronics-based project. Recorded in Berlin, between March and June 1976, the four pieces on New Age Of Earth represent the
- [Del Amitri announce two new vinyl reissues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/05/del-amitri-announce-two-new-vinyl-reissues/) - Following on from the Del Amitri re-issues of Change Everything, Twisted and Waking Hours, we'll be re-issuing Some Other Suckers Parade and Can You Do Me Good? on the 11 July. Some Other Sucker’s Parade is a fascinating addition to Del Amitri’s catalogue. Originally released on A&M Records in June 1997, the album captures a
- [Richard Ashcroft re-issues first three solo albums on vinyl](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/05/richard-ashcroft-re-issues-first-three-solo-albums-on-vinyl/) - Next month see's the re-issue of Richard Ashcroft's first three solo albums, Alone With Everybody, Human Conditions and Keys To The World, on 180gm vinyl. Originally issued on Hut Records in June 2000, Alone With Everybody was eagerly anticipated, as it was Ashcroft's first recordings since the demise of the group he founded and led,
- [The Duke Spirit - Cuts Across The Land (Deluxe 2xLP re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/04/the-duke-spirit-cuts-across-the-land-deluxe-2xlp-re-issue/) - We're delighted to make again available the first full-length album from much-loved cult rock band The Duke Spirit. Originally issued on Loog Records in May 2005, Cuts Across The Land was a huge, critically acclaimed adrenalin-rush of an album that that consolidated the group’s word-of-mouth success. The Duke Spirit was formed in London in 2003
- [China Crisis - Flaunt The Imperfection (40th Anniversary Vinyl Re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/04/china-crisis-flaunt-the-imperfection-40th-anniversary-vinyl-re-issue/) - Originally issued on Virgin Records in April 1985, Flaunt The Imperfection represented the high-water mark of the first phase of the China Crisis, yielding two UK Top 20 singles and a showing in the Top 10 albums chart. Those who knew and followed China Crisis didn't blink an eyelid when it was announced that Steely
- [You Me At Six - Hold Me Down (vinyl re-issues)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2025/01/you-me-at-six-hold-me-down-vinyl-re-issues/) - Hold Me Down, the major-label debut by You Me At Six, was released on Virgin Records in January 2010, after the success of their debut album Take Off Your Colours - Released on vinyl for the first time, hear the album that cemented their reputation pressed on high-quality 180g vinyl and available on "Firework" splatter,
- [John Cale Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/10/john-cale-vinyl-re-issues/) - This December we're thrilled to be re-issuing three classic albums from John Cale on LP, each re-issue faithfully replicates it's original Island Records release and is pressed onto high quality 180g vinyl. Released in October 1974, Fear is an incredibly important in the 50+ year career of John Cale. Fear marked Cale's return to recording
- [Fairport Convention – Three more vinyl re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/10/fairport-convention-three-more-vinyl-re-issues/) - Following on from last years Fairport Convention re-issues which saw their self-titled debut, What We Did On Our Holidays, Unhalfbricking and Liege & Lief repressed on high quality vinyl, we present three more re-issues which faithfully replicate the originals and are pressed onto 180g vinyl. After their 1969 album Liege & Leif paved the way,
- [We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/10/we-are-scientists-brain-thrust-mastery-vinyl-re-issue/) - Brain Thrust Mastery, the second album by Californian art rockers We Are Scientists was originally released on Virgin Records in March 2008, its heady brew of retro futurism, indie and sparkling shiny power pop make it sound thoroughly contemporary. Named after founder members Keith Murray and Chris Cain's dress sense led a truck rental supervisor
- [Shed Seven - Change Giver (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/10/shed-seven-change-giver-vinyl-re-issue/) - The debut album by much-loved Yorkshire band, Shed Seven, Change Giver released on vinyl for the first time since 1994, this reissue faithfully replicates the original Polydor UK pressing and is pressed on high-quality 180gm vinyl - Change Giver was released on Polydor Records in September 1994, on the leading edge of the Britpop movement
- [Therapy? - Troublegum (30th Anniversary vinyl re-issues)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/08/therapy-troublegum-30th-anniversary-vinyl-re-issues/) - To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Therapy?'s Mercury Prize-nominated Troublegum the album is being re-issued in two highly collectable formats. The original album is being pressed onto 180g caramel vinyl, while a 2LP edition is being made available which has the original album on 180g silver vinyl with a second LP on 180g lavender vinyl
- [T2 - I'll All Work Out In Boomland (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/06/t2-ill-all-work-out-in-boomland-vinyl-re-issue/) - T2 were formed from Bulldog Breed alumni Bernard Jinks on bass and guitarist and vocalist Keith Cross with drummer Peter Dunton from The Gun. Dunton and Jinks had both played in the group Neon Pearl. Securing a sizeable advance for their talents, what they created in It'll All Work Out In Boomland is a progressive
- [Julian Cope vinyl re-issues continue](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/07/julian-cope-vinyl-re-issues-continue/) - Released in March 1987, Saint Julian was seen as a storming return to form for Julian Cope. Signed to Island Records, his Iggy Pop/Jim Morrison side was cultivated, the weirdness dialled down, leathers were worn and a rock'n'roll microphone stand was utilised. The lead track "World Shut Your Mouth" gave Cope his first solo UK
- [Cocteau Twins - Four-Calendar Café (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/06/cocteau-twins-four-calendar-cafe-vinyl-re-issue/) - Cocteau Twins – vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, guitarist Robin Guthrie, and bassist Simon Raymonde – formed in Grangemouth, Scotland in the late 70s. The brainchild of Guthrie and original bassist Will Heggie, by 1981 they had added Fraser and the following year signed to 4AD, one of the most illustrious of the indie labels. With Raymonde
- [Del Amitri - Waking Hours (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/05/del-amitri-waking-hours-vinyl-re-issue/) - Originally released on A&M Records in July 1989, Waking Hours was Del Amitri's commercial breakthrough reaching No 6 in the UK charts and spawning four Top 60 singles. This LP re-issue is released on 12 July 2024, pressed on high quality blue vinyl and faithfully replicates the original 1989 "blue background" artwork. After beginning in
- [Julian Cope - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/05/julian-cope-vinyl-re-issues/) - When The Teardrop Explodes finally ground to a halt in late 1982, all eyes were on what leader Julian Cope would do next. After retreating to the village of Drayton Bassett in Staffordshire for an extended period, Cope began writing World Shut Your Mouth, his first solo album. Released in March 1984, it is the
- [Spooky Tooth - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/05/spooky-tooth-vinyl-re-issues/) - Spooky Tooth were formed from the group Art (vocalist Mike Harrison, guitarist Luther Grosvenor, bassist Greg Ridley and drummer Mike Kellie) who came to the attention of Chris Blackwell. He suggested adding American-in-London keyboard player Gary Wright – and Spooky Tooth were born. Offering a heady brew of heavy blues and soul and being much
- [Dirty Pretty Thing - Waterloo To Anywhere](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/04/dirty-pretty-thing-waterloo-to-anywhere/) - Waterloo To Anywhere is the debut album from the short-lived, briefly adored Dirty Pretty Things - Originally released on Vertigo Records in May 2006, the album reached No 3 in the UK charts and spawned three Top 40 singles - This re-issue, available from 7 June, is pressed on high-quality 180g black vinyl. What do
- [White Noise: An Electric Storm (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/06/white-noise-an-electric-storm-vinyl-re-issue/) - A collaboration between David Vorhaus, Brian Hodgson and Delia Derbyshire, White Noise: An Electric Storm is the very epitome of a cult album. Its capitalized rear sleeve message told prospective listeners all they needed to know: MANY SOUNDS HAVE NEVER BEEN HEARD BY HUMANS: SOME SOUND WAVES YOU DON'T HEAR – BUT THEY REACH YOU.
- [Photek - Solaris (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/04/photek-solaris-vinyl-re-issue/) - Modus Operandi had been released in 1997 and was both a critical and commercial success, underlining Photek as something of a shadowy leading figure in the world of drum and bass, after his apprenticeship in the preceding years with Metalheadz. Solaris, appearing three years later was eagerly anticipated and found Photek playing with form and
- [Savoy Brown Blues Band - Shake Down (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/03/savoy-brown-blues-band-shake-down-vinyl-re-issue/) - Shake Down, the debut album from the much-respected London-based Savoy Brown Blues Band is being reissued on LP on the 21st April. Led by Kim Simmonds, Savoy Brown Blues Band were one of the UK's most successful and exportable outfits. Shake Down is viewed as one of the strongest and most respectful captures of the
- [The Wedding Present - Watusi (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/02/the-wedding-present-watusi-30th-anniversary-deluxe-edition/) - Watusi, the fourth album from the legendary Leeds-based indie institution The Wedding Present, is augmented for this 30th anniversary edition with a second LP of non-album tracks and alternative versions. Each LP is pressed onto high quality 180g coloured vinyl (Green Vinyl / Orange Vinyl) and is presented in a gatefold sleeve. Also included is
- [Del Amitri - Twisted (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2024/02/del-amitri-twisted-vinyl-re-issue/) - After the huge, consolidating success of 1992's Waking Hours, Twisted was a confident return for Del Amitri, now comfortably established as one of the 90s most interesting, exhilarating groups. Although they were very much in another lane, it's impossible not to hear the subtle influence they had on the-then current Britpop phenomenon with the chiming
- [The Wedding Present - Watusi (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/05/the-wedding-present-watusi-vinyl-re-issue/) - For many, The Wedding Present are the very epitome of indie. Formed in 1985, the group rose to prominence as part of the so-called C86 scene (a free NME cassette that showcased new bands of the era), with their fast-paced jangle-pop and intelligent lyrics by founder and only band constant David Gedge. The group built
- [Level 42 - Standing In The Light (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/12/level-42-standing-in-the-light-vinyl-re-issue/) - Standing In The Light, the much loved third album by Level 42, is available again on LP as a strictly limited audiophile gold vinyl pressing. Out 19 January 2024 Buy LP Side 1: 1. Micro-Kid 2. The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up) 3. Out Of Sight Out Of Mind 4. Dance On Heavy Weather
- [Cocteau Twins - Milk & Kisses (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/10/cocteau-twins-milk-kisses-vinyl-re-issue/) - Cocteau Twins – vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, guitarist Robin Guthrie, and bassist Simon Raymonde – formed in Grangemouth, Scotland in the late 70s. The brainchild of Guthrie and original bassist Will Heggie, by 1981 they had added Fraser and the following year signed to 4AD, one of the most illustrious of the indie labels. With Raymonde
- [Del Amitri - Change Everything (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/11/del-amitri-change-everything-vinyl-re-issue/) - Starting off as a janglesome Scottish indie group, Del Amitri had developed into a west-coast influenced leftfield pop act, and now with the wind of success in their hair (after the protracted build of Waking Hours), the group – Justin Currie, Iain Harvie, David Cummings, Andy Alston and Brian McDermott – paired up with producer
- [New release: Amy Speace - Tucson](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2022/04/new-release-amy-speace-tucson/) - It took Amy Speace just a day and a half to record her new album, Tucson. Don’t think it’s some rush job, though — Speace spent most of her life finding her way to write it.
- [Cast - All Change (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/10/cast-all-change-vinyl-re-issue/) - Cast were formed in 1992 and were something of a scouse supergroup, with leader, guitarist John Power previously bassist in The La's and bassist Peter Wilkinson coming from Shack. Originally a loose conglomerate with various members, Power added guitarist Liam 'Skin' Tyson and drummer Keith O' Neill, and by 1994 Cast were signed to Polydor.
- [Photek - Modus Operandi (Triple vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/11/photek-modus-operandi-triple-vinyl-re-issue/) - Originally issued on Science/Virgin in September 1997, Modus Operandi established Photek (aka Rupert Parkes) as an unmistakable force within the realm of drum and bass and downtempo. Born in Suffolk, Parkes, learnt saxophone as a child, but by the early 90s, he like many others, got into electronic music, and by the middle of the
- [Caravan - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/09/caravan-vinyl-re-issues/) - For those who still believe prog is a four-letter word, Caravan remain a mystery - More fool them, for they are missing out on some of the sweetest and most tuneful melodies in 70s rock, whether it be the jazz-inflected vaudeville of the title track of If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd
- [John Mayall - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/05/john-mayall-vinyl-re-issues/) - Hailing from Macclesfield, Cheshire, and growing up in Cheadle Hulme, John Mayall had already made a name for himself on the Manchester blues scene before relocating to London in 1963 at the urging of Alexis Korner. He was the founder and bandleader of the Bluesbreakers, which served as a breeding ground for some of the
- [The House Of Love - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/07/the-house-of-love-vinyl-re-issues/) - The House Of Love – guitarist and vocalist Guy Chadwick, lead guitarist Terry Bickers, bassist Chris Groothuizen and drummer Pete Evans – formed in London in 1986 - Chadwick had been around the music industry for several years, but was energised seeing The Jesus And Mary Chain, inspiring him to form the band - Signing
- [Level 42 vinyl re-issue](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/09/level-42-vinyl-re-issue/) - Originally released on Polydor Records in August 1981, Level 42's self-titled debut album remains a very special and discrete record and has gone on to achieve a cult status separate from the rest of their catalogue. Formed at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama by way of Paris and the Isle Of Wight, Level
- [Everything Everything - Man Alive (vinyl re-issues)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/07/everything-everything-man-alive-vinyl-re-issues/) - Formed in Manchester in 2007 after Jonathan Higgs and Jeremy Pritchard met at Salford University; they were joined by Higgs's Northumberland school friends Michael Spearman and Alex Niven - High concept coursed through Everything Everything from the off: they unwittingly named themselves after a Radiohead song (in the manner that that band named themselves after
- [Catherine Wheel - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/07/catherine-wheel-vinyl-re-issues/) - Formed in Great Yarmouth in 1990, Catherine Wheel – singer guitarist Rob Dickinson, guitarist Brian Futter, bassist Dave Hawes and drummer Neil Sims – are possibly one of the greatest lost bands of that fabled decade - Swimming against several tides, they were loosely defined as 'shoegaze', and failed to fit in with the grunge
- [The Fall - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/06/the-fall-vinyl-re-issues/) - Formed in 1976, by 1990, The Fall had been through 18 line ups, releasing 14 albums and 24 singles - The only constant was leader, vocalist Mark Edward Smith – welded to the work ethic, creating music that stunned in its obscure brilliance; railing against mediocrity, flailing against the status quo. It was all change
- [John Martyn - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/06/john-martyn-vinyl-re-issues/) - A complex and sometimes belligerent character in real life, on record, John Martyn was the epitome of the folk-dreamer, embodying the spirit of the bourgeoning London acoustic scene of the late 60s - Well-known and respected for his 70s albums Solid Air and One World, this is where it began. London Conversation John Martyn Release
- [Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels - Original Soundtrack (Vinyl Re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/06/lock-stock-two-smoking-barrels-original-soundtrack-vinyl-re-issue/) - Originally released on Island Records in September 1998, the soundtrack to the box-office smash film, written and directed by Guy Ritchie, quickly became a must-own album, and is frequently cited as one of the best movie soundtracks of all time. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels redefined the British gangster film and established Guy Ritchie
- [Fairport Convention - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/05/fairport-convention-vinyl-re-issues/) - The trajectory that Fairport Convention took in the space of four albums and two years is one of the most remarkable in British popular music. These records contain some of the most storied names not just in British, but world music. From a bunch of school friends setting out to be 'the British Jefferson Airplane',
- [Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/01/lloyd-cole-and-the-commotions-vinyl-re-issues/) - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions – Cole, Blair Cowan, Lawrence Donegan, Neil Clark and Stephen Irvine – were formed in Glasgow in 1982, where Buxton-born singer-songwriter Cole was studying Philosophy and English at the University of Glasgow -Their sound swam against the tide of shiny 80s synthesisers, offering intense, melodic, guitar-based pop, topped with droll
- [10cc - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/01/10cc-vinyl-re-issues/) - Formed in 1972, 10cc were at once commercial, at once strange - Described as the 'missing link between the Beatles and Blur', it was rare to have four talented writers, singers and multi-instrumentalists all under one roof; but in Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Lol Creme and Kevin Godley, 10cc had just that - They released
- [Richard Thompson - Henry The Human Fly (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/01/richard-thompson-henry-the-human-fly-vinyl-re-issue/) - The debut solo album from the influential British folk-rock pioneer Richard Thompson - Originally released on Island in 1972, the album showcases Thompson's remarkable, singular talent. Feted as their lead writer, Richard Thompson left Fairport Convention, the group he founded in 1967, in early 1971. Recorded at Joe Boyd's legendary Sound Techniques studio in Chelsea
- [The Pale Fountains - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/01/the-pale-fountains-vinyl-re-issues/) - The Pale Fountains were formed in Liverpool in 1980 by Mick (as he was then known) Head with Chris McCaffery on bass, Thomas Whelan on drums, trumpeter Andy Diagram and guitarist Ken Moss - Signing with Virgin in late 1982, this was the first time the music world became aware of the work of singer-songwriter
- [Ten Years After - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2022/12/10-years-after-vinyl-re-issues/) - Proper Records are delighted to make again available the first three albums from the much-loved Ten Years After. Originally released on Deram between 1967 and 1969, these records – Ten Years After, Undead, and Stonedhenge – capture the beginnings of the British blues boom band who shot to world fame at 1969’s Woodstock Festival. Known
- [Big Country - Vinyl Re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2022/12/big-country-vinyl-re-issues/) - Proper Records are delighted to make again available the first three albums from the much-loved Big Country. Originally released on Mercury Records between 1983 and 1986, these records – The Crossing, Steeltown, and The Seer – sound as striking and singular now as they did when first heard. Formed by ex-Skids guitarist Stuart Adamson in
- [Diana Jones - Better Times Will Come (Reimagined & Remastered)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/02/diana-jones-better-times-will-come-reimagined-remastered/) - Widely acclaimed US singer-songwriter Diana Jones has announced the re-issue of her critically lauded 2009 album Better Times Will Come – Reimagined & Remastered on April 7, to mark the 15th anniversary of its recording. Diana enlisted studio engineer Steve Addabbo, fresh from his work on Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series, to help her cast a retrospective eye over the tracks. Together they reimagined the mixes and the running order and added a previously unreleased song ‘Call Me Daddy’, to reflect changes she has envisaged since the original release.
- [Gretchen Peters Farewell Tour](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/03/gretchen-peters-farewell-tour/) - Gretchen Peters returns to the UK in May for her final run of shows, following her announcement that she will retire from full-scale touring this year. Speaking about the tour, Gretchen commented: “It’s important to me to have the opportunity to let UK fans know just how much their support has meant to me. I
- [McAlmont & Butler - The Sound Of... (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2022/12/mcalmont-butler-the-sound-of-vinyl-re-issue/) - While the whole of the UK seemed to be mining the sound of The Beatles, Stones and The Who as Britpop slavishly paid homage to the 60s, The sound of McAlmont & Butler took its influences more from music of Dusty Springfield, Scott Walker, Andy Williams and Burt Bacharach while creating something unique and timeless.
- [The Thrills - Let's Bottle Bohemia (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/01/the-thrills-lets-bottle-bohemia-vinyl-re-issue/) - Let's Bottle Bohemia is the second album from the melodic Dublin-based rock band The Thrills - Originally released on Virgin in September 2004, it marked a significant step forward from the group's debut album, So Much For The City, released over a year previously. Pre-order LP + bonus 7" Released: 10 February 2023 LP tracklist
- [Ruts - The Crack (vinyl re-issue)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2023/01/ruts-the-crack-vinyl-re-issue/) - The Ruts were formed in west London in 1977, but guitarist Paul Fox and vocalist Malcolm Owen were schoolfriends who had already been in several bands – meeting with drummer Dave Ruffy and bassist John 'Segs' Jenning - the group played many Rock Against Racism benefit concerts and rose to prominence supporting The Damned in
- [Noah And The Whale - Vinyl Re-Issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2022/09/noah-and-the-whale-vinyl-re-issues/) - Noah & The Whale were one of the leading protagonists of the small but perfectly formed indie-folk scene of the early days of the 21st Century. Formed in Twickenham, the five-piece, led by vocalist and guitarist Charlie Fink, originally boasted Laura Marling in their line-up, before she left to begin her successful solo career. The
- [Sandy Denny - Vinyl Re-Issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2022/11/sandy-denny-vinyl-re-issues/) - Known for her time as vocalist in Fairport Convention and respected globally, Sandy Denny left a beguiling, ever-evolving body of work - Kate Bush was to namecheck her in song, and Denny's influence can be heard in generations of singer-songwriters. Out of print on LP for a number of years, the four re-issues presented below
- [New release: Amy Speace - Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/05/new-release-amy-speace-me-and-the-ghost-of-charlemagne/) - Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne, the new album from Amy Speace, is released on the 6th September.
- [Gretchen Peters - The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs Of Mickey Newbury review highlights](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/05/gretchen-peters-the-night-you-wrote-that-song-the-songs-of-mickey-newbury-review-highlights/) - Gretchen Peters new album, The Night You Wrote That Song, has been warmly received by fans and reviewers alike with CMP Magazine saying in their 5-star review that the album "hits the target" and Alan Cackett saying that it's "an album that reveals its instrumentation and lyrical multitudes on every new listen". You can read
- [New release: Gretchen Peters - The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs Of Mickey Newbury](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/02/new-release-gretchen-peters-the-night-you-wrote-that-song-the-songs-of-mickey-newbury/) - Out now Propermusic Amazon Spotify iTunes Apple Music Find more ways to listen / buy On May 15, 2020, Gretchen Peters released The Night You Wrote That Song, an album of Mickey Newbury's songs recorded at historic Cinderella Studios, where Newbury recorded his legendary albums of the late 1960s/early 1970s including Looks Like Rain,
- [Diana Jones - Song To A Refugee reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/09/diana-jones-song-to-a-refugee-reviewed/) - Diana Jones' new album, Song To A Refugee, was released last Friday and we've been delighted by the response from fans and the media with 4 star reviews in the Observer and The Scotsman and Uncut giving it 9/10 in their latest issue. You can find some of the review highlights below with links, where
- [New release: Diana Jones - Song To A Refugee](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/03/new-release-diana-jones-song-to-a-refugee/) - Acclaimed for earlier albums inspired by the almost mystical connection to her birth family and the music of rural Tennessee, Diana Jones releases her new album Song To A Refugee, on September 25.
- [Amy Speace with The Orphan Brigade - There Used To Be Horses Here reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2021/04/amy-speace-with-the-orphan-brigade-there-used-to-be-horses-here-reviewed/) - Beautifully uplifting and deeply personal, Amy Speace has made the most revealing album of her career with There Used to Be Horses Here. Described by MOJO Magazine as "an album of hope to get you through the hardest times." in their 4 star review, the new album is released today and available to buy on
- [New release: Amy Speace with The Orphan Brigade - There Used To Be Horses Here](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2021/01/new-release-amy-speace-with-the-orphan-brigade-there-used-to-be-horses-here/) - Beautifully uplifting and deeply personal, Amy Speace has made the most revealing album of her career with There Used to Be Horses Here. Recorded in Nashville in just four days, the award-winning songwriter pulls directly from her own childhood memories, coming of age in New York City, and losing a parent while learning to become one.
- [Stranded In Reality Nominated for Music Week Award](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/01/stranded-in-reality-nominated-for-music-week-award/) - Stranded In Reality, Ian Hunter's limited edition, 30-disc anthology boxset has been nominated in the Catalogue Marketing Campaign category (which focuses on the rejuvenation of previously existing work) at this years Music Week Awards. Released last September and covering the years 1975 to 2015, Stranded in Reality comprises 17 original Hunter solo albums on 19
- [New Release: Ian Hunter - Stranded In Reality (Anthology Boxset)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/06/new-release-ian-hunter-stranded-in-reality-anthology-boxset/) - Out now: Buy boxset The career of the British rock great and Mott the Hoople icon Ian Hunter is celebrated with this 30-disc Anthology box set, Stranded in Reality, containing a swathe of rare and previously unreleased recordings and film. Compiled and curated by Ian and recognised Hunter-Mott biographer Campbell Devine, the project is the
- [More Details Revealed for Ian Hunter's Stranded In Reality Boxset](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/07/more-details-revealed-for-ian-hunters-stranded-in-reality-boxset/) - The monumental Stranded In Reality 30 disc box set, strictly limited to 2500 worldwide and available exclusively through www.propermusic.com, not only contains all of Ian Hunter's classic solo albums, mostly as expanded versions, but also includes 9 new discs of intriguing rare and unreleased tracks, plus 2 DVDs (worldwide compatible). IF YOU WAIT LONG ENOUGH
- [Ian Hunter's Stranded In Reality Boxset Contents](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/07/ian-hunters-stranded-in-reality-boxset-contents/) - You will all have been excited by the extraordinary content of the CDs and DVDs in the monumental Stranded In Reality set - The full track list can be viewed now on Propermusic.com Now, let us tell you about some of the other enticing extras that will be revealed when you open the box. An
- [Ian Hunter - Stranded In Reality DVD Details](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/08/ian-hunter-stranded-in-reality-dvd-details/) - IT NEVER HAPPENED A 2 DVD set as part of the gargantuan Ian Hunter Stranded In Reality box set, playable worldwide (Region 0 coded). We have gone to great lengths to obtain rare footage of Ian in various settings throughout the years and have come up trumps with rare rehearsal footage, record company promotional videos,
- [Ian Hunter - Stranded In Reality Audio Clips](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/08/ian-hunter-stranded-in-reality-audio-clips/) - When we originally discussed the overall sound for the Ian Hunter 30 disc box set, Stranded In Reality, we decided we should be faithful to the sound of the original recordings and that we would not artificially enhance that sound, so we have purposely avoided going down the “brickwalled mastering” route therefore avoiding the screechy
- [Q&A: Ian Hunter talks Fingers Crossed, Stranded In Reality and more with Songwriter Universe](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/01/qa-ian-hunter-talks-fingers-crossed-stranded-in-reality-and-more-with-songwriter-universe/) - Ian Hunter was recently interviewed by Songwriter Universe where he talked about his latest album Fingers Crossed, his 30 disc anthology boxset Stranded In Reality and other highlights from playing with Mott The Hoople and his solo career. We've included a couple of excerpts below and you can visit the Songwriter Universe website to read
- [Ian Hunter - Stranded In Reality unboxing video review](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/11/ian-hunter-stranded-in-reality-unboxing-video-review/) - Huge thanks to Phil Aston at Now Spinning who has put together a wonderful unboxing video review of Ian Hunter's limited edition 30-disc anthology boxset Stranded In Reality. Check out the unboxing video below and visit nowspinning.co.uk to read the full writeup and find more great reviews. "This is a brilliant box set and something
- [Cowboy Junkies - November 2022 UK & Ireland tour](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2022/10/cowboy-junkies-november-2022-uk-ireland-tour/) - It's been three years since Cowboy Junkies last visited our shores but they're back in November for a run of 10 dates across the UK and Ireland. They'll be playing venues including the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Buxton Opera House, The Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh and London's Royal Festival Hall between the 10th and
- [New release: Gretchen Peters - The Show: Live from the UK](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2022/06/new-release-gretchen-peters-the-show-live-from-the-uk/) - 2022 marks the 25th year since US singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters first set foot on a UK stage and she is celebrating the anniversary in style with the release of a live album recorded during a 2019 UK tour with her band and an all-female Scottish string quartet, The Show: Live from the UK, out on August the 19th.
- [Gretchen Peters - The Show: Live from the UK reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2022/09/gretchen-peters-the-show-live-from-the-uk-reviewed/) - Gretchen Peters latest album "The Show: Live from the UK" came out just over a week ago entering the UK Americana chart at #2. It's been widely hailed as a wonderful live album with Holler saying "The record possesses both light and shade, leaving plenty of space in the mix to let the emotions and
- [New release: Cowboy Junkies - Songs of the Recollection](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2022/01/new-release-cowboy-junkies-songs-of-the-recollection/) - Long admired for the carefully chosen cover versions of songs that have been part of their repertoire from the very beginning, Cowboy Junkies will release Songs of the Recollection on March 25 on Proper Records, consisting of nine covers both newly recorded and curated from previous album projects.
- [Graham Nash: Live in review](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2022/06/graham-nash-live-in-review/) - Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and founding member of both the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash, Graham Nash released his new album Graham Nash: Live at the beginning of May to widespread critical acclaim. The record features Nash performing his first two critically acclaimed solo albums, Songs For Beginners and Wild
- [New release: Graham Nash: Live - Songs For Beginners / Wild Tales](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2022/03/new-release-graham-nash-live-songs-for-beginners-wild-tales/) - Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and founding member of both the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash, Graham Nash will release his new album Graham Nash: Live on May 6 via Proper Records.
- [Cowboy Junkies - Songs Of The Recollection reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2022/04/cowboy-junkies-songs-of-the-recollection-reviewed/) - Long admired for the carefully chosen cover versions of songs that have been part of their repertoire from the very beginning, Cowboy Junkies latest album 'Songs Of The Recollection' has received some wonderful reviews in the press and online with The Arts Desk saying "The album is a keeper... Lovely instrumental and vocal textures, good
- [Richard Thompson - 2021 UK Solo Shows](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2021/09/richard-thompson-2021-uk-solo-shows/) - Richard Thompson's solo UK tour, which was originally due to take place last Summer but postponed due to the pandemic, kicks off next month in York. Thompson will be supported by special guest Katherine Priddy whose debut album, The Eternal Rocks Beneath, was released back in June to critical acclaim.
- [Diana Jones - The 2021 UK Tour](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2021/08/diana-jones-the-2021-uk-tour/) - Diana Jones was originally set to tour the UK back in the Spring of 2020, but due to the pandemic, these dates were rescheduled and then rescheduled again. We're delighted to now have confirmation (all things being well) that Diana will be returning to the UK to start her tour at the end of September.
- [Nanci Griffith - folk and country legend dies at 68](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2021/08/nanci-griffith-folk-and-country-legend-dies-at-68/) - Artists, friends and fans have been paying tribute to Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award winner, who passed away last Friday. Her death was confirmed by her management in statement, but no cause was given. Best known for songs including Love at the Five and Dime, Gulf Coast Highway
- [Gretchen Peters announced as ACM Poet's Award Honoree](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2021/06/gretchen-peters-announced-as-acm-poets-award-honoree/) - Congratulations to Gretchen Peters who has been announced as an ACM Poet's Award Honoree. The award is presented by the Academy of Country Music to a Country Music songwriter for outstanding and longstanding musical and/or lyrical contributions throughout their career, with special consideration given to a song or songs’ impact on the culture of Country
- [Richard Thompson announces new memoir Beeswing](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/10/richard-thompson-announces-new-memoir-beeswing/) - Richard Thompson will release a new memoir, his first ever, titled "Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975" next April. Described by it's publishers as “an intimate look at a period of great cultural tumult, chronicling the early years of one of the world’s most significant and influential guitarists and songwriters.”, the book
- [Tom Russell's Nova Beat Book Club](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2021/04/tom-russells-nova-beat-book-club/) - Tom Russell has recently started the Nova Beat Book Club, an idea he had after one of his heavily laden bookshelves collapsed. Here's Tom describing the idea behind the book club. "Our first Nova Beat Book Club film for kicks...after the book shelf fell down I got this idea to pick out a few books
- [Joan Baez featured on Rick Rubin's Broken Record podcast](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2021/02/joan-baez-featured-on-rick-rubins-broken-record-podcast/) - Joan Baez recently joined Rick Rubin for an episode of his Broken Record Podcast which has previously featured artists including Pharrell Williams, Bruce Springsteen, Brandi Carlile, Nick Lowe, Lucinda Williams and many more. In this conversation, Joan explains why after performing for over 60 years, she recently made the decision to stop singing and turn
- [New Release: The Webb Sisters - When Will You Come Home? [EP]](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/02/new-release-the-webb-sisters-when-will-you-come-home-ep/) - Available from: Propermusic.com | Amazon.co.uk iTunes Amidst their world tour with Leonard Cohen, Kentish siblings The Webb Sisters found time to step into the studio and record some tunes to sate the appetites of their adoring fans. The new EP 'When Will You Come Home?' (released on the 1st April) features two original songs, a
- [New release: Ben Glover - Sweet Wild Lily EP](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/11/new-release-ben-glover-sweet-wild-lily-ep/) - Ben Glover’s new EP, Sweet Wild Lily, is out today. The four-track EP includes the recently released singles, Arguing With Ghosts and Sweet Wild Lily, as well as new tracks Broke Down and Fireflies Dancing. “I hadn’t planned to release anything in 2020,” Glover says, “yet in the early summer, I got on a writing
- [Introducing Amy Speace](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/03/introducing-amy-speace/) - We first met Amy Speace in her hometown of Nashville at AmericanaFest 2017. Following our Proper Music party, we saw Amy perform in the round at the High Tea @ Alley Taps event and were later introduced to her by fellow Proper artist and Nashville resident Ben Glover. Later that week we saw her performing
- [New Release: Los Lobos - Gates of Gold](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/08/new-release-los-lobos-gates-of-gold/) - Available now: Buy or Listen Los Lobos, the Grammy winning East L.A. legends comprised of David Hidalgo, Louie Perez, Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano and Steve Berlin, are back with an all new full length studio album, 'Gates of Gold,' which will be released September 25th. Their first collection of new songs since 2010, the album
- [Tom Russell to release new book, Against The Blood](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/11/tom-russell-to-release-new-book-against-the-blood/) - Tom Russell has announced his new novel "Against The Blood" will be released later this month and is available to order now. "A few words on the saga: Welcome to 1953. A Pima Indian and a young cowboy songwriter are driving across the Great Western Deserts on an odyssey to pick up a load of
- [Gretchen Peters inducted into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/10/gretchen-peters-inducted-into-nashville-songwriters-hall-of-fame-2/) - Congratulations to Gretchen Peters who was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame on Sunday night during the organization’s 44th ceremony. Other inductees included Tom Douglas in the songwriter category, Paul Craft in the veteran songwriter category and John Anderson as songwriter/artist. Peters was inducted by Hall Of Fame songwriter Rodney Crowell, while sometime
- [Tom Russell Wins ASCAP Award](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/11/tom-russell-wins-ascap-award/) - Congratulations to Tom Russell, who won an ASCAP Award last week at 47th Annual ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Awards Ceremony in New York. Tom won the award for his article 'Bitter Tears & Mean as Hell: Johnny Cash in the Wild West' published by Ranch & Reata Magazine and was asked to perform a
- [Gretchen Peters Nominated for Three Awards at the UK Americana Awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/11/gretchen-peters-nominated-for-three-awards-at-the-uk-americana-awards/) - Gretchen Peters has received three nominations in The UK Americana Awards 2016 including International Album of the Year for Blackbirds, International Artist of the Year and International Song of The Year for Blackbirds which was co-written with Ben Glover. The nominations come ahead of Gretchen's 20th Anniversary UK Tour which begins at Celtic Connections on
- [Watch: Los Lobos Talking About Gates Of Gold](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/09/watch-los-lobos-talking-about-gates-of-gold/) - In this new video from Los Lobos, the band discuss the ideas behind the title of their new album Gates of Gold, the recording of the album and their new biography 'Dream in Blue' written by Chris Morris, formally of Billboard Magazine, which is out soon. Gates of Gold is the bands first collection of
- [Watch: Richard Thompson on Later... with Jools Holland](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/09/watch-richard-thompson-on-later-with-jools-holland/) - Richard Thompson and his Electric Trio appeared on Later... with Jools Holland last night where they performed Beatnik Walking from Thompson's latest album Still. Other artists appearing on the show included The Maccabees, Stereophonics, Roisin Murphy, Izzy Bizu and Liam Bailey. The full hour long episode will be shown this Friday on BBC2 at 11:30pm
- [Joan Baez appears onstage with Taylor Swift](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/08/joan-baez-appears-onstage-with-taylor-swift/) - Joan Baez appeared onstage last night alongside film star Julia Roberts as special guests of Taylor Swift on her 1989 World Tour.
- [Joan Baez Receives Impala Sales Awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/08/joan-baez-receives-impala-sales-awards/) - Prior to her performance at last weekends Cambridge Folk Festival, Joan Baez was presented with two Impala Sales Awards for the albums Ring Them Bells and Day After Tomorrow. To date, Ring Them Bells has sold over 20,000 albums across Europe whilst Day After Tomorrow has sold over 40,000, earning Baez the Silver and Double
- [Watch: Richard Thompson - Still, The Making Of](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/06/watch-richard-thompson-still-the-making-of/) - In this recently released Making Of video for Still, Richard Thompson discusses his creative process, working with Jeff Tweedy and recording in Wilco's loft studios in Chicago. The video also includes a clip of Richard Thompson's Electric Trio playing All Buttoned Up, the story behind Beatnik Walking and more.. Still is available now: Buy or
- [Watch: Richard Thompson discusses new album Still](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/06/watch-richard-thompson-discusses-new-album-still/) - Back in March, during his first visit to Australia to tour with his Electric trio, Richard Thompson was interviewed for RN Afternoons with Michael MacKenzie. Richard began the show by playing Beatnik Walking from his upcoming album 'Still' and discussed the inspiration behind the song, his search for surprise and working with producer Jeff Tweedy
- [Watch: Asleep at the Wheel - I Had Someone Else Before I Had You [Video Featurette]](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/03/watch-asleep-at-the-wheel-i-had-someone-else-before-i-had-you-video-featurette/) - In this recently released video from Asleep At The Wheel, Ray Benson talks about working with Elizabeth Cook on the song 'I Had Someone Else Before I Had You' from the new album 'Still The King - Celebrating The Music of Bob Willis'. Here's what Asleep At The Wheel said about the song, "This old
- [Watch: Allison Moorer - Tear Me Apart](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/04/watch-allison-moorer-tear-me-apart/) - 'Tear Me Apart' is the new video from Allison Moorer, the song was written about the dissolution of her marriage to Steve Earle and is taken from her latest album 'Down To Believing'. Moorer has said about Earle that "Among my many teachers, he has probably been the most valuable one to me at this
- [Watch: Tom Russell - The Rose of Roscrae EPK](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/03/watch-tom-russell-the-rose-of-roscrae-epk/) - In this new promo video from Tom Russell about his upcoming album 'The Rose of Roscrae', Tom talks about where the idea for the new album came from and some of the featured artists. The video also includes rehearsal footage and clips of some of the new songs. The much anticipated double-album folk opera, features
- [Gretchen Peters Blackbirds reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/02/gretchen-peters-blackbirds-reviewed/) - Gretchen Peters new album 'Blackbirds' is released today and has been receiving some great reviews in the press and online. You can read a selection of the best one's below. “Without doubt a brilliantly crafted record, hugely enjoyable” - Folk Radio “It is a class act, and one that is excellent by her own high
- [Watch: Gretchen Peters - Pretty Things [Lyric Video]](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/01/watch-gretchen-peters-pretty-things-lyric-video/) - Gretchen Peters has just released a new lyric video for the second song, Pretty Things, on her new album 'Blackbirds'. Released on the 9th February, the upcoming album features a who’s who of modern American roots music including Jerry Douglas, Jason Isbell, Jimmy LaFave, Will Kimbrough, Kim Richey, Suzy Bogguss and more. 'Blackbirds' is available
- [Watch: Allison Moorer - Wish I (Live at Celtic Connections 2015)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/01/watch-allison-moorer-wish-i-live-at-celtic-connections-2015/) - Allison Moorer played three songs from her new album 'Down To Believing' on BBC Radio 2 last night for their Celtic Connections show. The line-up also included Americana artist Sarah Jarosz and gospel group The McCrary Sisters. Moorer performed the title track 'Down To Believing' (at around 9 minutes 20 seconds into the show) from
- [New Release: Asleep At The Wheel - Still The King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/01/new-release-asleep-at-the-wheel-still-the-king/) - Available now: Buy or listen Asleep At The Wheel brings together old friends, superstars and a new generation for 'Still The King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys' - out March 2nd 2015. Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Jamey Johnson, Merle Haggard, George Strait, The Avett Brothers, Amos Lee, Old Crow Medicine
- [Tom Russell - The Rose of Roscrae reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/04/tom-russell-the-rose-of-roscrae-reviewed/) - Tom Russell's latest offering 'The Rose of Roscrae' has been out for just over a week now and is already being rated by many as a contender for Album of the Year. The much anticipated double-album folk opera features a who’s who of legendary Americana icons including Johnny Cash, Fats Kaplin, Barry Walsh, Jimmy LaFave,
- [Watch: Tom Russell - October In The Railroad Earth promotional video](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/03/watch-tom-russell-october-in-the-railroad-earth-promotional-video/) - In this new video from Tom Russell, he talks about each of the tracks on his new album, October in the Railroad Earth (out on 15 March), as well as working with Bill Kirchen, Eliza Gilkyson and the Texmaniacs. Tom starts his latest UK tour towards the end of March, find all of his upcoming
- [Allison Moorer - Down To Believing reviews](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/03/allison-moorer-down-to-believing-reviews/) - The reviews are coming thick and fast for Allison Moorer's new album 'Down To Believing' with many proclaiming this to be the best album, or one of the best albums of her career. We've included some of the reviews below and links to some more for you to have read. Let us know what you
- [RIP Ian McLagan](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/12/rip-ian-mclagan/) - We are deeply saddened to report the passing of Ian McLagan. Aged 69, he died on December 3, 2014, surrounded by family and friends in his adopted hometown of Austin, Texas, following a stroke the previous day. He had recently toured the UK and was full of his youthful exuberance. Ian was scheduled to begin
- [New Release: Allison Moorer - Down To Believing](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/12/new-release-allison-moorer-down-to-believing/) - Out now: Buy / Download / Stream The Academy and Grammy Award nominated songstress Allison Moorer is set to release her Proper Records debut, Down To Believing, on March 16. Produced by longtime friend and collaborator, guitarist Kenny Greenberg, the album was recorded over two years in Nashville while Moorer commuted back and forth from
- [Watch: Allison Moorer - Like It Used To Be](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/01/watch-allison-moorer-like-it-used-to-be/) - The first video for 'Like It Used To Be' from Allison Moorer's new album 'Down To Believing' sees her searching for and piecing together a broken vase whilst singing "It ain’t ever gonna be like it used to be Ain’t ever gonna be like it used to be If I wait all my life I’ll
- [New Release: Krissy Matthews - Scenes from a Moving Window](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/01/new-release-krissy-matthews-scenes-from-a-moving-window/) - Available now from: Propermusic.com | Amazon iTunes Guitarist, songwriter and vocalist Krissy Matthews' new album sees this highly talented 22-year old join forces with the legendary Pete Brown, best known for co-writing many of Cream's celebrated hits of the 1960's with the late Jack Bruce, and for his work with such esteemed figures as Graham
- [Loudon Wainwright III - Haven't Got The Blues (Yet) reviews](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/07/loudon-wainwright-iii-havent-got-the-blues-yet-reviews/) - Loudon Wainwright III's new album 'Haven't Got The Blues (Yet)' is out next Monday and has garnered some superb reviews in the press and online, some of which you can read below. "One of the all-time great catalogues getting better all the time." - MOJO **** "It’s old, it’s new, it is full of life
- [Watch: Mary Gauthier - Oh Soul](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/08/watch-mary-gauthier-oh-soul/) - Oh Soul is the brand new video from Mary Gauthier and is taken from her new album 'Trouble & Love'. ‘Oh Soul’ is an allegorical tale of betrayal, loss and prayer for redemption. The singer finds herself filled with remorse, having sold her soul for something her heart desired. The video was directed by Molly
- [Watch: Henry Priestman - True Believer](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/04/watch-henry-priestman-true-believer/) - 'True Believer' is the second track on Henry Priestman's new album 'The Last Mad Surge of Youth' and features both the co-writing talent of the Grammy-nominated John Beck, and a choir of school children from one of Henry’s school-songwriting workshops. Along with the first track 'At The End Of The Day', it creates a two-part
- [Gretchen Peters inducted into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/07/gretchen-peters-inducted-into-nashville-songwriters-hall-of-fame/) - Congratulations to Gretchen Peters, who, it was announced yesterday has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Songwriters Hall of Famer Pat Alger, who chairs the Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors, said "Here in Nashville where the music industry has always been built on a foundation of great songs written by legendary
- [Watch: John 'Drumbo' French of Captain's Beefheart's Magic Band in Conversation (Rough Trade East)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/05/watch-john-drumbo-french-of-captains-beefhearts-magic-band-in-conversation-rough-trade-east/) - Last November, John 'Drumbo' French appeared at Rough Trade East in London to talk about the early days of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band and the newly released Magic Band live album. Ahead of their upcoming UK tour (see below for dates) we bring you a video recorded on the night in which John describes working
- [New Release: Loudon Wainwright III - Haven't Got The Blues (Yet)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/05/new-release-loudon-wainwright-iii-havent-got-the-blues-yet/) - Available now: Buy / Download / Stream Haven’t Got the Blues (Yet) or HGTB(Y), for short, is the 26th album in the long and illustrious career of Loudon Wainwright III. It follows his acclaimed Older Than My Old Man Now album from 2012—“my death n’ decay opus,” as Wainwright calls it. Due for release on
- [Watch: Henry Priestman - Valentine Song](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/02/watch-henry-priestman-valentine-song/) - Henry Priestman's new album 'The Mad Surge of Youth' is out next Monday and ahead of the release Henry releases his latest video for 'Valentine Song' which you can watch below. Uncut Magazine have given the album a great 8 out of 10 review, describing it as "..heart warming, self-assured songs from a man confidently
- [Watch: Suzy Bogguss - Lucky, behind the scenes of the new album](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/04/watch-suzy-bogguss-lucky-behind-the-scenes-of-the-new-album/) - A look behind the scenes at the inspiration and making of 'Lucky', Suzy's collection of 12 songs written by Merle Haggard. 'Lucky' is available now from Propermusic, Amazon.co.uk and iTunes and has been described as "An early contender for one of the best traditional country albums of 2014" by Classic Rock Country Magazine
- [New Release: Mary Gauthier - Trouble & Love](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/04/new-release-mary-gauthier-trouble-love/) - Available now from: Buy / Download / StreamTrouble & Love (out 9th June) is Mary Gauthier's first studio album since 2010 and was co-produced by Mary with Patrick Granado (whose credits include Grammys for a Delbert McClinton record he produced and a tribute CD to Stephen Foster) and recorded in Ricky Skaggs studio outside Nashville.
- [Watch: Diana Jones - Goldmine [Live]](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/04/watch-diana-jones-goldmine-live/) - During her recent visit to the Netherlands, Diana Jones performed 'Goldmine' in Bimhuis Amsterdam for VPRO Vrije Geluiden. The song is taken from Diana's latest album Museum of Appalachia Recordings and is about Diana's dear friend Lucy Grealy who is sadly no longer with us. Diana says of the song "I started this song to
- [Watch: Henry Priestman - Goodbye Common Sense](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/01/watch-henry-priestman-goodbye-common-sense/) - After three years in the making, Henry Priestman's 'The Last Mad Surge of Youth' will be unleashed on listeners on 17th February 2014. Eclectic, introspective and compelling, it was worth every second of the wait. Check out the first video for the song 'Goodbye Common Sense'. More than 35 years in the music industry have
- [New Release: Henry Priestman - The Last Mad Surge of Youth](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/12/new-release-henry-priestman-the-last-mad-surge-of-youth/) - Available now: Buy or streamAfter three years in the making, Henry Priestman's 'The Last Mad Surge of Youth' will be unleashed on UK listeners on 17th February 2014 through Proper Records. Eclectic, introspective and compelling, it was worth every second of the wait. Released in 2009 on Island Records, Priestman's first solo album, 'Chronicles of
- [New Release: Suzy Bogguss - Lucky](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/12/new-release-suzy-bogguss-lucky/) - Available to buy now from: Propermusic.com | Amazon.co.uk iTunes Grammy Award winning Suzy Bogguss didn't set out to craft a Merle Haggard tribute record. Some might call that serendipity; she just calls it 'Lucky' (released 17th Feb 2014). An accomplished artist and songwriter in her own right, Bogguss and her husband/co-producer Doug Crider were combing
- [New Release: Los Lobos - Disconnected In New York City](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/09/new-release-los-lobos-disconnected-in-new-york-city/) - Out now: Buy or stream Los Lobos release their new live album Disconnected In New York City via Proper Records on Monday October 28th 2013 Celebrating their 40th anniversary with the release of this blistering live album recorded at the end of 2012 at City Winery in New York, the thirteen track set - which
- [New Release: The Magic Band Plays The Music Of Captain Beefheart](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/10/new-release-the-magic-band-plays-the-music-of-captain-beefheart/) - Out now: Buy or stream Captain Beefheart's Magic Band are back and full of life. The band, led by the mercurial John "Drumbo" French performed a stellar concert of the Captain's music in London during their spring tour in 2013. Joining the aforementioned Drumbo on stage are Danny "Feelers Reebo" Walley and Mark "Rockette Morton"
- [New Release: Bap Kennedy - Let's Start Again](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/11/new-release-bap-kennedy-lets-start-again/) - Available Now: Buy or stream 'Let’s Start Again' (out 3rd Feb, 2014), the new album by Bap Kennedy, is his 6th solo album of original material. His original encounter with the record business was as lead singer and primary songwriter for cult Belfast rockers Energy Orchard, with whom he recorded 5 albums. While Bap usually
- [Diana Jones - Museum of Appalachia Recordings reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/08/diana-jones-museum-of-appalachia-recordings/) - Diana Jones' album has been well received in the press with 4 star reviews from R2, The Sun and The Daily Express as well as top reviews from Uncut etc. You can read the best of them below: Museum of Appalachian Recordings is available now Buy or stream
- [Watch: Tom Russell - Goodnight Juarez [Live with the Norwegian Wind Ensemble]](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/08/watch-tom-russell-goodnight-juarez-live-with-the-norwegian-wind-ensemble/) - In this new video, Tom Russell performs Goodnight Juarez with the Norwegian Wind Ensemble and Thad Beckman. 'Aztec Jazz', Tom's new album was recorded at this live concert in Halden, Norway, 2012. Russell's classic songs: St. Olav's Gate, Nina Simone, Guadalupe, Stealing Electricity, Goodnight Juarez and others...are performed on acoustic guitars against a lush backdrop
- [New Album: Jacqui Dankworth - Live To Love](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/08/new-album-jacqui-dankworth-live-to-love/) - Available now: Propermusic.com | Amazon.co.uk iTunes Following the success of 2011’s 'It Happens Quietly', which received widespread critical acclaim and topped jazz charts around the world, the award-winning vocalist Jacqui Dankworth will release new album 'Live To Love' on September 30th 2013. Whilst It Happens Quietly tipped its hat to the past with interpretations of
- [New Release: Tom Russell - Aztec Jazz](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/05/new-release-tom-russell-aztec-jazz/) - Available now: Buy or stream 'Aztec Jazz', the new album from Tom Russell is released by Proper Records on the 1st July. Years ago Russell and Dave Alvin, were tagged as the architects of what came to be known as "Americana" music, with their Merle Haggard tribute "Tulare Dust," the record which initiated the Americana
- [New Release: Steve Cradock - Travel Wild-Travel Free](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/07/new-release-steve-cradock-travel-wild-travel-free/) - Propermusic.com Amazon | iTunesRenowned guitarist Steve Cradock releases his third solo album 'Travel Wild - Travel Free' on Monday the 30th September on Proper Records. A founding member of the iconic Britpop band Ocean Colour Scene and guitarist for Paul Weller since 1992, the Solihull native has long been regarded as one of Britain’s most
- [The Magic Band - Live at Under The Bridge](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/03/the-magic-band-live-at-under-the-bridge/) - The Magic Band recently finished up their UK tour, ending with a gig at London's Under The Bridge venue. You can check out a couple of fan video's from the last show of the tour below. Read Pete Feenstra's review of the Under The Bridge gig on the Get Ready To Rock website. The Magic
- [New Release: JJ Grey & Mofro - This River](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/04/new-release-jj-grey-mofro-this-river/) - Available from: Propermusic.com (Ltd Autographed Edition) Amazon.co.uk iTunes June 2013 brings the release of JJ Grey & Mofro's sixth studio album, This River. Named for the St. John’s River — a centering point for his childhood near Jacksonville, Florida — This River flows from freewheeling celebrations (Florabama) to dark inner journeys (Somebody Else), from late
- [New Release: Diana Jones - Museum of Appalachia Recordings](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/05/new-release-diana-jones-museum-of-appalachia-recordings/) - Available now: Buy or stream Singer-songwriter Diana Jones brings the inspiring sounds of old-time Appalachia music to her new album, recorded at The Museum of Appalachia in Clinton, Tennessee. Featuring 11 original songs recorded live with two musicians and a crackling fireplace in the background, 'Museum of Appalachia Recordings', due for release on the 8th
- [Richard Thompson - Electric Reviews](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/02/richard-thompson-electric-reviews/) - It's not released for another week or so but the reviews are already flooding in for Richard Thompson's new album Electric, you can read some of the best one's below. "..for fun, warmth, vigour and power, it's up there with his best" - MOJO **** "Folk-rock legend at the top of his game" - Uncut
- [Video: Richard Thompson - Electric promo](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/01/video-richard-thompson-electric-promo/) - In this new promo video for Richard Thompson's forthcoming album 'Electric', the man himself talks about the inspiration behind his new album, recording with Buddy Miller in Nashville and jokes about the new genre, funk-folk. Find out more about thew new album and listen to the song 'Good Things Happen To Bad People' here. 'Electric'
- [Video: Emperors of Wyoming - Avalance Girl](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/11/video-emperors-of-wyoming-avalance-girl/) - The Emperors of Wyoming have just released a new video for their track 'Avalanche Girl' taken from their self titled debut. Butch says of the song "What started out as reminiscing about our reckless teenage years quickly turned into a song, almost overnight. The Avalanche Girl is real, a true story. I was sixteen years
- [New Release: Seth Lakeman Live With The BBC Concert Orchestra](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/10/new-release-seth-lakeman-live-with-the-bbc-concert-orchestra/) - In March 2012 Seth Lakeman played with the renowned BBC Concert Orchestra at Plymouth Pavilions in Devon and an EP of songs recorded on the night is due for release on the 3rd December. This unique pairing brings a whole new dimension and sound to five of Seth's classic tracks, including hits from Seth's first
- [New Album: Mary Gauthier - Live At Blue Rock](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/09/new-album-mary-gauthier-live-at-blue-rock/) - Available now: Buy or stream After twelve years of relentlessly touring the world with her acoustic guitar and harmonica, singing on stages large, small and in between, Mary Gauthier is proud to announce the release of her first live recording. Recorded with a small band at the very highest level at the incredible Blue Rock
- [New Album: Matraca Berg - Love's Truck Stop](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/08/new-album-matraca-berg-loves-truck-stop/) - Available now: Buy or stream Proper Records are thrilled to announce the release of the new Matraca Berg album, 'Love's Truck Stop' on October 22. One of the most consistently successful songwriters in America and also a great singer, she only rarely makes her own albums. Matraca Berg didn't set out to write five #1
- [New Album: Ian Hunter - When I'm President](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/07/new-album-ian-hunter-when-im-president/) - Available now: Buy or Stream As leader of '70s British rock legends Mott the Hoople and as a hugely influential solo artist, Ian Hunter is widely revered as one of rock 'n' roll's most compelling performers and one of its most articulate songwriters. On September 3, 2012, Hunter will release When I'm President, his 20th
- [New Album: The Emperors Of Wyoming](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/05/new-album-the-emperors-of-wyoming/) - Sometimes things just happen for a reason even if it takes 30 years. Case in point, The Emperors of Wyoming. The story starts in Madison, Wisconsin in the late 1970s The four Emperors – Butch Vig, Phil Davis, Franklin Lee and Peter Anderson – are playing in two different bands. They all know each other,
- [Paul Brady on the Propermusic.com Podcast](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/05/paul-brady-on-the-propermusic-com-podcast/) - In this weeks Propermusic.com Podcast, singer-songwriter Paul Brady drops by the podcast studio to play tracks from his new retrospective Dancer In The Fire and chat to Trevor Dann about his career. Paul is on tour in the UK until 12th May 2012, visit his artist page for all of his upcoming dates. You can
- [Video: Paul Brady - Steel Claw (Live)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/04/video-paul-brady-steel-claw-live/) - Originally from the 'True For You' album, Steel Claw is about the underbelly of Dublin in the early 80s and became one of Paul's most succesful songs via the 1984 Tina Turner version on 'Private Dancer'. Paul says about the original, "My voice and spirit were really tired by the end of these album sessions
- [Loudon's Older Than My Old Man reviews](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/04/loudons-older-than-my-old-man-reviews/) - Loudon Wainwright III's new album 'Older Than My Old Man Now' was released on Monday and has received some wonderful reviews both in the press and online. You can read some of the best one's below or visit the Independent Online and the Financial Times websites to read more.
- [New Album: Nanci Griffith - Intersection](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/01/new-album-nanci-griffith-intersection/) - Nanci Griffith releases her brand new studio album 'Intersection' on the 20th February via Proper Records. “It’s emotional for me, and it’s personal, and it makes my heart pound, thinking I’m going to be totally exposed here,” says Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Intersection is not an
- [New Album: Paul Brady - Dancer In The Fire: A Paul Brady Anthology](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/03/new-album-paul-brady-dancer-in-the-fire-a-paul-brady-anthology/) - Paul Brady releases 'Dancer In The Fire: A Paul Brady Anthology' on the 23rd April via Proper Records. The new album is a rich and diverse double CD of Paul's favourite recordings, personally chosen by the artist and serving as a companion to ‘Nobody Knows – The Best Of Paul Brady’, a single CD compilation
- [Bap Kennedy on the Propermusic.com Podcast](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/03/bap-kennedy-on-the-propermusic-com-podcast/) - In the latest Propermusic.com podcast, Bap Kennedy chats to Trevor Dann about his latest album 'The Sailor's Revenge', working with Mark Knopfler, his days with Energy Orchard and growing up in Northern Ireland. Bap is joined by wife Brenda Kennedy and guitarist Gordon McAllister to perform three tracks from his new CD. The podcast is
- [Propermusic Podcast from Diana Jones](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2011/11/propermusic-podcast-from-diana-jones/) - Episode 9 of Propermusic.com’s new series of weekly podcasts features Diana Jones in a live music special. She joins Trevor Dann to discuss her latest album High Atmosphere as she tours the UK. She plays three tracks from the album live in the studio on her 1944 Gibson L-50 guitar and shares with us her
- [New Album: Bap Kennedy - The Sailor's Revenge](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2011/11/new-album-bap-kennedy-the-sailors-revenge/) - For nearly any singer/songwriter on the planet, the idea of collaborating with Mark Knopfler would be the stuff of fantasy. But for Bap Kennedy, it was just the latest in a long line of projects with high profile, and highly respected, musical legends. For a man who has worked with Steve Earle and Van Morrison,
- [New Album: Sonny Landreth - Elemental Journey](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/04/new-album-sonny-landreth-elemental-journey/) - Sonny Landreth, the Louisiana slide guitar wizard releases his 11th album on the 28th May. Elemental Journey is something completely different, his first all-instrumental outing and his most adventurous work to date, it features guest stars handpicked by Landreth himself, including Joe Satriani who delivers an astonishing solo on track one, and Eric Johnson. The
- [New Album: Paul Heaton presents The 8th](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/04/new-album-paul-heaton-presents-the-8th/) - Paul Heaton is set to release the studio version of his outstanding soul opera The 8th on 2nd July. The new album features Paul Heaton himself, The Wire's Reg E Cathey, Ex Beautiful South singer Jacqui Abbott, Cherry Ghost, King Creosote and many more. The album includes performances from the full original The 8th cast,
- [Gretchen Peters on Weekend Wogan](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/02/gretchen-peters-on-weekend-wogan/) - Gretchen Peters appeared on yesterdays BBC Radio 2 Weekend Wogan show to talk about her new album 'Blackbirds', upcoming tour and perform two songs 'When All You Got Is A Hammer' and 'When You Are Old'. During the interview Gretchen talked about moving from New York to Nashville, her induction in to the Nashville Songwriters
- [New Release: Joan Baez - Diamantes](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/02/new-release-joan-baez-diamantes/) - Out now: Buy / Stream Diamantes'Diamantes' is the new album from Joan Baez, due for release on the 9th March, the album was originally created for a tour of South America in 2014 and is being made available on general release for the first time. It combines Spanish language songs culled from the 1988 recording,
- [Gretchen Peters releases new single - The Cruel Mother](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/10/gretchen-peters-releases-new-single-the-cruel-mother/) - Gretchen Peters' new single, The Cruel Mother, is released today on all digital platforms. Produced by Peters and Barry Walsh, the song was originally released as part of The Essential Gretchen Peters compilation back in 2016 and is being re-released to celebrate Halloween. Watch the hauntingly atmospheric lyric video for the new single below and
- [Ben Glover releases new single "Sweet Wild Lily"](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/10/ben-glover-releases-new-single-sweet-wild-lily/) - Sweet Wild Lily is the new single from Ben Glover and is the second single from his upcoming EP of the same name, which will be released next month. “I feel that in the recording of Sweet Wild Lily we dropped into a new sound for me,” says Glover. "It has an alt-country, Americana flavour,
- [Diana Jones shares the first new music from her upcoming album Song To A Refugee](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/07/diana-jones-shares-the-first-new-music-from-her-upcoming-album-song-to-a-refugee/) - Diana Jones has shared the first new music from her upcoming album, Song To A Refugee, which is being released on September 25. The new double A-side digital single features the album track 'Humble' plus the previously unreleased non-album track 'I Can't Breathe'. You can listen to both tracks below or find them now on
- [Ben Glover announces new single, Arguing With Ghosts](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/09/ben-glover-announces-new-single-arguing-with-ghosts/) - Ben Glover has announced that his new single, Arguing With Ghosts, will be digitally released on September 8. The song was written by Glover, Gretchen Peters and Matraca Berg and is the first single from Glover’s upcoming EP, Sweet Wild Lily, which will be released later in the year. "We started talking about how the
- [New Release: Paul Brady - The Vicar St. Sessions Vol. 1](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/02/paul-brady-the-vicar-st-sessions-vol-1/) - Out now Propermusic Amazon Spotify Apple Music iTunes In October 2001, Paul Brady played twenty-three successive gigs in the legendary Dublin venue, Vicar St., bringing together a glorious array of guest artists from around the globe including Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, Van Morrison, Sinéad O’Connor, Ronan Keating, Curtis Stigers, Gavin Friday & Maurice Seezer, Eleanor
- [Ben Glover - The Shelter Sessions](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/04/ben-glover-the-shelter-sessions/) - Stuck at home in Nashville, Ben Glover has started The Shelter Sessions where each Tuesday and Thursday, he plays a few songs on Facebook Live. In his latest newsletter, Ben says "Every Tuesday and Thursday (8.30pm GMT / 2.30pm US Central Time) I'll be performing three songs live and the session lasts 15-20 mins. So
- [New Release: Joan Baez - The Complete Gold Castle Masters](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/02/new-release-joan-baez-the-complete-gold-castle-masters/) - Out now and available from: Propermusic Amazon iTunes Spotify Apple Music There was a moment in 1987, when a feisty and driven Joan Baez thought, “enough is enough.” She rolled up her sleeves and accepted an offer from artist manager and label executive Danny Goldberg to join his latest startup, Gold Castle, and start making
- [New release: Ben Glover - Shorebound](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/03/new-release-ben-glover-shorebound/) - Out Now Available from: Propermusic Amazon iTunes Spotify Apple Music The newfound sounds and shapes that comprise Shorebound mark a moment in Ben Glover's musical history - a moment that nods to the past decade of his artistry even while pivoting into the next era. "I'm a believer in cycles, and 2018 will mark ten
- [New release: Gretchen Peters - Dancing With The Beast](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/03/new-release-gretchen-peters-dancing-with-the-beast/) - Out Now Available from: Propermusic Amazon iTunes Spotify Apple Music There's a bittersweet beauty to the passing of time -- the changes it brings are just as often heartbreaking as they are heartwarming. The inevitable tension that arises from that sway is Gretchen Peters' most trusted muse. “The years go by like days. Sometimes the
- [New release: Richard Thompson - 13 Rivers](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/07/new-release-richard-thompson-13-rivers/) - Out 14 September 2018 Propermusic Amazon iTunes Spotify Apple Music Richard Thompson is set to return with 13 Rivers on September 14 2018, the 13-song set is the Grammy nominated artist’s first self-produced album in over a decade and was recorded 100% analogue in just ten days. It was engineered by Clay Blair (The War
- [New release: Robert Vincent - I'll Make The Most Of My Sins](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/09/new-release-robert-vincent-ill-make-the-most-of-my-sins/) - Out now Propermusic Amazon iTunes Spotify Apple Music Proper Records are proud to be re-releasing Robert Vincent's award winning album, I'll Make The Most Of My Sins, on 28th September 2018. Vincent was awarded the UK Album of the Year gong at the UK Americana Music Awards 2018 and in the previous years awards was
- [New release: Neilson Hubbard - Cumberland Island](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/08/new-release-neilson-hubbard-cumberland-island/) - Out now Propermusic Amazon iTunes Spotify Apple Music Cumberland Island, the largest of the Sea Islands off the Atlantic coast of Georgia, is ruggedly romantic terrain – much like the album that bears its name, Neilson Hubbard’s first collection of songs for 12 years. A former Native American settlement, it was colonised by the Spanish,
- [New release: Tom Russell - October in the Railroad Earth](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/12/new-release-tom-russell-october-in-the-railroad-earth/) - Out 15 March 2019 Propermusic Amazon Spotify iTunes Apple Music American troubadour Tom Russell, regarded as one of the finest songwriters of his generation, returns with October in the Railroad Earth on March 15 via Proper Records. The new studio album comprises ten original Tom Russell songs, including the title track from the Irish film
- [New release: Show of Hands - Battlefield Dance Floor](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/08/new-release-show-of-hands-battlefield-dance-floor/) - With its arresting cover of a felled marionette, Battlefield Dance Floor is the 18th studio album from Proper Records latest signing and one of the most prized acts on the folk roots circuit, Show of Hands.
- [Amy Speace wins the International Song of the Year at the UK Americana Awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/01/amy-speace-wins-the-international-song-of-the-year-at-the-uk-americana-awards/) - Huge congratulations to Amy Speace, who was presented with the International Song of the Year award for 'Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne' at last nights UK Americana Awards. The song is the title track from Amy's latest album which was released last September and described by Uncut as "sweeping in reach, magisterial in design”,
- [Pass Notes with Steve Knightley](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/11/pass-notes-with-steve-knightley/) - Pass Notes is a new video series in which Steve Knightley of Show Of Hands discusses the tracks from the new Show Of Hands album Battlefield Dance Floor.
- [Amy Speace - Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne Tour Dates](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/01/amy-speace-uk-dates/) - Amy Speace with be back in the UK at the end of the month for AmericanaFestUK where she is nominated in the International Song of the Year category for the title track from her latest album, Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne. Following AmericanaFestUK, Amy heads out for a short run of UK dates which
- [Show Of Hands win Fatea Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2020/01/show-of-hands-win-fatea-magazines-lifetime-achievement-award/) - The winners of the 2019 Fatea Awards were announced last Friday in a two hour radio special hosted by Blues & Roots Radio and we were thrilled to see Show Of Hands announced as the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award. Following the announcement on the show, Fatea said on Twitter that Show Of Hands
- [New Release: Georgie Fame & Madeline Bell - Singer](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/01/new-release-georgie-fame-madeline-bell-singer/) - Available from: Propermusic Amazon iTunes Spotify Singer, the new album written by Georgie Fame and Steve Gray, and performed by Madeline Bell, tells the life story of a female vocalist. The live concert performance, recorded in Tilburg, Holland in 2004 will be available for the first time from the 7th April. In Georgie's own words:
- [New Release: The Essential Gretchen Peters](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/12/new-release-the-essential-gretchen-peters/) - Available now from Propermusic Amazon iTunes Spotify On 'The Essential Gretchen Peters,' this very special Nashville-based singer-songwriter combines career-defining tracks with rare outtakes, demos, and B-sides to provide a two-disc snapshot of her remarkable journey as a singularly fearless and creative talent. "I remember going on my first radio tour for my debut album and
- [New Release: Diana Jones Live In Concert](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/12/new-release-diana-jones-live-in-concert/) - Available from: Propermusic Amazon iTunes Spotify In the last decade, singer-songwriter Diana Jones has brought her unique and original style of Appalachian singing and songwriting to devoted audiences on concert stages from Nashville to Amsterdam. Following four critically acclaimed recordings, Diana Jones Live In Concert will be released on the 19th February 2016. This career
- [New Release: Ben Glover - The Emigrant](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/07/new-release-ben-glover-the-emigrant/) - Out Now: Propermusic Amazon iTunes Spotify Apple Music When an ocean separates the two halves of your whole, it's worthy of contemplation. For Irish-born, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Ben Glover, that consideration comes in the form of his new album, The Emigrant, which folds his two worlds into one. Co-produced by Glover and Neilson Hubbard, the
- [Ben Glover - The Emigrant reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/10/ben-glover-the-emigrant-reviewed/) - Ben Glover's new album, The Emigrant, has been extremely well received in the press and online with Acoustic Magazine describing it as "Soulful and thought provoking" whilst Folk Radio said "It’s a magnificent album and a substantial addition to the Irish emigrant canon that fully confirms Glover as one of the finest in the Americana
- [New Release: Krissy Matthews - Live At Freak Valley](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/02/new-release-krissy-matthews-live-at-freak-valley/) - Out Now Available from: Propermusic Amazon iTunes Spotify Krissy Matthews Band are set to embark on a UK and European tour in March and April to celebrate the release of their first live album Live At Freak Valley. Released by Proper Records on Friday 14th April 2017, the live album was recorded at the Freak
- [New Release: Tom Russell - Folk Hotel](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/07/new-release-tom-russell-folk-hotel/) - Out Now Available from: Propermusic Amazon Spotify iTunes Apple Music Tom Russell will release his brand-new studio album, "Folk Hotel" on September 8th. The physical version showcases 13 new Russell originals plus, as one of two bonus tracks, Bob Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," a duet with Joe Ely, featuring Joel Guzman on Tex-Mex
- [New Release: Mary Gauthier - Rifles & Rosary Beads](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/11/new-release-mary-gauthier-rifles-rosary-beads/) - Out Now Available from: Propermusic Amazon Spotify iTunes Apple Music Every day. Every single day, which means some days are better and some much worse. Every day, on average, twenty-two veterans commit suicide. Every day. That number does not include drug overdoses or car wrecks or any of the more inventive ways somebody might less
- [New release: Joan Baez - Whistle Down The Wind](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/01/new-release-joan-baez-whistle-down-the-wind/) - Out Now Available on: Propermusic Amazon iTunes Spotify Apple Music Legendary singer, songwriter, activist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joan Baez, will release a new album, Whistle Down The Wind, on March 2 2018. Produced by three-time Grammy® Award winner Joe Henry and recorded over ten days of sessions in Los Angeles,
- [Ben Glover - Shorebound reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/05/ben-glover-shorebound-reviewed/) - Ben Glover's latest album Shorebound was released almost three weeks ago and has been well received by fans and reviewers alike. Playing well with others is something Glover both excels at and enjoys, for the new album he joined forces with friends on both sides of the Atlantic including Gretchen Peters, Ricky Ross (frontman and
- [Gretchen Peters - Dancing With The Beast reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/06/gretchen-peters-dancing-with-the-beast-reviewed/) - Dancing With The Beast, the new album from Gretchen Peters, which reached number 2 in the Country chart and number 3 in the Americana chart in it's week of release, has received some wonderful reviews in the press and online. You can read some of the review highlights below where you'll also find a recent
- [Joan Baez inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/04/joan-baez-inducted-into-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/) - Congratulations to Joan Baez, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday night at a ceremony held at Brooklyn's Barclays Centre. The folk singer and activist was presented the honour by her friend and collaborator Jackson Browne. Accepting the award, Baez made a passionate speech about social change, you can
- [New Release: Gretchen Peters - Blackbirds](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/11/new-release-gretchen-peters-blackbirds/) - Available now from: Propermusic.com | Amazon iTunesFresh off her induction into the prestigious Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Gretchen Peters has confirmed the 9th February release of her new album 'Blackbirds.' Co-produced with Doug Lancio and Barry Walsh and recorded in Nashville, the album features a who's who of modern American roots music: Jerry Douglas,
- [New Album: Gretchen Peters - Hello Cruel World](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2011/11/new-album-gretchen-peters-hello-cruel-world/) - The title of Gretchen Peters’ new album Hello Cruel World (due for release by Proper Records on the 30th January 2012) is a pun on the famed exit line — a joke that, like the lovely melodies and deliciously textured arrangements framing these 11 songs — sweetens this captivating music spun from a year of
- [Show Of Hands - Battlefield Dance Floor, the reviews](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/10/show-of-hands-battlefield-dance-floor-the-reviews/) - It’s not yet been out for a week but the new Show Of Hands album has already garnered some great reviews. RnR called it “a brilliant album”...
- [Watch: Loudon Wainwright III - Man & Dog](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2014/09/watch-loudon-wainwright-iii-man-dog/) - 'Man & Dog' is the new comical video from Loudon Wainwright III and see's him taking his dog Harry for a walk around New York City. The song tackles the subject of pet ownership and is taken from Wainwright's latest album 'Haven't Got The Blues (Yet)', his 26th album in a long and illustrious career.
- [Trisha Yearwood covers Gretchen Peters' The Matador on new album](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/09/trisha-yearwood-covers-gretchen-peters-the-matador-on-new-album/) - On her new album, Every Girl, Trisha Yearwood has covered Gretchen Peters song The Matador which appeared on her 2012 album, Hello Cruel World. Although she took some artistic license with the lyrics, Yearwood told Rolling Stone that “The Matador” serves as a metaphor for her own relationship as the spouse of one of country
- [Amy Speace - Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/09/amy-speace-me-and-the-ghost-of-charlemagne-reviewed/) - Wow, we\'ve been bowled over by the response to Amy Speace\'s new album, Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne, which was released just over a week ago.
- [Tom Russell’s Podcast from God Knows Where](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/10/tom-russells-podcast-from-god-knows-where/) - Now on it\'s 4th episode, Tom Russell\'s Podcast from God Knows Where, sees the Americana artist discussing music, art, being on tour and more.
- [Watch: Amy Speace - Some Dreams Do](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/10/watch-amy-speace-some-dreams-do/) - Amy Speace has released a new video for the song Some Dreams Do which is taken from her new album Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne.
- [Amy Speace nominated for the International Song of the Year at the UK Americana Awards 2020](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/11/amy-speace-nominated-for-the-international-song-of-the-year-at-the-uk-americana-awards-2020/) - We’re delighted that Amy Speace has been nominated for the International Song of the Year at the UK Americana Awards for the title track from her latest album..
- [Watch: Tom Russell - Highway 46](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/05/watch-tom-russell-highway-46/) - Tom Russell has released a new video for the song 'Highway 46' from his latest album October In The Railroad Earth. The song is meant as a nod towards the 50's and 60's music out of Bakersfield. Tom says "I heard Bob Dylan on the radio in 1962 the same night I heard Buck Owens.
- [Watch: Amy Speace - Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/07/watch-amy-speace-me-and-the-ghost-of-charlemagne/) - Amy Speace has released the video for the title track of her upcoming album Me And The Ghost Of Charlemagne. The video was premiered on Billboard who said "Amy Speace stuns on title track of new album", while Rolling Stone featured the song and video in their 10 Best Country and Americana Songs to Hear
- [Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr. aka "Dr. John", 1941 - 2019](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/06/malcolm-john-rebennack-jr-aka-dr-john-1941-2019/) - Our condolences go to Dr John's family who announced his passing yesterday. In a post on social networks, they said "Towards the break of day on June 6, 2019, iconic music legend Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., professionally known as Dr. John, passed away of a heart attack. As a Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame inductee, six
- [Mary Gauthier Tours the UK and Ireland this November](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/06/mary-gauthier-tours-the-uk-and-ireland-this-november/) - The UK Americana Music Association's International Artist of the Year 2019, Mary Gauthier, will be touring the UK and Ireland this November with special guest Jaimee Harris. They'll be playing seven dates including the Fitzroy Church in Belfast, Whelan's in Dublin, London's Union Chapel, Pleasance Theatre in Edinburgh and more. You can find all of
- [Watch: Neilson Hubbard - Can't Look Away [Lyric video]](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/05/watch-neilson-hubbard-cant-look-away-lyric-video/) - Can't Look Away, the new lyric video from Neilson Hubbard's, is taken from his latest album Cumberland Island which was released in September last year. In their 4 star review, Maverick said about the album "There's a lot to enjoy here and if you appreciate some variety with Americana stylings with a touc of rustic
- [Richard Thompson's 70th Birthday Celebration](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/04/richard-thompsons-70th-birthday-celebration/) - Richard Thompson OBE, last week announced his 70th birthday celebration show at London’s Royal Albert Hall on September 30th 2019. The once in a lifetime concert will feature some very special guests, who will be announced in the coming weeks. "Please join me as I celebrate my 70th birthday with an evening of music! The
- [Richard Thompson - Summer 2019 festival and Irish dates](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/03/richard-thompson-summer-2019-festival-and-irish-dates/) - Richard Thompson has a busy Summer ahead of him with appearances at festivals throughout August and into September as well as a handful of dates in Ireland. Thompson will be appearing at festivals including Cambridge Folk Festival, Sidmouth Folk Festival, Fairport's Cropredy Convention, Green Man Festival and more. Buy, listen or download Richard Thompson's latest
- [Tom Russell - October in the Railroad Earth reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/03/tom-russell-october-in-the-railroad-earth-reviewed/) - October In The Railroad Earth, the brand new studio album from Tom Russell, was released last Friday and is receiving high praise from reviewers across the UK and further abroad. Americana UK said in their 8 out of 10 review that this is "fantastic album from an exceptional songwriter" and Maverick Magazine agreed saying in
- [Strings Attached - Gretchen Peters tours with her band and the Southern Fried String Quartet](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/11/strings-attached-gretchen-peters-tours-with-her-band-and-the-southern-fried-string-quartet/) - Following her appearance at Celtic Connections this coming January, Gretchen Peters will be heading out for the Transatlantic Sessions and then returns to the UK in April for the Strings Attached tour which will see her playing a run off dates with her band and the Southern Fried String Quartet. "The addition of strings lends
- [Mary Gauthier wins the 2018 Album of the Year at the International Folk Music Awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/02/mary-gauthier-wins-the-2018-album-of-the-year-at-the-international-folk-music-awards/) - A huge congratulations to Mary Gauthier who last night, won the 2018 Album of the Year prize at the International Folk Music Awards for her latest album Rifles & Rosary Beads. Commenting on Instagram about the award, Mary said "Thank you to Folk Alliance International, I am honoured that Rifles & Rosary Beads was named
- [Ben Glover and Mary Gauthier win at the UK Americana Awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/02/ben-glover-and-mary-gauthier-win-at-the-uk-americana-awards/) - At a star-studded UK Americana Awards Show last night we were thrilled to watch as both Ben Glover and Mary Gauthier won awards. Ben Glover won the award for UK Album of the Year for Shorebound whilst Mary Gauthier won the International Artist of the Year category. Following a stunning performance of Kindness, Ben Glover
- [Watch: Neilson Hubbard - Save You [Lyric Video]](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/01/watch-neilson-hubbard-save-you-lyric-video/) - Save You is the new video from Neilson Hubbard. The song was co-written by Matthew Perryman Jones is taken from Hubbard's latest album, 'Cumberland Island', which was released back in September last year. Matthew Perryman Jones released his version of the song on the 2011 album 'Until The Dawn Appears', and it was used on
- [Watch: Ben Glover - A Wound That Seeks The Arrow (feat. Angel Snow)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/01/watch-ben-glover-a-wound-that-seeks-the-arrow-feat-angel-snow/) - A Wound That Seeks The Arrow is the new single from Ben Glover’s album Shorebound. Glover says, "This song is a co-write and duet between myself and Angel Snow. Sometimes on our journey through this world we encounter trials in the form of fears, doubts and challenging people. The song is something of an inner
- [Mary Gauthier and Joan Baez nominated for International Folk Music Awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2019/01/mary-gauthier-and-joan-baez-nominated-for-international-folk-music-awards/) - The "Best of" nominees have been announced for the International Folk Music Awards and we're delighted to see Mary Gauthier nominated in the Album of the Year category for Rifles & Rosary Beads and Joan Baez nominated in the Song of the Year category for The President Sang Amazing Grace from the latest album Whistle
- [Joan Baez and Mary Gauthier nominated for 2019 GRAMMY Awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/12/joan-baez-and-mary-gauthier-nominated-for-2019-grammy-awards/) - We were thrilled last week when the 2019 GRAMMY nominees were announced and both Joan Baez and Mary Gauthier had been shortlisted for the Best Folk Album, Baez for Whistle Down The Wind and Gauthier for Rifles & Rosary Beads. Whistle Down The Wind, is Joan Baez's first new studio album in a decade and
- [Ben Glover & Mary Gauthier nominated for 2019 UK Americana Awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/11/ben-glover-mary-gauthier-nominated-for-2019-uk-americana-awards/) - The nominees for the 2019 UK Americana Awards were announced last night at the press launch in London. We were thrilled to see Ben Glover nominated in the UK Album of the Year category for his latest album Shorebound and Mary Gauthier nominated in the International Artist of the Year category. Ben Glover's Shorebound was
- [Richard Thompson announces the 13 Rivers Tour](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/06/richard-thompson-announces-the-13-rivers-tour/) - In support of a new album, 13 Rivers, which is due for release later this year out now (find out more here), Richard Thompson has announced the 13 Rivers tour which runs through October into early November with support from Joan Shelley. Ahead of the tour, Thompson plays a handful of solo dates in the
- [New Release: Ian Hunter - Fingers Crossed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/07/new-release-ian-hunter-fingers-crossed/) - Ian Hunter’s latest studio album, Fingers Crossed unveils ten new, self-penned songs including his much-anticipated homage to David Bowie \'Dandy\'.
- [New Release: Tom Russell - The Rose of Roscrae](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/02/tom-russell-the-rose-of-roscrae/) - Out now and available from: Propermusic | Amazon iTunesTom Russell’s anticipated double-album folk opera, The Rose of Roscrae, features a who’s who of legendary Americana icons including: Jimmie Dale Gilmore, David Olney, Johnny Cash, Joe Ely, Augie Meyers, Fats Kaplin, Barry Walsh, Jimmy LaFave, Gretchen Peters, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Walt Whitman, Moses “Clear Rock” Platt,
- [New Release: Richard Thompson - Still](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/04/new-release-richard-thompson-still/) - Available now from: Propermusic | Amazon iTunes | Spotify "Some songs, you never finish...you let them lie for 20 years, adding a line, changing a verse," reflects songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson. "Songs always sound best before you write them, before you get them on paper or into a recording." Honing his creations ever closer
- [Richard Thompson - 13 Rivers in review](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/09/richard-thompson-13-rivers-in-review/) - 13 Rivers, the new album from Richard Thompson, was released one week ago today and has garnered critical acclaim already with many reviewers regarding it as one of Thompson's best albums in recent years. You can read some of the review highlights below and follow the links to the online versions for the full reviews
- [Richard Thompson Announces UK Tour for this October](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/05/richard-thompson-announces-uk-tour-for-this-october/) - Find out about the newly announced 13 Rivers album, out 14 September 2018 Richard Thompson has announced plans to tour the UK this October (2017) with dates across the country at venues including Brighton Dome, G-Live in Guildford, the Millennium Centre in Cardiff, Edinburgh's Usher Hall and many more. Ahead of these dates, Martin will
- [Mary Gauthier nominated for Album of the Year at the 2018 Americana Music Association Awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/05/mary-gauthier-nominated-for-album-of-the-year-at-the-2018-americana-music-association-awards/) - Congratulations to Mary Gauthier whose album Rifles & Rosary Beads has been nominated in the Album of the Year category at the 2018 Americana Music Association Awards. The album, which was released back in January to critical acclaim, features eleven songs co-written with and for wounded veterans as part of the five-year-old SongwritingWith:Soldiers programme. You
- [Ben Glover - The Shorebound Tour](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/04/ben-glover-the-shorebound-tour/) - In support of his new album, Shorebound, Ben Glover will be touring the UK throughout May and into June before heading across to the Netherlands for four dates. The tour will see Ben playing venues including The Blue Lamp in Aberdeen, Edinburgh's Rose Theatre, Cambridge Juntion as well as two dates at London's Kings Place
- [Joan Baez - Whistle Down The Wind reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/03/joan-baez-whistle-down-the-wind-reviewed/) - Joan Baez new album, Whistle Down The Wind, was release last Friday and has been receiving some exceptional reviews in the press and online, you can read some of the best of these and click through to read the full reviews below. Produced by three-time Grammy® Award winner Joe Henry and recorded over ten days
- [Joan Baez - Fare Thee Well Tour 2018](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/06/joan-baez-fare-thee-well-tour-2018/) - Joan Baez has announced a run of 10 dates at l'Olympia in Paris next June. The dates are the first to be announced for Baez's Fare Thee Well 2018 tour with more to be revealed soon. The l'Olympia tickets are available from today on a presale and next Monday, July 3rd to the general public.
- [Joan Baez announces UK dates for her Fare Thee Well 2018 Tour](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/11/joan-baez-announces-uk-dates-for-her-fare-thee-well-2018-tour/) - Legendary singer, songwriter, activist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joan Baez, has announced the UK dates for her extensive 2018 world tour. In conjunction with the tour, Baez will release a new studio album ‘Whistle Down The Wind’ (more details coming soon), produced by Joe Henry, in early March 2018. This will
- [Mary Gauthier - Rifles & Rosary Beads reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/01/mary-gauthier-rifles-rosary-beads-reviewed/) - We're delighted with the response that Mary Gauthier's new album, Rifles & Rosary Beads, has been getting in the press and from fans. The new album features eleven songs co-written with and for wounded veterans as part of the five-year-old SongwritingWith:Soldiers programme. Participants of the programme have shared that the experience of songwriting was life-changing
- [Listen to Ben Glover: The Catalogue 2008 - 2016](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/01/listen-to-ben-glover-the-catalogue-2008-2016/) - Ben Glover has recently published a new playlist on Spotify called 'Ben Glover: The Catalogue 2008 - 2016', it's a great way to discover Ben's catalogue if you're not already familiar with it. Ben heads out on tour in May (see below for dates) and will release a new album later in the year, we'll
- [Gretchen Peters announces new UK tour dates](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/12/gretchen-peters-announces-new-uk-tour-dates/) - Gretchen Peters will be back touring the UK in May and June next year in support of her as yet untitled new album which is due for release around the same time, we'll br bringing you more news about the new album soon. The tour will see Peters, with support from special guest Kim Richey,
- [Watch: Mary Gauthier - Bullet Holes in the Sky](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/11/watch-mary-gauthier-bullet-holes-in-the-sky/) - Mary Gauthier has released a new video for Bullet Holes in the Sky, the first song taken from her upcoming album Rifles & Rosary Beads (out 26 January 2018). All eleven songs on the new album have been co-written with and for wounded veterans as part of the five-year-old SongwritingWith:Soldiers program. Participants of the program
- [Richard Thompson on Later... with Jools Holland](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/10/richard-thompson-on-later-with-jools-holland/) - Richard Thompson appeared on Later... with Jools Holland last night where he performed the song 'Jet Plane on a Rocking Chair' which you can watch below. You can watch the show in full now on the BBC iPlayer or the extended episode will be shown on BBC 2 on Saturday. Thompson, who has recently released
- [New Release: Ian Hunter - Dandy (7" Gold Vinyl Record Store Day Exclusive)](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/03/new-release-ian-hunter-dandy-7-gold-vinyl-record-store-day-exclusive/) - This Record Store Day, which takes place on the 22nd April, we'll be releasing a limited edition exclusive 7" gold vinyl single of Ian Hunter's song Dandy taken from his latest album Fingers Crossed. Dandy is Hunter's fond tribute to David Bowie which reflects on a relationship cemented in 1972 when Bowie produced Mott's album
- [Mary Gauthier Announces Spring UK Tour](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/02/mary-gauthier-announces-spring-uk-tour/) - Mary Gauthier has announced some Spring tour dates for this May and June. Following her songwriting workshop which takes place between May 23rd - 30th at the idyllic Kincardine Castle in Aberdeenshire, Gauthier will set out on a five date tour which will see her visit Leeds, Luton and more. Here's Mary performing Mercy Now
- [Ian Hunter announces Summer 2017 UK Tour Dates](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/02/ian-hunter-announces-summer-2017-uk-tour-dates/) - Ian Hunter has announced 10 new UK tour dates in June this year. Hunter plays Sweden Rock before heading out on the UK dates which will see him playing venues including The Waterfront in Norwich, The Stables in Milton Keynes, Birmingham Town Hall and Plug in Sheffield. Ian's latest album Fingers Crossed is available now
- [Richard Thompson Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the UK Americana Awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2017/02/richard-thompson-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-at-the-uk-americana-awards/) - Congratulations to Richard Thompson, who was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Harry Shearer at last nights UK Americana Association Awards Show. Thompson gave a great acceptance speech where he described Americana as "a parallel culture not a sub culture" before performing. @RthompsonMusic wins Lifetime Achievement @TheAMAUK. pic.twitter.com/wVZYvYqAG6— ricky ross (@rickyaross) February 2, 2017
- [Vote for Ian Hunter's Dandy as the Coolest Song In the World!](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/11/vote-for-ian-hunters-dandy-as-the-coolest-song-in-the-world/) - We're delighted that Ian Hunter's song Dandy has been nominated for Coolest Song of the Year in Little Steven's Underground Garage 10th Annual Listener's Poll where Steven asks the fans to get involved and vote for their "Coolest Song of the Year”. “Dandy” by Ian Hunter has been nominated since it was chosen to be
- [Joan Baez to be Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/12/joan-baez-to-be-inducted-into-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/) - Congratulations to Joan Baez who will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame next April. Other inductees in the performer category for the Rock Hall Class of 2017 include Electric Light Orchestra, Journey, Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur and Yes whilst Nile Rodgers will receive the award for Musical Excellence. Artists are eligible
- [Richard Thompson to Receive the UK Americana Lifetime Achievement Award](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/11/richard-thompson-to-receive-the-uk-americana-lifetime-achievement-award/) - The UK Americana Awards nominations were announced last night at the press launch co-presented by Imelda May and BBC Radio 2 DJ Baylen Leonard. As part of the nominations, it was announced that Richard Thompson has been chosen to receive the UK Americana Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contribution to the Americana genre
- [Richard Thompson - I Had To Ask Interview](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/10/richard-thompson-i-had-to-ask-interview/) - In the latest 'I Had To Ask' episode, Lillian Freeman talks to Richard Thompson about the origins of his classic song 'Vincent Black Lightning', receiving the OBE, his musical influences, what it means to be regarded as "one of the best guitarists in the World" and much more. Thompson's latest album Still, is available now
- [Joan Baez Nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/10/joan-baez-nominated-for-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/) - Congratulations to Joan Baez who has made the shortlist of nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2017. Other nominees include Chaka Khan, Chic, Electric Light Orchestra, Jane's Addiction, Journey, Kraftwerk, Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur and many others with the winners set to be announced in December before being inducted next
- [Tom Russell Announces New UK Dates in 2017](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/10/tom-russell-announces-new-uk-dates-in-2017/) - Tom Russell has just announced a handful of new UK tour dates in January 2017. The new dates will see Russell playing across the country at venues including The Sage in Gateshead, Floral Pavilion in New Brighton and The Greystones in Sheffield as well as being the special guest at the 2017 Midwinterfest. Tom Russell's
- [Ben Glover Unveils The Emigrant YouTube Album Sampler](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/08/ben-glover-unveils-the-emigrant-youtube-album-sampler/) - Our latest signing to Proper Records, Ben Glover, has unveiled a new YouTube album sampler for his upcoming album 'The Emigrant' (out 30th September). Co-produced by Glover and Neilson Hubbard, the upcoming album features six traditional folk songs and four original compositions (including co-writes with Gretchen Peters, Mary Gauthier, and Tony Kerr) as Glover addresses
- [Ben Glover announces September tour dates supporting Brandy Clark](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/08/ben-glover-announces-september-tour-dates-supporting-brandy-clark/) - Ben Glover has recently announced that he'll be the special guest of Brandy Clark on her UK tour this September. The tour will see a solo Glover performing at venues across the UK including Cadogan Hall in London, Glasgow's Oran Mor, The Glee Club in Birmingham and Gorilla in Manchester, see below for more details.
- [Watch: Ben Glover - A Song Of Home](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/09/watch-ben-glover-a-song-of-home/) - A Song of Home is the new video from Ben Glover and is taken from his upcoming album The Emigrant which is released on the 30 September. Co-produced by Glover and Neilson Hubbard, the album features six traditional folk songs and four original compositions (including co-writes with Gretchen Peters, Mary Gauthier, and Tony Kerr) as
- [Ian Hunter Charts at Number 36 in the UK Album Chart](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/09/ian-hunter-charts-at-number-36-in-the-uk-album-chart/) - Congratulations to Ian Hunter this week, whose new album Fingers Crossed has entered the UK album chart at number 36. This is Ian's third highest UK chart entry and his highest since 1976's All American Alien Boy reached number 29. Fingers Crossed features ten new, self-penned songs including his much-anticipated homage to David Bowie 'Dandy'.
- [Ian Hunter - Fingers Crossed Reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/09/ian-hunter-fingers-crossed-reviewed/) - Fingers Crossed, the new studio album from Ian Hunter is out today and has garnered some wonderful reviews in the press and online. You can read of selection best ones below. Fingers Crossed is available on Propermusic, Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and from all good record stores. "It's a modern classic-rock album, and it is a
- [Loudon Wainwright III Announces New UK Tour Dates](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/04/loudon-wainwright-iii-announces-new-uk-tour-dates/) - Loudon Wainwright III has announced he'll be touring the UK and Ireland in October and November with special guest Chaim Tannenbaum. Several of the dates have already been made public (see below) with the full schedule coming soon. This will be Wainwright's first appearances on this side of the pond since performing at last years
- [Diana Jones Announces April Tour Dates](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/01/diana-jones-announces-april-tour-dates/) - Diana Jones will be heading over to the UK in April for an 8-date tour which will include dates at Glasgow's CCA, King's Place in London and The Tunnels in Bristol. The tour will follow Diana's new album 'Live In Concert' which is due for release on the 19th February. This career retrospective features 18
- [Gretchen Peters Live at Celtic Connections](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/01/gretchen-peters-live-at-celtic-connections/) - Ahead of the start of her 20th Anniversary UK tour which begins on Saturday, Gretchen Peters has been in Glasgow where she's performed for both the BBC Radio Scotland Show Another Country with Ricky Ross and part two of the Celtic Connections special from BBC Radio 2. You can watch a couple of highlights from
- [Gretchen Peters does the double at the Americana Music Association UK Awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/02/gretchen-peters-does-the-double-at-the-americana-music-association-uk-awards/) - A huge congratulations to Gretchen Peters who took home not one, but two awards at last nights inaugural Americana Music Association UK Awards. Peters won the International Song of the Year, presented by Downton Abbeys Elizabeth McGovern, for the song Blackbirds which was co-written with Ben Glover. This was followed by Blackbirds (the album) winning
- [Gretchen Peters goes straight in at Number 1 on the Country Compilations Chart](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/02/gretchen-peters-goes-straight-in-at-number-1-on-the-country-compilations-chart/) - More congratulations for Gretchen Peters this week as she enters the UK Country Compilations chart at Number One with her new album The Essential Gretchen Peters. The new album also entered the newly formed Americana chart at Number Six and following last weeks AMA UK Award wins, Blackbirds, Gretchen's last studio album entered the chart
- [Richard Thompson Nominated for Musician of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/02/richard-thompson-nominated-for-musician-of-the-year-at-the-bbc-radio-2-folk-awards/) - We're delighted to see Richard Thompson nominated in the Musician of the Year category at this years BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards alongside Ross Ainslie, Andy Cutting and Dan Walsh. Its been a stellar year for Thompson who released his latest studio album, Still, back in June to rave reviews. Thompson's first UK Top 10
- [Richard Thompson - Still Reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/06/richard-thompson-still-reviewed/) - Richard Thompson's new album Still has been receiving unanimous praise from reviewers both online and in print. The Independent have described it as "A brilliant, nigh-on faultless work" in their 5 star review, whilst the Sunday Express have called it "a shimmering gem of a record". You can read a selection of the reviews below.
- [Proper Records Nominated for Music Week Award](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/03/proper-records-nominated-for-music-week-award/) - We're delighted to have been nominated for a Music Week Award in the Independent Record Company category alongside labels including Bella Union, Marathon Artists, Play It Again Sam, Transgressive Records and Warp Records. It's been a great year for Proper with stand-out moments including our highest ever charting album in Richard Thompson's Still and Gretchen
- [Ian Hunter Announces November Tour Dates](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/02/ian-hunter-announces-november-tour-dates/) - Ian Hunter has announced a run of eight tour dates this November which will see him playing at venues including the The Garage in Glasgow, London's O2 in Shepherds Bush, The Sage in Gateshead and many more. Tickets are on sale now for most of the gigs (see below).
- [Gretchen Peters Revealed As One Of The UK's Biggest Country Acts In 2015](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/03/gretchen-peters-revealed-as-one-of-the-uks-biggest-country-acts-in-2015/) - The UK's Official Charts Company recently published a list of the Top 10 best-selling Country albums released in 2015 in the UK and we're delighted to see Gretchen Peters at number 8 in the list with her album Blackbirds. Commenting about the news on her Facebook page, Peters said "SO proud to see my label,
- [Gretchen Peters Announces 2 Day Songwriting Workshop in Edinburgh](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2016/05/gretchen-peters-announces-2-day-songwriting-workshop-in-edinburgh/) - Gretchen Peters has announced a new 2 day songwriting workshop to take place at Queens Hall in Edinburgh at the end of July. This will be the first time Peters has held a workshop in the UK and will provide a unique opportunity to study with one of America and Nashville's leading songwriters, in Edinburgh’s
- [Gretchen Peters and Mary Gauthier nominated in the Spiral Earth Awards 2015](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2015/03/gretchen-peters-and-mary-gauthier-nominated-in-the-spiral-earth-awards-2015/) - Congratulations to Gretchen Peters and Mary Gauthier who have both been nominated in the Spiral Earth Awards 2015 which celebrate the music featured on their site from January to December 2014. Gretchen Peters has been nominated in the Best Singer category whilst Mary Gauthier has been nominated for Musician of the Year and you can
- [Watch: The Magic Band Plays The Music Of Captain Beefheart - Live ](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/11/watch-the-magic-band-plays-the-music-of-captain-beefheart-live/) - The new live album from the Magic Band is released on the 25th November and ahead of the release we have two videos filmed during the live performance at Under the Bridge in March. The thirteen track album features twelve original Don Van Vliet compositions and a Willie Dixon/Bo Diddley penned track, together forming a
- [Kevin Doherty - 'Esplendido Corazon' Live Video ](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/09/kevin-doherty-esplendido-corazon-live-video/) - Watch Kevin Doherty's intimate and stirring performance of 'Esplendido Corazon' at Bangor Castle. Taken from his newest solo album 'Seeing things', which was released on Proper Records in June. "'Seeing Things' comprises ten new songs written by Kevin and arranged by Michael. Seeing Things continues the process of 'coming to terms' with the world -
- [New Release: Kevin Doherty - Seeing Things](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/05/new-release-kevin-doherty-seeing-things/) - Available from: Propermusic.com | Amazon.co.uk iTunes Donegal native and Dublin resident, Kevin Doherty has enjoyed a dual career over the last two decades - both as a solo artist and member of the folk supergroup, Four Men & A Dog. While his work with the latter has tended towards a more exuberant and eclectic blend
- [Watch: The Emperors of Wyoming - The Pinery Boy](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/05/watch-the-emperors-of-wyoming-the-pinery-boy/) - Watch the new video from The Emperors of Wyoming for 'The Pinery Boy' which is based on a 19th century Wisconsin River ballad. Phil Davis says of the song "it's something of a folk classic and has been recorded by dozens of artists around the world through the years. Frank and I took some liberties
- [Downton Abbey star Elizabeth McGovern to support Gretchen Peters at her London show on 15 March ](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/02/downton-abbey-star-elizabeth-mcgovern-to-support-gretchen-peters-at-her-london-show-on-15-march/) - Elizabeth McGovern, who plays Cora, Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey, will be supporting Gretchen Peters on the London date of her upcoming tour. Elizabeth's band Sadie and the Hotheads have been together since 2007 when she took guitar lessons from Steve Nelson who encouraged her to write her own songs. The support slot came
- [Gretchen Peters - Woman On The Wheel: Live from the Hello Cruel World Tour 2012](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2013/01/gretchen-peters-woman-on-the-wheel-live-from-the-hello-cruel-world-tour-2012/) - Gretchen Peters is set to release 'Woman On The Wheel: Live from the Hello Cruel World Tour 2012', described as "a tour journal of sorts; a snapshot of a very busy and rewarding year, a sampling of the shows, a peek backstage - all of that and then some." It's a 60 page hardcover book,
- [Butch Vig of The Emperors of Wyoming on the Propermusic Podcast](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/09/butch-vig-of-the-emperors-of-wyoming-on-the-propermusic-podcast/) - In the latest Propermusic.com Podcast, musician and producer Butch Vig (Nirvana’s Nevermind, Foo Fighters, Garbage) chats to Trevor Dann about his latest project The Emperors Of Wyoming whose debut is released today. Butch discusses the music of Neil Young and Tom Petty, the Paisley Underground sound, creating old school music via file sharing and working
- [Propermusic Podcast - 50th Anniversary Special](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/08/propermusic-podcast-50th-anniversary-special/) - In Propermusic's 50th anniversary podcast special, Trevor Dann takes a look back over the past year and celebrates some of the great live music recorded for podcast including tracks from Proper Records artists Diana Jones, Gretchen Peters, Paul Brady and Seth Lakeman. Sit back, relax and enjoy the music! Trevor Dann: "I’ve had some fun
- [Ian Hunter on the Propermusic.com Podcast](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/07/ian-hunter-on-the-propermusic-com-podcast/) - On the latest Propermusic.com Podcast, seventies British rock legend Ian Hunter joins Trevor Dann to talk about his 20th studio album 'When I’m President'. As well as discussing what life was like fronting Mott the Hoople, Ian chats about music pre the Beatles and recounts stories of working with David Bowie and hanging out with
- [Gretchen Peters on the Propermusic.com Podcast](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/07/gretchen-peters-on-the-propermusic-com-podcast/) - Grammy nominated, Nashville singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters and accompanist & partner Barry Walsh popped in to the Propermusic.com Podcast studio a couple of weeks back to join Trevor Dann for a live session. As well as playing songs from her latest album 'Hello Cruel World', Gretchen discusses the art of songwriting, performing at the Grand Ole
- [Video: Gretchen Peters - Five Minutes](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/07/video-gretchen-peters-five-minutes/) - During her recent visit to the UK, where she appeared at the Isle of Wight, Cornbury and Maverick festivals, Gretchen Peters stopped by the Propermusic.com podcast studio to record an interview and several live tracks. The podcast will go live next Monday, but as a little teaser, you can watch Gretchen and Barry Walsh performing
- [Paul Heaton presents Lust](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/06/paul-heatons-presents-lust/) - Paul Heaton releases the first single, 'Lust' from his upcoming album on the 18th June (available from iTunes). Available as a digital download only and featuring the B-side 'Pride', 'Lust' features Wayne Gidden on vocals plus Jonny Wright, Pete Marshall and Jonny Lexus on backing Vocals. Watch the video for 'Lust' below which was filmed
- [Get an exclusive first listen to 'Paul Heaton presents The 8th'](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/06/get-an-exclusive-first-listen-to-paul-heaton-presents-the-8th/) - Starting today, The Guardian are streaming the new Paul Heaton album 'Paul Heaton presents The 8th' on their website. Released on 2nd July, the new album includes performances from the full original The 8th cast, The Southside Sinnaires featuring: Reg E Cathey from US hit series The Wire, Mercury music prize nominee King Creosote, Ivor
- [Sonny Landreth on the Propermusic Podcast](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/06/sonny-landreth-podcast/) - In the latest Propermusic.com Podcast, guitar legend Sonny Landreth calls in from Louisiana to talk to Trevor Dann about his latest instrumental album Elemental Journey, collaborating with the likes of Joe Satriani and discusses his own playing style. The podcast also includes clips from Sonny's latest album. Propermusic also asked Sonny for his Top 5
- [Video: Gretchen Peters - Idlewild](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/06/video-gretchen-peters-idlewild/) - Ahead of her upcoming visit to the UK, Gretchen Peters has released a new video for the track 'Idlewild' from her latest album 'Hello Cruel World'. Check out the video below and find all of Gretchen's UK & Ireland tour dates. Gretchen's latest album 'Hello Cruel World' is available now from Propermusic.com, iTunes and Amazon.co.uk
- [Gretchen Peters’ Tracks Of My Years – Part 5](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/05/gretchen-peters-tracks-of-my-years-part-5/) - In the final day of Gretchen Peters' Tracks Of My Years, Gretchen has choosen records by two American legends, Bruce Springsteen's 'I'm On Fire' and Dolly Parton's 'Coat Of Many Colors'. You can listen again to todays Ken Bruce Radio 2 show on the BBC iPlayer (Gretchen appears during the last half hour of the
- [Gretchen Peters’ Tracks Of My Years – Part 4](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/05/gretchen-peters-tracks-of-my-years-part-4/) - Today Gretchen Peters chose Rickie Lee Jones' 'Chuck E's In Love' and 'Wild Horses' by the Rolling Stones (which she recently performed a cover of while on tour in the UK, see here) for her Tracks Of My Years. You can listen again to todays Ken Bruce Radio 2 show on the BBC iPlayer (Gretchen
- [Paul Brady on Songs From The Shed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/05/paul-brady-on-songs-from-the-shed/) - During his recent UK tour, Paul Brady dropped in on Songs From The Shed to perform three tracks. Songs From The Shed said of Paul's visit, "When Paul Brady rang and asked to come and play in the shed we have to admit to pinching ourselves and double checking that it was "the" Paul Brady,
- [Gretchen Peters' Tracks Of My Years - Part 3](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/05/gretchen-peters-tracks-of-my-years-part-3/) - For day three of Gretchen Peters Tracks Of My Years on the BBC Radio 2 Ken Bruce show, Gretchen chose Paul Simon's 'Graceland' and 'Free Man in Paris' by Joni Mitchell, we've updated our Gretchen Peters' Tracks Of My Years Spotify playlist below so you can listen to all of Gretchens choices so far. You
- [Gretchen Peters' Tracks Of My Years - Part 2](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2012/05/gretchen-peters-tracks-of-my-years-part-2/) - For her second two Tracks Of My Years, Gretchen Peters chose Bob Dylan's 'The Times They Are A-Changing' and The Beatles 'Blackbird', we've updated our Gretchen Peters' Tracks Of My Years Spotify playlist below so you can listen to all of Gretchens choices (exlcuding 'Blackbird' which unfortunately isn't available on Spotify). You can listen again

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- [Paul Heaton](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/paul-heaton/) - The warm, mellifluous voice of Paul Heaton often masks the jagged satirical content of his lyrics. From pointed political jabs like ‘The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death’ to darkly comical love stories such as ‘Something That You Said,’ Heaton′s work with The Housemartins and The Beautiful South has had countless listeners obliviously humming along to his biting wit.
- [Elizabeth Cook](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/elizabeth-cook/) - I’m not a welder, at least not in the typical sense of the trade. But my daddy is, by way of 2300 hours of training that certified him, courtesy of the Atlanta Federal penitentiary. I myself couldn’t put a rod in the thingamajig. And heavy equipment makes me nervous.
- [The Features](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/the-features/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter The Features are an American indie rock band from Tennessee. Though they have had limited success in the United States, they have been very well received in the United Kingdom and have a very loyal following in the Southeastern United States. Matt Pelham, Roger Dabbs, Don Sergio, and Parrish Yaw attended
- [Tim O'Brien](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/tim-obrien/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter At a point in his career where you’d think he’d be charging at full speed toward the next big thing, Tim O’Brien confounded expectations by doing something else: he took time—and plenty of it—to create the next small thing. ‘Chameleon’ is an intimate project that, in its blend of virtuosity, wit
- [JJ Grey & Mofro](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/jj-grey-mofro/) - Official Website Facebook Over the course of six albums and a decade of touring, JJ Grey’s grimy blend of front porch soul and down-home storytelling has taken him around the world and back again. Beating the streets on nearly every continent, he and his band Mofro have sewn a continuous thread of laying-it-on-the-line shows that
- [Tom Russell](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/tom-russell/) - Tom Russell is a master storyteller and Mesabi, his new release for Proper Records, corrals some of the acclaimed singer-songwriter’s most compelling tales to date. A thread runs through its songs, a zigzagging but determinedly solid line that connects the perilous bordertown of Juarez, Mexico to the real and faux glitz of L.A. and the bleak iron range of Minnesota—the Mesabi of the album’s title.
- [Ben Glover](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/ben-glover/) - Website Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Spotify Apple Music The opening strains of Ben Glover's Shorebound are unlike any others in his discography. With a steady acoustic strum keeping the song's pace, a sly slide guitar lays down a laid-back riff, and “What You Love Will Break Your Heart” casually swaggers on its way. That cut,
- [Allison Moorer](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/allison-moorer/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter Spotify Midway through the title track to Allison Moorer’s newest album, Down to Believing, comes a moment that reminds one of the care and subtlety with which she goes about her work. She sings, "Hell, life’s too short to wake up every day without someone," her voice caressing fresh words of
- [Sonny Landreth](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/sonny-landreth/) - Sonny Landreth makes the six strings on his guitar sound like an angel singing over her cocktail at last call. There’s enough swampy swagger going on to summon up bayou mojo every time the Louisiana-based slide guitarist plays, no matter the venue.
- [The Emperors Of Wyoming](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/the-emperors-of-wyoming-2/) - Official Website Facebook Spotify Sometimes things just happen for a reason even if it takes 30 years. Case in point, The Emperors of Wyoming. The story starts in Madison, Wisconsin in the late 1970s The four Emperors – Butch Vig, Phil Davis, Franklin Lee and Peter Anderson – are playing in two different bands. They
- [Matraca Berg](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/matraca-berg/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter Spotify Matraca Berg didn't set out to write five #1 hits in a single calendar year... to be nominated for Grammys in each of the past three decades... to have her seminal Sunday Morning To Saturday Night named one of the 10 Best Records of the Year in any genre by
- [Bap Kennedy](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/bap-kennedy/) - For nearly any singer/songwriter on the planet, the idea of collaborating with Mark Knopfler would be the stuff of fantasy. But for Bap Kennedy, it was just the latest in a long line of projects with high profile and highly respected, musical legends.
- [The Magic Band](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/the-magic-band/) - The reunion of Captain Beefheart’s legendary Magic Band in 2003 was the brainchild of John ‘Drumbo’ French, who has the distinction not only of being the drummer on Beefheart’s seminal 1968 recording Trout Mask Replica, but also of being the longest serving musician in any of Beefheart’s musical lineups that existed between 1966 and 1980.
- [Henry Priestman](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/henry-priestman/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter Spotify After over 35 years in the music business and with a credit list longer than both your arms, in 2009 Henry Priestman (having not sung since 1981!) reinvented himself as a singer-songwriter, and released his debut solo CD 'The Chronicles of Modern Life' to critical acclaim. And now at last
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- [Huey Lewis & The News](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/huey-lewis-the-news/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter Huey Lewis and The News have been defying the rock oddsmakers for three decades. 2009 marked the group’s 30th anniversary. Formed from two rival Bay Area bands in 1979, their contagious brand of straight-ahead rock n’ roll has outlasted countless trends, selling over 20 million albums worldwide in the process. Huey
- [Suzy Bogguss](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/suzy-bogguss/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter YouTube Spotify Suzy Bogguss didn’t set out to craft a Merle Haggard tribute record. Some might call that serendipity; she just calls it Lucky. “Merle Haggard is a hell of a storyteller,” says Suzy. “When I hear his songs, I feel like I’m listening in on someone’s life.” On her new
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- [Show Of Hands](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/show-of-hands/) - Website Facebook Instagram YouTube Spotify Apple Music Show of Hands have unequivocally become one of the leading forces in British folk. Steve Knightley and Phil Beer are respectively recognised as one of the UK’s best singer songwriters and one of its finest multi instrumentalists. Without frills or fanfares they have carved a unique niche built
- [Mary Gauthier](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/mary-gauthier/) - It might seem that after six groundbreaking albums of original songs, more than a dozen years of recording and touring around the world, a harvest of music industry awards, and covers of her songs by a roster of great artists – that Mary Gauthier (say it: go-shay) should have a handle on some of the big answers.
- [Steve Cradock](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/steve-cradock/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter YouTube Spotify Steve Cradock formed Ocean Colour Scene with fellow band members Simon Fowler, Oscar Harrison and Damon Minchella 21 years ago. After releasing 'Moseley Shoals' and 'Marchin Already' they were set in stone in the British Music scene, selling millions of records world wide. 13 Albums later, they are still
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- [Jacqui Dankworth](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/jacqui-dankworth/) - Given her musical pedigree - daughter of Dame Cleo Laine and the late Sir John Dankworth - it\'s no surprise that Jacqui Dankworth is considered to be "one of the classiest acts in British jazz singing" (The Guardian). Her highly acclaimed recordings to date have been stylistically diverse, incorporating elements of folk, blues and many other forms that have also demonstrated her superb skill as an eclectic songwriter.
- [Georgie Fame](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/georgie-fame/) - Official Website Facebook Singer, the new album written by Georgie Fame and Steve Gray, and performed by Madeline Bell, tells the life story of a female vocalist. The live concert performance, recorded in Tilburg, Holland in 2004 is available for the first time on CD. In Georgie's own words: "In the autumn of 1984 composer
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- [Neilson Hubbard](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/neilson-hubbard/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Spotify Apple Music The westernmost point of shoreline of the Atlantic Ocean is not reachable by bridge. Cumberland Island stands rugged and wild, made of marsh, mudflats and tidal creeks. It is home to a band of wild horses, mangy and muscular, a remnant of the Spanish Conquistadors. Feral,
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- [Eve Selis](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/eve-selis/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter "Eve Selis isn't just a 'singer' — she's an emotion transducer who converts country, R&B, blues, folk, and rock 'n' roll signals into a megawatt zap that galvanizes everyone in its path. And as with fellow femme-furnace frontwomen Bonnie Raitt, Joan Osborne, Maria McKee, Melissa Etheridge, and Lydia Pense, the cauterizing
- [Ellika and Solo](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/ellika-and-solo/) - Official Website Facebook Ellika & Solo first met on the stage of a club in Stockholm in 1998. There, Senegalese folk music or griot music, met the Swedish polska. Solo is a bearer of his people’s history from a very long story-telling tradition, Ellikas' music has deep roots in the wildly joyous story-telling tradition of
- [Dar Williams](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/dar-williams/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter On one level, the sizable body of work accumulated by celebrated writer/artist Dar Williams is a continuing narrative of her life — what she’s experienced and what she’s observed during her years of intensive touring. On another, it forms a detailed look at the course of modern‐day existence in the decade
- [Art Garfunkel](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/art-garfunkel/) - His [Art Garfunkel\'s] “beautiful counter-tenor,” as Neil Strauss described Art’s voice in The New York Times, is clear and resonant, surely one of the finest instruments in all of popular music, and a time-honoured friend to a world of listeners.
- [Andy McKee](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/andy-mckee/) - Andy McKee is considered one of the world’s finest acoustic guitar soloists. His dedicated online community has raised his YouTube video views in excess of 78 million plays and at one point he held the #1, #2 and #3 positions for Top-Rated Videos of All Time on YouTube. McKee’s online media success has impacted on both album and ticket sales, allowing him to tour internationally with over 200 live shows a year.
- [Krissy Matthews](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/krissy-matthews/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter YouTube Spotify Krissy Matthews Band are set to embark on a UK and European tour in March and April to celebrate the release of their first live album Live At Freak Valley. Released by Proper Records on Friday 14th April 2017, the live album was recorded at the Freak Valley Festival
- [Nicole Atkins](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/nicole-atkins/) - “This is the record I’ve been wanting to make since I was 12,” says Nicole Atkins. “It has so many layers, it’s able to do whatever it wants without defining itself as one thing.” It’s been a tumultuous three years since the release of Atkins’ acclaimed 2007 debut, Neptune City, but the wait has proved worth it. Mondo Amore is a courageous, provocative work, fraught with dramatic tension, sweeping emotions, and musical ambition.
- [Michael McDonald](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/michael-mcdonald/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter A prominent part of the soundtrack to our times, over the course of his career, Michael McDonald has maintained incredible popularity and has been awarded numerous accolades and honors in both personal and professional arenas. He has won an impressive five Grammys and earned innumerable chart successes and sales feats, yet
- [Ladysmith Black Mambazo](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/ladysmith-black-mambazo/) - Official Website Facebook Twitter Ladysmith Black Mambazo are more than a singing group; over the course of half a century, they have become legends of the international stage, and of world culture – a powerful and unique musical emblem of freedom and celebration whose first performances date back to an incredible 52 years. Founder and
- [Jimmy Webb & The Webb Brothers](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/jimmy-webb-the-webb-brothers/) - Official Website Twitter The moment for this momentous collaboration arrived earlier in 2009 when interest in both a U.K. tour and album coincided with the availability of all family members to work together. The result, 'Cottonwood Farm,' juxtaposes several new songs from the Brothers with a handful of treasures from Jimmy's archives - two of
- [Ruthie Foster](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/ruthie-foster/) - “Those are some big shoes!” laughs Ruthie Foster, who, just for the record, is really one of the most humble and down-to-earth artists you could ever meet, phenomenal or otherwise. She admits to initially having “quite a few reservations” about calling her fifth album The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster, crediting both her producer, noted Austin-based “swamp music” guitarist Malcolm “Papa Mali” Welbourne, and her label, Houston’s Blue Corn Records, for making that particular gutsy call.
- [Red Sky July](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/red-sky-july/) - Red Sky July is the new project from three well-respected and lauded musicians. Consisting of husband and wife duo Ally McErlaine and Shelly Poole, and singer Charity Hair, Red Sky July is an entirely original debut album from a group with a phenomenal pedigree, all of whom have been steeped in music for as long as they can remember.
- [Pete Brown & Phil Ryan](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/pete-brown-phil-ryan/) - Pete Brown has been involved with music for a long time; as part of a songwriting team with Jack Bruce; as a performer; and latterly, as a producer. Although absent from mainstream British music as an artist since his last major label record in 1970, Pete Brown has never really gone away. He is perhaps
- [Laurence Jones](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/laurence-jones/) - Laurence Jones and his Band play a blend of the rocking blues with a groovy and catchy modern edge. Laurence is being talked as of one of the New up and coming UK Blues Guitarists.
- [Baddies](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/artists/baddies/) - Baddies are a British high energy indie rock band formed in late 2007 and have gained a reputation as “one of the most exciting new bands around” and have been put on par with other rising acts from Southend such as The Horrors, These New Puritans, Scroobius Pip and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. Their debut album, ‘Do The Job,’ was released on 28 September 2009 on Medical Records.

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- [acoustic classics](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/acoustic-classics/)
- [beeswing](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/beeswing/)
- [nashville songwriters hall of fame](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/nashville-songwriters-hall-of-fame/)
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- [scenes from a moving window](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/scenes-from-a-moving-window/)
- [pete brown](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/pete-brown/)
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- [folk awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/folk-awards/)
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- [the rose of roscrae](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-rose-of-roscrae/)
- [the vicar st. sessions vol. 1](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-vicar-st-sessions-vol-1/)
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- [impala awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/impala-awards/)
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- [rock and roll hall of fame](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame/)
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- [essential](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/essential/)
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- [the essential](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-essential/)
- [musician of the year](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/musician-of-the-year/)
- [music week awards 2016](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/music-week-awards-2016/)
- [songwriting workshop](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/songwriting-workshop/)
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- [boxset](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/boxset/)
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- [fingers crossed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/fingers-crossed/)
- [dandy](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/dandy/)
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- [a song of home](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/a-song-of-home/)
- [rock n roll hall of fame](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/rock-n-roll-hall-of-fame/)
- [interview](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/interview/)
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- [little steven](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/little-steven/)
- [rock & roll hall of fame](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/rock-roll-hall-of-fame/)
- [the complete gold castle masters](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-complete-gold-castle-masters/)
- [music week awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/music-week-awards/)
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- [fare thee well](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/fare-thee-well/)
- [l'olympia](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/lolympia/)
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- [acoustic classics II](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/acoustic-classics-ii/)
- [acoustic rarities](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/acoustic-rarities/)
- [whistle down the wind](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/whistle-down-the-wind/)
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- [atlantic](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/atlantic/)
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- [before the birds](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/before-the-birds/)
- [through the noise](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/through-the-noise/)
- [through the night](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/through-the-night/)
- [the week the clocks changed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-week-the-clocks-changed/)
- [the amberville sessions](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-amberville-sessions/)
- [rifles & rosary beads](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/rifles-rosary-beads/)
- [shorebound](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/shorebound/)
- [dancing with the beast](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/dancing-with-the-beast/)
- [ricky ross](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/ricky-ross/)
- [robert vincent](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/robert-vincent/)
- [13 rivers](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/13-rivers/)
- [thirteen rivers](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/thirteen-rivers/)
- [neilson hubbard](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/neilson-hubbard/)
- [cumberland island](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/cumberland-island/)
- [i'll make the most of my sins](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/ill-make-the-most-of-my-sins/)
- [strings attached](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/strings-attached/)
- [transatlantic sessions](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/transatlantic-sessions/)
- [southern fried string quartet](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/southern-fried-string-quartet/)
- [october in the railroad earth](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/october-in-the-railroad-earth/)
- [save you](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/save-you/)
- [americanafestuk](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/americanafestuk/)
- [international folk music awards](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/international-folk-music-awards/)
- [reviews](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/reviews/)
- [reviewed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/reviewed/)
- [amy speace](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/amy-speace/)
- [me and the ghost of charlemagne](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/me-and-the-ghost-of-charlemagne/)
- [americanafest](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/americanafest/)
- [birthday celebration](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/birthday-celebration/)
- [show of hands](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/show-of-hands/)
- [now we are four](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/now-we-are-four/)
- [highway 46](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/highway-46/)
- [can't look away](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/cant-look-away/)
- [jaimee harris](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/jaimee-harris/)
- [malcolm john rebennack](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/malcolm-john-rebennack/)
- [battlefield dance floor](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/battlefield-dance-floor/)
- [trisha yearwood](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/trisha-yearwood/)
- [the matador](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-matador/)
- [ditty tv](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/ditty-tv/)
- [pass notes](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/pass-notes/)
- [show of hands tour](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/show-of-hands-tour/)
- [independence day](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/independence-day/)
- [when you love someone](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/when-you-love-someone/)
- [bryan adams](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/bryan-adams/)
- [five minutes](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/five-minutes/)
- [In This Town You're Owned](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/in-this-town-youre-owned/)
- [fatea magazine](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/fatea-magazine/)
- [international song of the year](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/international-song-of-the-year/)
- [the night you wrote that song](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-night-you-wrote-that-song/)
- [the songs of mickey newbury](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-songs-of-mickey-newbury/)
- [song to a refugee](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/song-to-a-refugee/)
- [the shelter sessions](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-shelter-sessions/)
- [mickey newbury](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/mickey-newbury/)
- [humble](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/humble/)
- [I can't breathe](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/i-cant-breathe/)
- [arguing with ghosts](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/arguing-with-ghosts/)
- [sweet wild lily](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/sweet-wild-lily/)
- [the cruel mother](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-cruel-mother/)
- [memoir](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/memoir/)
- [against the blood](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/against-the-blood/)
- [ep](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/ep/)
- [unboxing](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/unboxing/)
- [orphan brigade](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/orphan-brigade/)
- [there used to be horses here](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/there-used-to-be-horses-here/)
- [rick rubin](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/rick-rubin/)
- [broken record podcast](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/broken-record-podcast/)
- [nova beat book club](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/nova-beat-book-club/)
- [the catcher in the rye](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-catcher-in-the-rye/)
- [jd salinger](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/jd-salinger/)
- [the orphan brigade](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-orphan-brigade/)
- [acm](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/acm/)
- [poet's award](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/poets-award/)
- [solo tour](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/solo-tour/)
- [katherine priddy](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/katherine-priddy/)
- [songs of the recollection](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/songs-of-the-recollection/)
- [graham nash](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/graham-nash/)
- [songs for beginners](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/songs-for-beginners/)
- [wild tales](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/wild-tales/)
- [tucson](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/tucson/)
- [the show](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-show/)
- [live from the uk](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/live-from-the-uk/)
- [on tour](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/on-tour/)
- [sandy denny](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/sandy-denny/)
- [re-issues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/re-issues/)
- [reissues](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/reissues/)
- [noah and the whale](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/noah-and-the-whale/)
- [big country](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/big-country/)
- [vinyl](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/vinyl/)
- [ten years after](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/ten-years-after/)
- [mcalmont and butler](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/mcalmont-and-butler/)
- [the sound of](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-sound-of/)
- [10cc](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/10cc/)
- [the pale fountains](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-pale-fountains/)
- [from across the kitchen table](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/from-across-the-kitchen-table/)
- [pacific street](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/pacific-street/)
- [the thrills](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-thrills/)
- [let's bottle bohemia](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/lets-bottle-bohemia/)
- [re-issue](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/re-issue/)
- [ruts](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/ruts/)
- [the crack](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-crack/)
- [lloyd cole](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/lloyd-cole/)
- [the commotions](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-commotions/)
- [rattlesnakes](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/rattlesnakes/)
- [easy pieces](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/easy-pieces/)
- [mainstream](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/mainstream/)
- [henry the human fly](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/henry-the-human-fly/)
- [better times will come](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/better-times-will-come/)
- [farewell tour](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/farewell-tour/)
- [embrace](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/embrace/)
- [the good will out](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-good-will-out/)
- [john mayall](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/john-mayall/)
- [the bluesbreakers](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-bluesbreakers/)
- [the wedding present](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-wedding-present/)
- [watusi](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/watusi/)
- [vinyl re-issue](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/vinyl-re-issue/)
- [john martyn](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/john-martyn/)
- [beverley martyn](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/beverley-martyn/)
- [lock stock and two smoking barrels](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/lock-stock-and-two-smoking-barrels/)
- [soundtrack](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/soundtrack/)
- [the fall](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-fall/)
- [lindisfarne](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/lindisfarne/)
- [fog on the tyne](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/fog-on-the-tyne/)
- [catherine wheel](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/catherine-wheel/)
- [everything everything](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/everything-everything/)
- [man alive](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/man-alive/)
- [the house of love](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-house-of-love/)
- [level 42](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/level-42/)
- [lighthouse family](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/lighthouse-family/)
- [ocean drive](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/ocean-drive/)
- [caravan](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/caravan/)
- [cast](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/cast/)
- [all change](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/all-change/)
- [photek](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/photek/)
- [modus operandi](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/modus-operandi/)
- [del amitri](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/del-amitri/)
- [change everything](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/change-everything/)
- [standing in the light](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/standing-in-the-light/)
- [twisted](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/twisted/)
- [the savoy brown blues band](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-savoy-brown-blues-band/)
- [solaris](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/solaris/)
- [dirty pretty things](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/dirty-pretty-things/)
- [waterloo to anywhere](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/waterloo-to-anywhere/)
- [julian cope](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/julian-cope/)
- [world shut your mouth](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/world-shut-your-mouth/)
- [fried](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/fried/)
- [spooky tooth](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/spooky-tooth/)
- [spooky two](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/spooky-two/)
- [it's all about](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/its-all-about/)
- [waking hours](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/waking-hours/)
- [cocteau twins](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/cocteau-twins/)
- [four-caledar cafe](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/four-caledar-cafe/)
- [white noise](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/white-noise/)
- [an electric storm](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/an-electric-storm/)
- [t2](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/t2/)
- [it'll all work out in boomland](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/itll-all-work-out-in-boomland/)
- [saint julian](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/saint-julian/)
- [my nation underground](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/my-nation-underground/)
- [therapy?](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/therapy/)
- [troublegum](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/troublegum/)
- [shed seven](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/shed-seven/)
- [we are scientists](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/we-are-scientists/)
- [brain thrust mastery](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/brain-thrust-mastery/)
- [change giver](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/change-giver/)
- [john cale](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/john-cale/)
- [postcards from heaven](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/postcards-from-heaven/)
- [you me at six](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/you-me-at-six/)
- [hold me down](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/hold-me-down/)
- [duke spirit](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/duke-spirit/)
- [cuts across the land](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/cuts-across-the-land/)
- [china crisis](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/china-crisis/)
- [flaunt the imperfection](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/flaunt-the-imperfection/)
- [marianne faithfull](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/marianne-faithfull/)
- [richard ashcroft](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/richard-ashcroft/)
- [alone with everybody](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/alone-with-everybody/)
- [human conditions](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/human-conditions/)
- [keys to the world](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/keys-to-the-world/)
- [some other suckers parade](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/some-other-suckers-parade/)
- [can you do me good?](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/can-you-do-me-good/)
- [ashra](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/ashra/)
- [new age of earth](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/new-age-of-earth/)
- [let it ride](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/let-it-ride/)
- [bill fay](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/bill-fay/)
- [diamonds & rust](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/diamonds-rust/)
- [diamonds and rust](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/diamonds-and-rust/)
- [the new symphonia](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/the-new-symphonia/)
- [johnny flynn](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/johnny-flynn/)
- [a larum](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/a-larum/)
- [totally enormous extinct dinosaurs](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/totally-enormous-extinct-dinosaurs/)
- [teed](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/teed/)
- [trouble](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/trouble/)
- [wishbone ash](http://www.proper-records.co.uk/tag/wishbone-ash/)
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