It's Independence Day 2017, and to celebrate, we've trawled the fifty states for fifty tunes from a mix of genres for your enjoyment with an ice cold beer.
'Going South' is the new single from Irish act The 4 of Us. It's a rose-tinted reminisce of summer days heading south in the car but also a future warning.
Paddy Nash returns with a more stripped back sound on 'Gate Fever'. The songs are stark, almost dystopian, and full of bite in these Brexit and Trump days.
Matt McGinn's no stranger to the Irish music scene and is unafraid to take on politics. 'The End Of The Common Man' is his new single, a song for our times.
Songwriter Peter McVeigh goes against all advice and pens a political protest song. With over 10K plays and a BBC ban already, does it live up to the hype?
'Ephrata' is the long-awaited, globally influenced, folk-tinged album from Northern Irish singer and songwriter Joshua Burnside. Available on 5th May 2017.
'Ink' is the seventh full-length album from Northern Ireland's elder statesman of song Anthony Toner: – a unique narrative on life, love, and all between.
Thick with Americana poetry, drawing on influences from Townes Van Zandt to Guy Clarke, 'Close Ties' by Rodney Crowell stands up with his best work to date.
