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Video: Stephen Wilson Jr. “Cuckoo”

March 20, 2025 0

Check out “Cuckoo”, the new single from Indiana-born, Nashville-based Stephen Wilson Jr. It’s a high-energy song, driven by an urgent rhythm and Wilson Jr.’s relentless flow of words as he rails against all that life throws […]

Five Alive! The Minus 5 return with first all new album… in five years

March 19, 2025 0

Acclaimed collective The Minus 5, spearheaded by legendary musician and songwriter Scott McCaughey, returns with “Oar On, Penelope!” out May 30th on via Yep Roc Records. Produced by Scott McCaughey and mixed by engineer Ed Stasium […]

Book Review: Uncut – Ultimate Genre Guide, Singer-Songwriter

March 19, 2025 0

The Uncut ultimate music guides cover the careers of single artists but miss out on those who may not fill up a 100-page bookazine as the trade calls them. That’s where the genre guides plug up […]

Jackson Hollow “Appalachia” – dreaming of the home of bluegrass

March 19, 2025 0

‘Appalachia‘ finds Jackson Hollow dreaming of an idyllic return to the home of bluegrass, which makes sense since they are an award winning bluegrass band. Albeit an award winning bluegrass band who hail out of Vancouver […]

Video: Kassi Valazza “Your Heart’s a Tin Box”

March 19, 2025 0

Kassi Valazza’s new song flows with a light strum over fluttering percussion while her words are delivered in a beautifully timeless melody. In “Your Heart’s a Tin Box”, Valazza delivers a personal narrative about beginning a […]

Interviews

Interview: Frank Turner on the touring life

Frank Turner describes his journey along the road to his 3000th solo show. When I woke up on Sunday 23rd February 2025, my body felt absolutely battered. My ears were ringing. My head was pounding. [...]
Features

For the Sake of the Song: Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins “Rise Up With Fists!!”

Jenny Lewis first came to fame as a child actress, starting at the tender age of three when she appeared in a television commercial for Jell-O, a gelatine dessert. She starred in a number of [...]
Classic Clips

Classic Clips: Dave Rawlings Machine “Method Acting/ Cortez The Killer” – Live From Here, 2018

In the beginning there was “A Prairie Home Companion” a live radio variety show presented by Garrison Keillor from the Fitzgerald Theatre in St Paul, Minnesota. By 2016, Keillor was ready to hand over to [...]
Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Icarus Phoenix/Drew Danburry songs

Editing an americana site for the last 24 years, one of the things I often get asked is the age old question “what is Americana?” and while not particularly having an answer, I commented on [...]
Interviews

Interview Red Sammy: Songs that sparkle, engage and entangle

Songs that dwell in the underbelly of human existence. Sometimes you are hypnotized by how Adam Trice is able to shine a light upon the dark waters of his songs by the way he illuminates [...]

Live Review: Carter Sampson + Joe Martin, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 7th March 2025

March 18, 2025 4

Tonight’s concert at Lincolnshire’s premier Americana Music venue, the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, saw a return to the usual Friday evening residency but with a new name treading this hallowed stage for the first time. […]

Gruff Rhys saddles up with tour to support rereleased and expanded “American Interior”

March 18, 2025 0

Originally released in 2014, the album has now been remastered and will be released for the first time on Rough Trade with bonus tracks that have long been out of print on LP and never released […]

The Scarlet Goodbye “El Camino Adios” – farewell, then

March 18, 2025 0

Today’s song “El Camino Adios” is the title track of the recently released (through The Label Group/Virgin Records) second album from The Scarlet Goodbye, the band headed by Daniel Murphy (Golden Smog and Soul Asylum) and Jeff […]

Video: Juanita Stein “The Old World”

March 18, 2025 0

Here is the Orlando-Cubitt-directed video for Juanita Stein’s latest single “The Old World”. The moody visual captures the sombre, reflective atmosphere of the song. There’s a compelling, haunting feel to the instrumental layers and Stein’s melodic […]

Interview: Frank Turner on the touring life

March 17, 2025 1

Frank Turner describes his journey along the road to his 3000th solo show. When I woke up on Sunday 23rd February 2025, my body felt absolutely battered. My ears were ringing. My head was pounding. My […]

Video: Stephen Wilson Jr. “Cuckoo”

March 20, 2025 0

Check out “Cuckoo”, the new single from Indiana-born, Nashville-based Stephen Wilson Jr. It’s a high-energy song, driven by an urgent rhythm and Wilson Jr.’s relentless flow of words as he rails against all that life [...]
Jackson Hollow “Appalachia” – dreaming of the home of bluegrass

March 19, 2025 0

‘Appalachia‘ finds Jackson Hollow dreaming of an idyllic return to the home of bluegrass, which makes sense since they are an award winning bluegrass band. Albeit an award winning bluegrass band who hail out of [...]
Video: Kassi Valazza “Your Heart’s a Tin Box”

March 19, 2025 0

Kassi Valazza’s new song flows with a light strum over fluttering percussion while her words are delivered in a beautifully timeless melody. In “Your Heart’s a Tin Box”, Valazza delivers a personal narrative about beginning [...]
The Scarlet Goodbye “El Camino Adios” – farewell, then

March 18, 2025 0

Today’s song “El Camino Adios” is the title track of the recently released (through The Label Group/Virgin Records) second album from The Scarlet Goodbye, the band headed by Daniel Murphy (Golden Smog and Soul Asylum) and [...]
Video: Juanita Stein “The Old World”

March 18, 2025 0

Here is the Orlando-Cubitt-directed video for Juanita Stein’s latest single “The Old World”. The moody visual captures the sombre, reflective atmosphere of the song. There’s a compelling, haunting feel to the instrumental layers and Stein’s [...]

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