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Loudon Wainwright III Hits the UK for Dates

September 19, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0
If you don’t love Loudon Wainwright III then you’re going to hell, that’s what it says in the bible, but you can prove yourself before God (capital G, just in case) by seeing him live in […]
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Video clip: The Handsome Family “Gold”

September 19, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0
More quirky dark americana, taken from the new album “Unseen” out now
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Traveling Wilburys to Release Back Catalogue on Vinyl

September 19, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0
No word on a cassette issue of Volume 2… Uncut reports: “The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 and The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3 will be reissued on 180 gram vinyl on October 4 as part of Record […]
Album Reviews

Sophia Marshall “The Paper Thin EP” (Independent, 2016)

September 19, 2016 Jeremy Searle 0
Best known as one half of the acclaimed and much missed Havenots, Leicester’s Sophia Marshall has been absent from the music scene for some time.  She’s recently dipped her toe back in and the results are […]
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Jon Boden “Painted Lady” (Navigator Records, 2016)

September 18, 2016 Jeremy Searle 0
Folk superstar Jon Boden has always had itchy feet. Not content with an acclaimed partnership with box ace John Spiers and fronting Bellowhead, the eleven piece big band that he founded with Spiers which went on […]

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Jesus The Dinosaur “Nothing to the Branches”

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A strong debut from a band who bring a fresh take to the genre and its themes. The amount of acrimony and infighting that goes on in bands is proof enough that the members are often […]
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Laurelyn Dossett “Believe Me” – here’s the truth looking you in the eye

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If you’re looking for a singer-songwriter whose words and voice sit well within a tradition of honest, straightforward country storytelling, then look no further because it is Laurelyn Dossett that you are looking for. You may […]
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Video: Goldschatz “We Got Love”

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Check out the new video from americana folk duo Goldschatz. Recorded on Körbergasse in Aachen during their 2026 German tour, this busking performance of We Got Love manages to be both public and intimate at the […]

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

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In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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Is this the most beautiful song from Dean Owens yet?  I think it might be.  ‘Sometime’ seems to float on a warm breeze of keys and sonorous bass that adds great depth to the song.  Over […]
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Live Review: Mercury Rev + Nicolai Dunger, Islington Assembly Hall, London – 19th March 2025

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This was the second of two nights in London (they’d played Earth previously) for Mercury Rev, who seem to have decided that Europe is the place to be, as they were here at the end of […]

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