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Month: May 2017

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Video: My Darling Clementine “There’s Nothing You Can Tell Me (That I Don’t Already Know)

May 31, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0
From their latest album Still Testifying, out on June 2nd, comes this great slice of classic country style.  Wonderful.
News

Fairport Convention announce ‘Come All Ye – The First 10 Years’

May 30, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Fairport Convention have announced the forthcoming 28th of July release on UMC of a massive 7CD box set covering their first decade as a band.   It has been compiled by Andrew Batt, the curator of the very […]
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Nashville songwriters release anti-Trump comp

May 30, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Looks like somebody has heeded the clarion call from RS Country a few months back.  Paste reports: “As the epicenter of America’s typically patriotic country-music scene, Nashville is officially combating the hate and bigotry seeping out […]
Album Reviews

Gerry Spehar “I Hold Gravity” (Independent, 2017)

May 30, 2017 Peter Churchill 0
During the 1970’s and up until 1986 Gerry Spehar was based in Colorado and had a thriving musical career.  He played as a duo with his brother George in the 70’s and in the Spehar Brothers Band with both […]
Videos

Video: Hope In High Water “Four Strange Walls”

May 30, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0
From their debut album Never Settle, out now, this is is a wonderful song and performance from Hope In High Water.

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Laurelyn Dossett “Believe Me” – here’s the truth looking you in the eye

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For The Sake Of The Song: Rod MacDonald “American Jerusalem”

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The Cousins Project “Child of the Hills”

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Laurelyn Dossett “Believe Me” – here’s the truth looking you in the eye

June 23, 2026 0
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 […]
Videos

Video: Goldschatz “We Got Love”

June 23, 2026 0
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 […]
News

Sorcha Richardson set to release her third album in September

June 22, 2026 0
Dublin-born singer-songwriter Sorcha Richardson has returned with the announcement of her new album Draw The Outline, out 11th September via Faction Records. Alongside the album, Richardson has also shared the single Illinois Again. With just two […]

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  • Video: Goldschatz “We Got Love”
  • Sorcha Richardson set to release her third album in September
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Rod MacDonald “American Jerusalem”
  • The Cousins Project “Child of the Hills”
  • Live Review: Emmylou Harris, The Farewell Tour, De Doelen Rotterdam – 20th May 2026
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
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

June 17, 2026 0
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, […]
Interviews

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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Book Review. John W. Barry “Levon Helm: Rock, Roll, Ramble. The Inside Story of the Man, the Music and the Midnight Ramble”

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There are many, especially among Americana aficionados, who would consider John W. Barry a very lucky man indeed. To have spent so much time with the late, great Levon Helm, at the tail end of his […]
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Essentials: The top ten Drive-By Truckers tracks

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A near impossible task made harder by the realisation that they are getting better! These exercises at distilling artists into print-friendly articles highlighting key tracks or moments in a recording career are often divisive and always […]
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Lilly Hiatt talks about new album and sobriety

August 24, 2017 0
RS Country (our eternal source of all good things americana once we’ve weeded out the Kenny Chesney, sorry Kenny) have an interview with Lilly Hiatt, daughter of John, which is an interesting read: “One day last […]

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