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Video: The Fireflys “Grace”

October 24, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0
The debut single, due in November, from new UK outfit The Fireflys has a nice rocking jangle to it and they look like very welcome additions indeed to the scene.
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Dylan covers Tom Petty’s Learning to Fly – Watch

October 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Another amazing cover version this week, Bob possibly more enthused than his famous enthusiasm during the We are the World recording. Pitchfork report: “Bob Dylan has paid tribute to his late collaborator Tom Petty. During his show in […]
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JP Den Tex “Wolf!” (Cavalier Recordings, 2017)

October 23, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Wolf! is described as an Americana concept album – the story of a 57 year old German music producer who finds his life falling apart when he makes some unwise investments, and his wife leaves him […]
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Video premiere: The Hanging Stars “Honeywater”

October 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
What better way to start your week than with this, the new single from London based quartet The Hanging Stars whose music has been described as “mainlining the dying embers of the early 70s psychedelic folk and […]
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Tim Hart “I’d Do Well” – Listen

October 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Tim Hart from Aussie indie rock/folk band Boy & Bear has announced a new solo album “The Narrow Corner,” set for release on 2nd February, 2018 via Nettwerk. The lead single from the album is the catchy and melancholic […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

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The Woodstock festival held in 1969 at Yasgur’s farm, Bethel, New York, is one of those truly emblematic moments in the history of contemporary music, and indeed in the birth of americana. And of course it’s […]
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I’m Kingfisher “Give Up Together”

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Nordic americana with a slightly heavier tinge. I’m Kingfisher is the alter ego of Swedish singer-songwriter Thomas Jonsson. Give Up Together is his sixth album under that guise and comes three years after his last release, […]
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Exclusive AUK Mini-Gig: Igloo Hearts

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Igloo Hearts are James and Katie MacGregor, a married folk-pop duo from North Wales. For our next AUK mini-gig, they kindly agreed to share some of their latest songs with our readers and viewers. Since appearing […]

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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B.R. Lively “Into the Blue” (Independent, 2018)

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This debut album from B.R. Lively is deep-rooted in folk, but has a unique style all its own, with a lot of outside inspirations, which show in its use of Motown beats and string arrangements. Lively […]
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Margo Price: “We’re not going to allow things to revert back to the Fifties”

October 20, 2017 0
RS Country has a really interesting piece up today on Margo Price, where they chat to her about the forlorn state of the world and country music’s opportunity to do the right thing (preferably so we […]

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