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Ray Davies “Americana” (Sony, 2017)

May 8, 2017 Dave Jennings 0

Ray Davies return with his first album in a decade, if we discount the various Kinks collaborations and choral reworking.  It stands as a testament that everything changes and nothing changes since Working Man’s Café dropped […]

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Bonnie ‘Prince’ talks Merle Haggard

May 8, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Let’s face it, he’s probably still not going to beat Mel B’s version of “Word Up” in terms of classic covers but good on him for having a go. Rolling Stone reports: “Imagine arranging Merle Haggard’s […]

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Loretta Lynn remains in hospital following stroke

May 8, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

News reported all over the place on the weekend, but just in case you missed it, Spin among many reports: “Country music legend Loretta Lynn suffered a stroke and was hospitalized Thursday evening, according to a […]

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Video: Hillfolk Noir “Billy Got Popped”

May 8, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

From their new album Junkerpunch, out last Friday in the UK and 19 May in the States, this is yet more fine, dark, rural blues/country/lots of things music from Hillfolk Noir.

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Aimee Mann announces UK/Ireland dates

May 5, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Aimee Mann’s ‘Mental Illness’ which was released at the end of March went straight to number one in the UK americana charts – we were rather keen on it too, calling her work “rarely less than […]

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Jason Isbell previews album with new track – Listen

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A nice way to go into the weekend and you can squeeze your red nose (or something else, your choice) while listening to it – Rolling Stone Country reports: “”Last year was a son of a […]

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Lori Yates “Time After Time” – happens, happens again

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‘Time After Time‘ is a co-write with Guy Clark, so that’s all the credentials sorted.  Let’s add in that the  recording features the late David Baxter on guitar and members from Toronto supergroup Hey Stella and […]

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Bluegrass Briefs – Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, EZRA, Pine Tree Flyers, Jeff Curtis

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Bluegrass continues to be a broad church, and all the better for it. Where some aspects of roots music seem stuck in their own self-imposed niches, Bluegrass draws influences from anywhere that has good ideas to […]

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