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Emmylou Harris plays “At the Ryman” anniversary concert

May 4, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

And there’s a nice little clip below from it if you scroll down. Rolling Stone Country reports: “Twenty-six years after her three-night stint onstage at Nashville’s dark and dilapidated Ryman Auditorium helped spearhead efforts to refurbish the century-old […]

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Band of Horses cull leaves them as trio

May 4, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Some sad news this morning if you’re an equestrian or enjoy a bit of thoroughbred water polo. Billboard reports: “Mid-aughts folk heroes Band of Horses have a significant lineup change in the works. Guitarist Tyler Ramsey and […]

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Video: Donald Byron Wheatley “The Lonesome Carol Of Big Don”

May 4, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

A great video for this fine Dylan-esque piece from Donald Byron Wheatley, taken from his new album Moondogs and Mad Dogs, out on May 5th.

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Oh Susanna “A Girl in Teen City” (Continental Song City, 2017)

May 3, 2017 David Stevenson 0

Everyone has been, or will be, a teenager at some point in their lives and although we all have different personal experiences throughout those years, the feelings we have; the sense of hope for the future, […]

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Sarah Jane Scouten “Bang Bang” – Listen

May 3, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Two-time Canadian Folk Music Award Nominee, Sarah Jane Scouten has announced the release of new album “When The Bloom Falls From The Rose” on June 16th, which includes the new bluesy-rockabilly single Bang Bang. The album […]

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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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For this third personal choice of a Classic Americana Album, the emphasis is on songwriting as storytelling. As a core foundation of the genre that does not narrow the candidate list a great deal but for […]

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Live Review: Lauren Housley + Robbie Cavanagh, The Half Moon, Putney, 4th November

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Of the many albums released during lockdown, Lauren Housley’s ‘Girl From the North’ is one to be savoured live. From the Americana and country core of her first two albums, Housley has added New Orleans blues […]

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