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New Nathan Bell album due out June

April 26, 2017 Mark Whitfield 1

The  Americana artist who’s been described as “the Woody Guthrie we need in the age of globalization” (and God do we need some of him right now), Nathan Bell has announced the release of his upcoming […]

Videos

Video: Justin Currie “Failing To See”

April 26, 2017 Jeremy Searle 2

Any new material from the one-time Del Amitri main man is a cause for delight and this is no exception, the lead track from his latest album This Is My Kingdom Now, out on May 12th.

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Video: Little Mammoths “Get Me Back To Austin”

April 26, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

Sometimes you need something raw and enthusiastic and this fits the bill to perfection.  From their latest album Cargo For The Road, due for release on 23 June.

Album Reviews

The Lonetones “Dumbing It All Down” (The Lonetones, 2017)

April 25, 2017 Rick Bayles 0

This is quite a hard album to review because it’s really an album of two halves. The Lonetones, hailing from Knoxville, Tennessee, are essentially the band of husband and wife duo Sean McCollough and Steph Gunnoe. […]

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Buddy Miller, Drew Holcomb appear on new Mark Heard tribute album

April 25, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

And if you’ve never heard of him, then, well, now’s your chance. Rolling Stone Country report: “In 2005, the Americana Music Association awarded Song of the Year to “Worry Too Much,” a grinding rock & roll […]

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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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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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Anticipation was high for Bonny Light Horseman – now with three albums to their name and with this year’s “Keep Me On Your Mind / See You Free” being to all intents and purposes a double […]

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Sophomore album from Canadian songsmith marks him out as a serious contender. B. Knox as he chooses to be known, is a former Canadian schoolteacher who’s loss to the education world is quite clearly Americana music’s […]

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Video: Mandolin Orange “Golden Embers”

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From their new album, Tides Of A Teardrop, out on February 1st, comes this powerful portrayal of grief and coping from Americana duo Mandolin Orange.  There’s a European tour in May 2019 (with one UK date).

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