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Jason McNiff “Rain Dries Your Eyes” (Tombola Records, 2017)

April 24, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

Delve into the Americana UK archives and you’ll find a lot of love for Jason McNiff. Over the course of 15 years and six albums, McNiff has constantly found favour with assorted reviewers (a task in […]

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Video: Jessica Rhaye “Song In Me”

April 24, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

The beautifully pure voice of Canadian singer-songwriter Jessica Rhaye is displayed to excellent effect here on the title track from her just-released new album.

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Gate to Southwell roots festival announces 2017 line-up

April 24, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

The eleventh Gate To Southwell Festival has announced its line-up and it’s looking pretty ace. Running from Thursday June 8th to Sunday June 11th in rural Nottinghamshire, the festival headliners include the lovely Kate Rusby, and Jon Boden, […]

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Aoife O’Donovan announces UK and Ireland dates

April 24, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Aoife O’Donovan, the artist with probably the highest vowel-consonant ratio of any modern performer, has songs which Mojo describes as “frequently sun-kissed and feather-light, but [they] often develop a dark beauty.” Her most recent album “In […]

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Southern Fried Festival’s 10th Year has a stellar line up

April 22, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

Perched up in the fair city of Perth, regarded as the gateway to the Highlands, Southern Fried has grown in stature over the years to become the premier Americana Festival in Scotland. With its mix of […]

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Alice Howe “You’ve Been Away So Long” (Fish Records, 2017)

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Alice Howe’s journey as a musician takes in all points of the compass. Hailing from Boston, she recorded her new EP on the opposite coast of the US in Seattle. And while the record traces her […]

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Troubled minds provide inspiration for the gifted Atlanta surf country duo. Take a converted barn in rural Georgia, two accomplished musicians in enforced confinement and what do you get? Happily, in this case, a very fine […]

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Confident third album from Swedish band with a number of high points. ‘The Grief’ is the third album from Swedish band Winhill/Losehill and features twelve new songs from the songwriting duo of Jonas Svennem (composer) and […]

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