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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 […]

Album Reviews

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 […]

Videos

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 […]

Tracks

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 […]

Album Reviews

Elliott Brood “Ghost Gardens” (Paper Bag Records, 2017)

October 23, 2017 Rick Bayles 0

Elliott Brood are a three piece band – musicians Mark Sasso, Casey Laforet and Stephen Pitkin – who hail from Ontario, Canada and “Ghost Gardens” is their sixth full length studio album and the first since […]

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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 […]

Interviews

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

February 9, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

February 3, 2026 0

When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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SummerTyne Americana Festival , Sage Gateshead, 19th – 21st July, 2019

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Returning for its fourteenth year, one of the pioneers of the Americana festival scene continues its very relaxed mix of fun and music. When it started, the question was, “What is Americana?” but nowadays it is […]

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John Murry and Michael Timmins “A Little Bit Of Grace And Decay”

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Joy and beauty abound in revisited classic Gothic Americana songs. John Murry’s three solo recordings add up to one of the most consistently excellent song catalogues of 21st-century songs and are probably the prime definition of […]

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Playing on the Farm 2025 aka Dancing to the Dead is on the way

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60 years on from the Grateful Dead’s first incarnation as the Warlocks it may surprise many aficionados of the Great American Songbook to know there is a thriving Deadhead scene this side of the water – […]

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