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Interview: Emily Barker

October 2, 2017 Rudie Hayes 0

Emily Barker is one of those names that has been around the UK Americana scene, since it was both identified as a ‘scene’ and as a distinct musical genre.  A pathfinder, a trailblazer, and first with […]

Album Reviews

Gabriel Moreno and The Quivering Poets “Farewell Belief” (Amber Records, 2017)

October 2, 2017 Tim Merricks 1

You might find him playing in a smoky underground backstreet cellar bar in the Spanish quarter of Soho – perhaps Mannette Street, where the San Miguel flows and the tapas are passed around. It’s certainly the […]

Videos

Video: Laura Cortese & the Dance Cards “Stockholm”

October 2, 2017 Jeremy Searle 0

The latest from Laura Cortese is a joyous string-driven affair with great harmonies taken from her new album California Calling.  She’s on tour now in the UK and well worth catching.

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First Aid Kit “It’s a Shame” – Listen

September 29, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Swedish folkericana duo First Aid Kit have released a new single taken from their forthcoming as yes untitled album which they talked to Paste about: “We went to Los Angeles last spring and spent five weeks there […]

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Interview: Yola Carter

September 29, 2017 Rudie Hayes 0

Just about the coolest thing in UK Americana right now, Yola Carter, is taking it to the Yanks, Carter is electric live and her sonic boom voice is a force of nature.  You want it real, […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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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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Mountain Lions “We Are” (Independent, 2018)

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After contributing to the sunny, catchy pop of The Lighthouse and the Whaler, singer-songwriter Steven Diaz relocated to the Research Triangle in North Carolina – an area covering three counties in the north-central part of the […]

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S.G. Goodman “Old Time Feeling” (Verve Forecast, 2020)

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There are quite a few things that are remarkable about ‘Old Time Feeling‘, but the most prominent noteworthy point is that this is S.G. Goodman’s solo debut. It’s such a mature sound that S.G. Goodman has […]

Videos

Video: Richard Thompson “Who Knows Where the Time Goes”

May 19, 2017 0

Last video of the week is a marvellous version of the Sandy Denny classic from RT, with a great intro too.

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