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Month: June 2018

Videos

Video: Calexico “Alone Again Or”

June 22, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
This week’s retro slot drops back to 2009 with the mighty Calexico and a wonderful live version of the Love classic Alone Again Or.  Have a great week end everyone, more videos on Monday.
Album Reviews

Frank Turner “Be More Kind” (Xtra Mile Recordings, 2018)

June 21, 2018 Alan O'Hare 0
A lot of people think of Frank Turner as ‘the new Billy Bragg’. The thing the Hampshire-born songwriter mostly has in common with the aforementioned ‘Bard of Barking’ is that his idiosyncratic style marks him out as a […]
Album Reviews

We Are Muffy “The Charcoal Pool” (Tapete Record, 2018)

June 21, 2018 Tim Merricks 0
Listening to the distant Cornish trappings of We Are Muffy is like stepping into a time capsule of Brylcreem, pinstripes and windy seaside shingle. The listener is taken on a journey of random droll observations on […]
Tracks

Jack Ellis “Small Change” – Listen

June 21, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
There’s a surge of anger and a revulsion at the unfairness of it all on Jack Ellis’ ‘Small Change‘ which blisters with guitar noise whilst acerbically putting down a heartless ex-love.  And no wonder, who could […]
Album Reviews

Scott Low “Burning Tires, Smoking Gun” (10 Foot Woody Records, 2018)

June 21, 2018 Jim Finnie 0
With his third solo album ‘Burning Tires, Smoking Gun‘, Scott Low, the former main man of Athens, GA based band Efren has produced a fine album that is simple in design, yet contains contemporary  messages that […]

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Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 2
If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]
Album Reviews

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0
A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”

September 21, 2026 0
“You told me goodbye, how was I to know/You didn’t mean goodbye, you meant please don’t let me go?” Well. It’s the age of nostalgia, so it feels just about right to reminisce about an old […]

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  • Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”
  • For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”
  • Genre changing Buena Vista Social Club album 30th Anniversary Edition out now
  • Paper Verses “Windstill”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 245 “Stop….thief…”
  • Brown Wimpenny “Shady Grove” – chugs like a fast train
  • Video: Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground “Ships at Sea” – wonderfully-warm and woozy
  • Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”
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Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Album Reviews

Tim Hart “The Narrow Corner” (Nettwerk, 2018)

January 25, 2018 0
Hart is Australian. I’m not sure why but I expected to be able to discern this from the music. I couldn’t, though there are some explicit lyrical references that make this clear. Musically the record is […]
Videos

Video: Mt. Wolf “Heavenbound”

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Now this is something.  An intense, sometimes overwhelming but immensely worthwhile viewing and listening experience.  No more description, watch it.  New album out on May 26th.
Live Reviews

Lilly Hiatt, Nell’s Jazz and Blues, West Kensington London, 25th April 2018

May 3, 2018 0
It would be an understatement to describe Lilly Hiatt’s introduction to London as understated. But when you are courageous enough to hang yourself out to dry, literally and metaphorically, in full view of the audience, you […]

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