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Video: Roo Panes “Sketches Of Summer”

July 9, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
The new single from Dorset man Roo Panes, from his new album Quiet Man, is a lovely delicate and indeed summery piece of contemporary folk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfZ4f1urjqc
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AmericanA to Z : The Byrds

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Not every A-Z artist is a complete unknown, sometimes it’s good to remember just how good some of the seminal bands really were. The Byrds are the band that spawned a thousand jangly guitar bands, seemingly […]
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Cowboy Junkies “All That Reckoning” (Proper Records, 2018)

July 6, 2018 Michael Farley 0
Cowboy Junkies will be known to many given that they have now been performing together for 33 years and were at the forefront of the Americana movement. It’s hard to keep count of the albums they’ve […]
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Oh Sees premiere new jam with Mojo magazine.

July 6, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
That’s not like a new flavour of your favourite toast topping.  If it was it’d be ‘blueberry and apricot with a twist of lime’ jam.  Mmmm.  No, what Mojo magazine have (and the link is here) is […]
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Son of the Chief “Needless Road” (Boxwood Records, 2018)

July 6, 2018 Elise Kennedy 0
The Scottish singer Son of the Chief, more commonly known as Mackie Mackintosh, has released a debut solo album “Needless Road” that is a true Americana-indie album. The ten-track piece from the Scottish artist sticks true to […]

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Vaiano’s Paisanos “Abrew’s Portuguese Jazz” – it’s not jazz…

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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