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Track Premiere : Loren Cole “Blue”

July 6, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Blue‘ is the latest single from Loren Cole’s debut album ‘For the sake of being honest‘ and it cuts through the endless clutter of new music with a crystal clear vocal and an elegant and almost […]
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Video: Victoria Williams “Crazy Mary”

July 6, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
In the retro slot this week we have a performance from 1994 by the wonderful Victoria Williams, a truly great Americana songwriters and performers.  Have a good weekend everyone.
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Old Salt Union “Old Salt Union” (Compass Records, 2017)

July 5, 2018 Michael Farley 0
Old Salt Union are a five piece traditional old time string band playing music that any fan of the likes of Old Crow Medicine Show or The Infamous Stringdusters will instantly fall in love with. This […]
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Hadnot Creek “Winter” (Independent, 2018)

July 5, 2018 Tim Merricks 3
Hadnot Creek released ‘Winter’ back in February for those of you wondering why this bleak and desolate collection of spit and sawdust Americana appears on these pages to coincide with some of the hottest days in […]
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Sc4m returns as part of the Rhythm Tree Festival

July 5, 2018 Paul Kerr 0
For nine years sc4m was held annually in Winchester’s Railway pub building up a reputation as one of the best and most intimate Americana/roots music festivals in the UK. This year sc4m relocates to the Isle […]

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Sophisticated Folk, intellectual pop, from Katherine Priddy. Katherine Priddy’s new album, her third, is a collection of strong songs that each, in their own ways, examine what it means to be a human – not just […]
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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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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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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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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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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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Ed Askew “A Child In The Sun: Radio Sessions 1969-1970” (Drag City 2017)

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The energy which oozes from this collection of early recordings retrieved from the archives of old Ed Askew radio sessions provides a strong urge to delete the pesky mp3 and rush out and buy the vinyl […]
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Track Premiere: Sam Morrow “Gettin’ By On Gettin’ Down”

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