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Month: November 2018

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Velvet Starlings “Sold Down the River” – Listen

November 6, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Christian Gisborne is, in a Captain Manyhands kind of way, the singer/songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist behind the Velvet Starlings name.  ‘Sold Down the River’ is impressive enough with it’s hints of Animals or Eric Burdon enjoying San […]
Videos

Video: John Prine “When I Get To Heaven”

November 6, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
A hugely enjoyable and funny animated video for this great song from American maestro John Prine’s Tree Of Forgiveness album.
Album Reviews

Kurt Vile “Bottle It In” (Matador, 2018)

November 5, 2018 Scott Baxter 0
I wrote five separate reviews for this, changing every time I listened to it, liking the tracks that are likeable more with every listen. But, you know, four songs make up 37 minutes of it, so […]
News

The Roundhouse announces In The Round 2019 shows

November 5, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Now in its fourth year, the Roundhouse has announced details of In the Round 2019, a series of shows devoted to intimate performances set in the venue’s main space, staged in a rarely seen fully-seated concert […]
Album Reviews

The Black Lillies “Stranger to Me” (Attack Monkey/Thirty Tigers, 2018)

November 5, 2018 Linda Jameson 0
What’s striking about ‘Stranger to Me’, the fifth album by The Black Lillies from Knoxville, Tennessee, is how tight it’s all sounding: they’ve had a bumpy few years. Multiple line-up changes (going from a six-piece to […]

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Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

September 22, 2026 2
One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]
News

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1
Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0
Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

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  • Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”
  • Track Premiere: Gary Marks “Where We Started”
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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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Video: The Orange Circus Band “I Miss You”

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Now here’s an excellent proper country ballad, all heartbreak and regret, from Kent’s Orange Circus Band.  It’s their new single and available to download from their website here and will also be on their forthcoming album […]
Album Reviews

Noble Jacks “Stay Awake” (Independent, 2019)

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Noble Jacks have been powering their way through the UK indie-folk scene with new album ‘Stay Awake’ which debuted at Number 7 on the Americana music charts.  The release of ‘Stay Awake’ is a huge moment […]
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Frank Turner “Be More Kind” (Xtra Mile Recordings, 2018)

June 21, 2018 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 […]

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