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My Darling Clementine announce UK dates for the autumn

July 19, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s the meteorological autumn to you.  My Darling Clementine, the now well established side project of husband and wife Michael Weston King & Lou Dalgleish,  have announced a run of September and October UK dates, including a show […]

Album Reviews

Robbie Fulks and Linda Gail Lewis “Wild Wild Wild” (Bloodshot, 2018)

July 19, 2018 Mark Hegarty 0

‘Wild Wild Wild’ is the debut collaboration between Grammy nominated and long-time Bloodshot Records artist Robbie Fulks and Memphis rock-n-roll royalty Linda Gail Lewis, the little sister and frequently performing partner of Jerry Lee. This great ball […]

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Ana Egge “White Tiger” (StorySound Records, 2018)

July 19, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

Brooklyn based but with a somewhat nomadic background, Ana Egge is one of those songwriters who seem to hover around the edge of the mainstream. She gets great reviews but she’s certainly not a household name […]

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Track Premiere: Sara Rachele “Alone”

July 19, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

The new single from Sara Rachele is ‘Scorpio Moon’, but this track is the rather cool B-side of said single: it is a cover of Heart’s ‘Alone‘, which takes a slow and swaying approach to the […]

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Richard Thompson Has A New Album On The Way

July 19, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0

Renowned guitarist and songwriter Richard Thompson has announced a new album that will be out on September 14th.  The 13-song set that makes up ‘13 Rivers‘ is the Grammy nominated artist’s first self-produced album in over a […]

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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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Emmylou Harris was in Stockholm in 2015, as the latest recipient for the Polar Music Prize, instigated by Stig Anderson, manager and collaborator with ABBA. That alone was a high achievement, placing her in a pantheon […]

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Video Premiere: The Foreign Landers “Traveler”

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Enjoy the uplifting sound of The Foreign Landers on their latest single ‘Traveler’.  There are sweet harmonies, gorgeous melodies and fine musicianship to absorb, all accompanied by an artfully-shot video featuring beautiful landscapes and old family […]

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Pick of the Political Pops: Hank Williams Jr. “Big Fool Of The Year”

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This week we were struck (once again) by how differently people are treated depending on which side of the political divide they fall into. Granted the only thing we like falling into here at Americana-UK Towers […]

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