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Video: Joe Ely “Musta Notta Gotta Lotta”

May 25, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0
For the retro slot this week we go back to 1986 and Joe Ely live, with David Grissom on guitar, and an incendiary live version of this classic.  Have a great Bank Holiday everyone, more videos […]
Album Reviews

Kashena Sampson “Wild Heart” (New Moon Records, 2018)

May 24, 2018 Mark Underwood 0
There was a time in the not so distant past when you could hear how much was spent on a record. But it’s almost impossible to make that sort of distinction today with production values available […]
News

New Rodney Crowell album due July

May 24, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0
Rodney Crowell has been around for a while now – he would often kick around a football made of tripe wrapped in muslin with Clement Attlee – and today he’s announced the forthcoming arrival of his nineteenth […]
Previews

Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton hits the road this Friday

May 24, 2018 Mark Underwood 0
Carrying the torch for original acoustic blues from a bygone era, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton returns to the UK for a short run of dates from Friday of this week.  Although still in his 20s, Jerron “Blind […]
Tracks

Jessica’s Brother “Humdinger” – Listen

May 24, 2018 Jonathan Aird 0
Jessica’s Brother is a London based folky-Americana band consisting of  songwriter Tom Charleston, Jonny Helm on drums, and bassist Charlie Higgs – although for their debut album they’ve roped in friends to fill out the sound.  Jonny […]

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Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

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Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

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Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album

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Styrofoam Winos “Somebody Wants To Send You A Message” – it comes and goes

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Video: Rachael Sage & The Sequins “Nexus (Acoustic)”

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Lynn Blakey “Dreams are Lovers: A Retrospective”

July 1, 2026 0
Unfashionable but influential collaborative indie singer-songwriter enjoys a career-spanning retrospective following her untimely death earlier this year. Lynn Blakey was not a name that gained a great deal of traction commercially but she was an influential […]
Maisy Owen
Live Reviews

Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

July 1, 2026 0
It was a hot evening in London as the audience for Maisy Owen’s first London show gathered at the Theatreship moored at Docklands’ South Quay. The ship is a converted barge with outside and inside bars […]
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Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album

July 1, 2026 0
My Morning Jacket’s Jim James has announced the release of his new album, Wowed Out, which is due out on 28th August via ATO Records. The 3x GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and founding member […]

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  • Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026
  • Jim James takes off his Morning Jacket and gets all “Wowed Out” on his latest solo album
  • Styrofoam Winos “Somebody Wants To Send You A Message” – it comes and goes
  • Video: Rachael Sage & The Sequins “Nexus (Acoustic)”
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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

June 24, 2026 1
As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

June 18, 2026 0
Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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Video: Winnebago “Cheating on Your Heart”

March 26, 2018 5
Yet more excellent British Americana from a band new to this site, Winnebago hail from Manchester and this will appear on an upcoming single. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpKXGfsWh0E&app=desktop
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Americana UK writers choose their albums of 2019 – part one

December 18, 2019 0
A week today it’ll be Christmas and you’ll open up that gift box of three different Lynx deodorants as you surreptitiously check to see what condition it’s in, in case you can regift it to someone […]
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Video: Sounding Arrow “Zero Gravity” – leaving the earth forever

January 30, 2026 0
With the weight of the world feeling like an increasingly heavy burden, just imagine what it would be like to experience zero gravity and float away, drifting above all the noise below. That’s the premise behind […]

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