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Sons of Bill return with tour, new single, new album

April 25, 2018 Mark Whitfield 1

It’s all going on for the Sons of Bill as they announce the release of their new album ‘Oh God Ma’am’ which comes out on 29th June via our dear friends over at Loose. The first single […]

Album Reviews

Great Peacock “Gran Pavo Real” (Ropeadope, 2018)

April 25, 2018 Alan O'Hare 0

Jason Isbell and Dave Cobb may well be redefining ‘The Nashville Sound’, but Great Peacock aren’t paying any attention. “I’m a rolling stone, I can’t sit still,” sings lead singer and guitarist Andrew Nelson, on the […]

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Hope In High Water house concert tour

April 25, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

UK Americana duo Hope In High Water are firm favourites here at Americana UK towers, which means that we’re delighted that they’ll be back on the road in October. for a series of house concerts.  As […]

Videos

Video: Clint Michigan “Shirt Off”

April 25, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

Taken from his album Centuries, this is a powerful song about insecurity and exposure by singer-songwriter Clint Michigan with an equally powerful video to accompany it.

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Deep Dark Woods arrive in UK next week for dates

April 24, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

If you go down to the Deep Dark Woods today, you’d better not close your eyes as the Canadian band drop anchor on our fair shores next week for a series of dates in support of […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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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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This week we have been pondering the Spanish Civil War which broke out in July 1936. It was and, for political historians, remains a fascinating conflict the complexities of which present a head-scratching challenge to the […]

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Video Premiere: Katie Cruel “Close to the Sun”

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We’re pleased to premiere the latest single from Canadian singer-songwriter Katie Cruel.  Recorded by GRAMMY-winning engineer and producer Mark Howard, ‘Close to the Sun’ is beautifully-layered.  There are instrumental textures that become apparent the more you listen […]

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Classic Clips: Catherine MacLellan “Sparrows” – Austin, Texas, March 18th 2010

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Given Classic Clips has recently featured very-big-to-biggish-name artists like The Rolling Stones, Crosby and Nash and Mumford & Sons, it might be a surprise that next up is a performance of what was at the time […]

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