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Book review: Iain Matthews “Thro’ My Eyes” (Route Publishing, 2018)

October 5, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

If there was an award for the role of Godfather of Americana in the UK, serious consideration would have to go to Iain Matthews as a deserving nominee. An early member of Fairport Convention, recruited for […]

Live Reviews

Mean Mary + Rebecca Hollweg, The Green Note, London, 27th September 2018

October 5, 2018 David Allen 0

The intimate Green Note remains the beating heart of London’s acoustic roots music scene, always promoting an eclectic mix of musical genres and able to attract the very best musicians from around the world, many returning […]

Album Reviews

Will Hoge “My American Dream” (EDLO/Thirty Tigers 2018)

October 5, 2018 Steven Howlett 0

‘My American Dream’ is the new collection of songs from Nashville singer, songwriter and musician Will Hoge: 29 minutes and eight songs over which he vents his spleen at the state of his home nation. Someone […]

Videos

Video: Mike Nesmith “Joanne”

October 5, 2018 Jeremy Searle 0

This week the retro slot is filled by a lovely song from Mike Nesmith from his 1970 album Magnetic South.  If you haven’t heard it you really should, as well as the others he recorded with […]

Previews

Emmylou exhibition to open at Country Music Hall of Fame

October 4, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

If you’ve never been to the CMH of Fame and Museum you’re missing a treat, it’s much less cheesy than you might imagine and great in terms of highlighting the genre’s connection to changes in society […]

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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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Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

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When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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Not just any old cover of the Richard Thompson song – this version is taken from the new hit film ‘Twisters’ – where it appears in a brief campfire scene in the film.  And not only […]

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Refined, thoughtful, fragile and beautiful indie folk album. The innocence mission came together in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1986. The group’s current members are Karen Peris, her husband Don Peris, and Mike Bitts, who have reconvened after […]

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Following on from last week’s selection of ‘Dallas’ by the wonderful Caitlin Rose, I’ve gone with that Texas location link and have chosen ‘The Town That Killed Kennedy’ by Otis Gibbs. The song is taken from […]

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