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Head Over the Hill this August Bank Holiday

June 11, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

One novel way to spend the August Bank Holiday Monday is to head to the inaugural ‘Over the Hill’ festival at Cogges Manor farm. With a very strong focus on UK Americana and roots music, Over […]

Album Reviews

Buddy and Julie Miller “Breakdown on 20th Ave. South” (New West, 2019)

June 11, 2019 Steven Howlett 0

The husband and wife songwriting team reunite here for their first set of new songs in ten years. In truth the songs have been written by Julie in the period Buddy was busy working with a […]

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Erin Rae releases new EP ahead of forthcoming tour

June 11, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

Nashville based singer songwriter, Erin Rae, and AUK favourite has released a new EP, ‘Putting On Airs Demos’, to celebrate the one year anniversary of her breakthrough record ‘Putting On Airs’. Along with the title track, the EP features […]

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Derek Senn “How Could A Man” (Independent, 2019)

June 11, 2019 Harold Hogan 0

California local Derek Senn took a weird and winding way into music, having a few early brushes with the guitar but not really picking it up seriously until his thirties. Armed with a sudden desire to […]

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Heartworn Highways live tribute planned for August

June 11, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

An evening that’s sure to be of huge interest to London-based lovers of music documentaries and Americana music is a live recreation of the cult film, Heartworn Highways. Set in the unique and intimate surrounds of Wilton’s, […]

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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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David Crosby has announced the release of new album ‘For Free’, due out July 23rd 2021 via BMG, and arriving just a month before his 80th birthday. It finds the folk-rock legend “continuing to tap into […]

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Video: Little Georgia “Texas”

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‘Texas’ begins with atmospheric guitar and beautifully shot desert scenes.  The duo wander, lost, as the song builds and their powerful vocals soar into the desert skies.  Coming in at almost seven minutes, the song has […]

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