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Michael McDermott, Aces and Eights, London, 5th May 2019

May 15, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

Following a successful sold out launch of his latest album, ‘Orphans’, at the Green Note the previous evening, Michael McDermott returned to north London and the dimly lit, intimate basement of Finsbury Park’s Aces and Eights […]

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Video: Paul McClure “Daddy Will You Hold My Hand”

May 15, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

We’re a little late to the party with this one but better late than never. This is the Rutland Troubadour himself with a live take of a track from his new album ‘Market Town’, out on […]

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Bard Edrington V “Espadin” (Independent, 2019)

May 14, 2019 Diccon Johnston 0

This is the first solo album by Bard Edrington V and it has the inescapable air of creative freedom. The written style encapsulates a strong sense of time and place and his storytelling approach is acutely […]

News

Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival returns next month

May 14, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

The Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival is being held this year at the historic Pijnackerplein in Rotterdam-Noord. With 14,000 visitors in 2018, the three-day music festival is the biggest bluegrass festival in Europe and features an international line-up […]

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Emmeline “Empire” – Listen

May 14, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0

It just cannot be a coincidence that this big piano-led song by Dallas’ Emmeline is more than a little reminiscent of The National’s ‘Fake Empire‘.  Maybe it’s because, like the Dessners, she has a classical background, […]

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UK Americana Awards 2020 nominations are now open, early bird tickets on sale

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Unbelievably it’s that time of year again – the relentless march of time continues (it never gives up) – and so voting for the next AMAUKs is now open. A key event each year in the […]

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