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RUNAH “Ground” – Listen

March 18, 2019 Jonathan Aird 0
If you like your folky singer-songwriters to spin the occasional eldritch tale, shot through with a relentless wyrd, then we’ve good news for you – you’ve come to the right place!  This song takes supernatural imagery […]
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Video Premiere: The Goat Roper Rodeo Band “Bright Lights And Deadbeats”

March 18, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0
From their new album Tall Grass, out on March 18th on Bull Pup Records and produced by Romeo Stoddart of The Magic Numbers, this is the rather good Goat Roper Rodeo band.  They’re on tour from […]
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NPR post Kaia Kater Tiny Desk Concert – Watch

March 15, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Leaving you this weekend dear readers with news that NPR have just posted the latest in their brilliant small but perfectly proportioned Tiny Desk Concerts, this time with Kaia Kater whose way with a banjo can […]
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China “And Then Nothing Happened” (Royal Oakie Records, 2018)

March 15, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0
The new album from Bay Area folk-rock outfit China is one of those delights that you live for as a reviewer. Their name is pretty much unknown (300 likes on their Facebook page, no website, you […]
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Mandolin Orange “Tides of a Teardrop” (Yep Roc, 2019)

March 15, 2019 Jim Finnie 0
Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz, better known of course as Mandolin Orange, have come a long way since their formation in 2009 and their latest album ‘Tides of a Teardrop’ continues in the same intimate vein […]

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We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, an exciting day for us as we announce full details for our 25 year event which takes place in Liverpool later this year – you can find more […]
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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Live review: Hannah Aldridge + Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes, Glad Cafe Glasgow – 10th July 2022

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Not so much a headliner plus support act, this combination of Alabama and Australia was more of a rock’n’roll revue show with the musicians variously appearing, leaving and then reappearing on stage throughout the night.  Sure […]
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Track Premiere: Mark Joseph “Vegas Motel”

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‘Vegas Motel‘ is the title track of Mark Joseph’s third album, and is his most personal as the songs draw directly on his own experiences.  It’s also his lockdown album, having come together through 2020, but […]
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Video Premiere: Golden Shoals “Jimmy Beam Ain’t My Friend”

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Check out the new single from folk-duo Golden Shoals.  Amy Alvey and Mark Kilianski combine fiddle, guitar and banjo to create new music that builds on the traditions and roots of the past.  With folk, country […]

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