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Video: Billy Raffoul “It’s a Beautiful Life”

February 21, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
Billy Raffoul has been writing songs since the age of 10 and gigging since he was 16.  He’s a polished performer.  Raffoul says of this new release: “It’s A Beautiful Life is a song I wrote […]
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Grant Peeples “Bad Wife” (Independent, 2020)

February 20, 2020 Keith Hargreaves 0
A concept album of sorts as Peeples interprets songs written by women with a band of all men, by design, playing them. This is to mark the 100th Anniversary of women fighting for and gaining the […]
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Studio Life – Jeff Karoub

February 20, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
Singer-songwriter, Jeff Karoub, has spent a life immersed in roots music in various forms.  His father played for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Motown Records and Karoub has inherited those musical genes.  He recently released a […]
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Video: Levellers “Food Roof Family”

February 20, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
On the first single from their upcoming album, ‘Peace’, Levellers ask the question: “Doesn’t everybody need the same thing? Food, roof and family?”  Indeed, there should be more that unites us than divides us.  It’s tuneful, […]
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Dustbowl Revival “Is It You, Is It Me” (Medium Expectations/Thirty Tigers, 2020)

February 20, 2020 Steven Rafferty 0
The new album from Dustbowl Revival isn’t “more of the same” it’s both “more” and “the same”. ‘Is It You, Is It Me’ is full of the interesting arrangements, intelligent lyrics, and stellar vocal harmonies that […]

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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

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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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  • Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”
  • Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May
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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 1
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”

March 12, 2026 0
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”

March 11, 2026 2
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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The Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: John Lee

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This is a mighty difficult task. I was quite excited when my initial list came in at just under 100 songs. Then I thought of a few more. It feels like I should share some of […]
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Video Premiere: Ynana Rose “Let Go the Day”

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Beginning with immediately captivating hand-claps before settling into a gently rhythmic lullaby, Californian singer-songwriter Ynana Rose has delivered a wonderfully moody single, ‘Let Go the Day’.  The song swings and sways as Rose, with her wonderfully […]
Album Reviews

The Epstein “Burn The Branches” (Zawinal Records/PinDrop Records, 2020)

February 7, 2020 0
Oxfordshire natives The Epstein return for their third album, which transcends genre-limitations with surety and flair. To say they are an alt-folk band or an indie-rock band is probably accurate, but to put them in either […]

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