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Kornastone “Spin Me The World” EP (Independent, 2020)

May 12, 2020 David Jarman 0
‘Spin Me The World‘ is the latest release from the Wolverhampton -based five-piece band Kornastone, following their debut album ‘Oh My Days’ released in  2018 and ‘Beautiful Day’ EP released last year.  The band is headed […]
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AmericanA-Z – Buffy Sainte-Marie

May 12, 2020 Jim Finnie 2
Beverly Sainte-Marie was born in February 1941 on the Cree nation’s Piapot 75 Reserve in Saskatchewan, Canada.  As a youngster, she fell victim to the hideously shameful Sixties Scoop – a catch-all name for a series […]
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Video: Sam Burton “Nothing Touches Me”

May 12, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0
‘Nothing Touches Me’ is the warm, summery new single from Sam Burton.  Featuring Kacey Johansing on backing vocals, this dreamy, melodic song is from Burton’s forthcoming LP, produced by Jarvis Taveniere, which will be his first […]
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Jake Blount “Spider Tales” (Free Dirt Records, 2020)

May 12, 2020 Paul Kerr 0
Taking his cue from the likes of The Carolina Chocolate Drops and subsequent forays by Dom Flemons,  Rhiannon Giddens and Songs Of Our Native Daughters, banjo and fiddle player Jake Blount  peers into the past when […]
Album Reviews

Norma MacDonald “Old Future” (Noyes Records, 2020)

May 12, 2020 Joe Edwards 0
Drawing from late hours as an emergency room nurse, Norma MacDonald discharges her fifth release, ‘Old Future’, seeing to what MacDonald lightly describes as “death by nostalgia”. It is true, that the album nods towards a […]

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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 0
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Brian Fallon & The Painkillers “Not Bad for New Jersey”

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Heartfelt heartland rock delivered by Gaslight Anthem frontman. Brian Fallon has been making music with The Gaslight Anthem for two decades. Outside of the band, over the past 10 years, he’s released a number of solo […]
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His Lordship announce new album, single, and all-star shows

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Following last year’s Bored Animal, Psychonaut Sounds/PIAS will release His Lordship’s tribute to Rock ‘n’ Roll pioneer Chuck Berry, Promised Land, on 13th November 2026, to celebrate what would’ve been his 100th birthday. His Lordship will […]

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Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 0
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
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Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 102

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A dawning realisation. Three weeks of school left and a school trip to Paris involving 81 kids and a 01.00 start time for the coach!  That horror aside, the slow inevitable march to my final lessons […]
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Video Premiere: Birds of Play “Breathe”

August 14, 2023 0
Birds of Play is an Americana Roots quartet based in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado. Their distinct sound is rooted and inspired by their connection to the land in which they reside. The band […]
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H. C. McEntire, The Islington London, May 2nd 2018

May 14, 2018 0
First time for this reviewer at The Islington in Tolpuddle Street, a traditional room behind a pub with space for around 120, the stage taking up around a third of the floor space. A fine compact […]

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