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Dana Maragos “October” (Independent, 2020)

March 2, 2020 Alan Fitter 0

Following on from her 2017 three-track EP, Dana Maragos has just released ‘October’, her first full-length album although with only eight tracks and a running time of just under twenty-seven minutes, it’s more like an extended […]

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Handsome Family announce two reissues, UK dates

March 2, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

The Handsome Family are one of those bands who have been around for so long that you can’t imagine modern americana as a genre without them, Brett and Rennie Sparks being the masters of songs that […]

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Me&You “S.O.L.” – Listen

March 2, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

S.O.L ?  Yeah – well it’s to protect your delicate sensitivities, oh fans of Americana but we are fearless – hear us roar – and we are here to tell you that if you listen to […]

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Video: Cayley Thomas “Blue Jean Baby”

March 2, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

‘Blue Jean Baby’ is the second single from Cayley Thomas’s forthcoming album, ‘How Else Can I Tell You?’, coming on 1st May.  The Toronto-based singer-songwriter says: “‘Blue Jean Baby’ explores the pattern of feeling responsible for […]

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Watch Yola perform “I Don’t Wanna Lie” on the Late Show

February 28, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

We leave you this week dear reader with a clip of Yola (who is EVERYWHERE these days), who performed her single ‘I Don’t Wanna Lie’ on The Late Late Show With James Corden earlier in the […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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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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