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Jen Starsinic “Bad Actor” (Dangerous You Records, 2020)

February 28, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

The new EP from Jen Starsinic is a significant move away from the Nashville-based singer’s folk-infused debut album, ‘The Flood and the Fire’. It has taken her several years to put together this new material and […]

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Beer and Bluegrass Festival returns to Poole

February 28, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

The Beer and Bluegrass Festival returns for its 6th successful year on 24/25th July 2020 to Branksome in Poole. This ‘down-home’ festival is set in the secluded grounds of Victoria School with the main stage set […]

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Neil Nathan “Promised Land” – Listen

February 28, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

Neil Nathan has spent the last three years in Studio1935 in South Philadelphia, collaborating with Producer Mike ‘Slo-Mo’ Brenner and Engineer/Co-producer Pete Rydberg, on a barrage of covers and originals, Singles, EP’s, and LP’s, set to […]

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Video: Chance Emerson “How Can I”

February 28, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

At just 19 years old, Chance Emerson has already managed more than a million plays on Spotify.  That’s some achievement.  For his latest single, his 11 year old brother has shot a charming video.  Emerson says […]

Classic Americana Albums

Classic Album Review: Cowboy Junkies “The Trinity Session” (RCA, 1988)

February 27, 2020 Diccon Johnston 0

This is arguably the slowest album ever recorded. It is surely ironic, therefore, that it was recorded in (almost) a single session on 27th November 1987 with no mixing, overdubs or edits. The recording was made […]

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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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Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

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When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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The new single from Dan Whitaker is about that familiar conflict between wanting freedom but also seeking the reassurance of love, attachment and commitment.  In this story of self-defeat, the main protagonist is the one who […]

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NOGA “The Alchemist” – Mystical Musings

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Today’s little slice of Mystical Americana perfection is brought to you by NOGA, who is – when not all capitalized – Noga Shefi.  She’s toured the world as bassist for the likes of  Cass McCombs and […]

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Master songwriter delivers his twelfth studio album that confidently stands alongside the best of his career to date. There are few songwriters of the twenty-first century whose cannon of work stands up to the quality that […]

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