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Cole Quest and the City Slickers “Self [EN] Titled”

July 22, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

New York bluegrass that references bitcoin but is more traditional than you may think Cole Quest is in fact Cole Quest Rotante, a sometime software engineer from New York who has a love of bluegrass. He […]

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The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Elliott Roberts

July 22, 2021 Tim Martin 0

Rick Bayles, Editor of the Unsung Heroes series writes: “In this latest article in our “Unsung Heroes” series, Tim Martin takes a look at the career of Elliott Roberts. We’ve all heard the horror stories about […]

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Sturgill Simpson announces new concept album “The Ballad of Dood and Juanita”

July 22, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Sturgill Simpson has announced the release of a new concept album, ‘The Ballad of Dood and Juanita’, which lands digitally and on CD on August 20th, with a vinyl release on December 3rd just in time […]

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Unspoken Tradition “Irons In The Fire” – Industrial Bluegrass

July 22, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s about time for some bluegrass – and North Carolina’s Unspoken Tradition bring us that with a modern spin – in outlook at least, because they are a classic bluegrass band for sure.   The line-up for […]

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Video Premiere: Great Willow “Together Again”

July 22, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

As we begin to see restrictions on our freedoms easing and live shows start to fill our calendars again, Great Willow capture the joyful mood with their new single ‘Together Again’.  In May, Great Willow organised a […]

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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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