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Month: July 2021

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Video: Joe Hodgson “Till The Last Breath”

July 7, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Taking the sporadic Wednesday afternoon instrumental slot – which we’re definitely not calling ChilledAmericana even in jest – is Northern Irish guitarist Joe Hodgson and his slide heavy composition ‘Till the Last Breath.‘  It was inspired […]

Columns

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 26

July 7, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

The hissing of summer lawns… So half a year of sounds from the shed and beyond and it’s time for the summer hols for this particularly knackered teacher. It looks like the eggs have all been […]

Album Reviews

Chris Eckman “Where the Spirit Rests”

July 7, 2021 Paul Kerr 0

A dark and deeply immersive dive into the human condition from one of America’s finest songwriters. Erstwhile member of one of Seattle’s finest exports, The Walkabouts, Chris Eckman has been resident in Ljubljana for many years […]

News

Bellowhead Assemble! Legendary folkies claim album top spot

July 7, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Folk juggernaut Bellowhead who called it a day four years ago to a general gnashing of teeth and pitiful wailing have found new success this month as they top the Official Charts Company’s Folk Chart. The […]

Tracks

The Ghibertins “In Your Arms” – ascolta!

July 7, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Americana influences certainly spread far, the most obvious touchstones for The Ghibertins are bands like Fleet Foxes.  Unlike Pecknold’s merry men though, The Ghibertins are a Milan based quintet and ‘In Your Arms’ is taken from […]

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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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

February 9, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

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

February 3, 2026 0

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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Track Premiere: Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill “A Thousand Times”

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Today’s Track Premiere comes from a pair of musicians who have played in what can only be described as legendary bands.  Vicki Peterson was a founder member of The Bangles, and later on in the Psycho […]

Previews

Preview: Clare Sands UK tour starts tonight

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‘Ghost on the Waves’ is the new macronic single from Cork-born, Belfast-based sixth-generation fiddler and contemporary folk singer, Clare Sands, which you can watch the new video for below. Clare, who recently performed at ‘El Cervantino,’ […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: South By Southwest Festival 2024, Austin, Texas

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In my twenty years attending South by Southwest, Chuck Prophet and The Mission Express have been there for half of them.  Even when they are not going to be in town during the week of the […]

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