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Ashley Shadow and Bonnie Prince Billy “Don’t Slow Me Down” – Sadness, I know thee

July 29, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

There’s the tentative feel of something slipping away – an opportunity lost, or the wrong path taken – on Ashley Shadow’s ‘Don’t Slow Me Down’ which simply drips with pedal steel set to weeping.  A sad […]

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Video Premiere: Electric Blue Yonder “Lonely Child”

July 29, 2021 Andrew Frolish 1

Electric Blue Yonder is the musical project of married couple Beth Hataway and Johnny Veres, whose atmospheric folk sound will capture your attention and draw you in emotionally.  Both from Montgomery, Alabama, the pair met in […]

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The Twang Factor 2 presents: Chris Fox

July 28, 2021 Clint West 0

Welcome to Week 2 of The Twang Factor 2. Our guest this week is Chris Fox who hails from the beautiful city of Cambridge. Chris Fox describes himself as “an independent musician and loop station chemist”. He […]

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Benjamin Miller “White Light/White Heat” – Let’s Glam Americana

July 28, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Benjamin Miller has more pies than he has fingers to put in them.  This latest release see’s Miller working with members of his country band The Federales as well as talents such as Ben Cook-Feltz (Ben […]

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Book review: Clinton Heylin “The Double Life of Bob Dylan”

July 28, 2021 Jason McDonald 2

“With this being the year of Bob Dylan’s 80th birthday we have seen a number of very good books about Bob Dylan pass through the office, but this is something different again. Jason McDonald takes a […]

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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

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 […]

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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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Pick of the Political Pops: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy “In Good Faith”

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This week we were reminded of a thing that happened. You know the thing… erm… god, what was it called? Y’know. There was lots of arguing and some flag waving and shouting. That thing. My god […]

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Video: Sam Barron “Karaoke Queen”

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New York City’s Sam Barron has just released ‘Karaoke Queen‘, a track from his forthcoming album, ‘A Prayer for a Field Mouse‘. Barron has reunited with producer Charles Newman (The Magnetic Fields, The Bones of J.R. Jones, Soko), with […]

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Matthews Southern Comfort “The Woodstock Album”

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A nostalgic blast from Iain Matthews who sings 15 songs of peace, love and understanding which were performed at Woodstock. It’s fitting that Iain Matthews’ latest version of Matthews Southern Comfort revisits the legendary Woodstock Festival […]

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