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Essentials: The top 10 Carl Perkins songs

September 16, 2021 Mark Nenadic 3
Carl Perkins didn’t have Elvis’s voice and looks. He didn’t have Johnny Cash’s dark pathos. He didn’t have Jerry Lee’s barely contained lunacy. As Sun Records legends go, he was plain-looking, balding and ordinary sounding. However, […]
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Rett Madison “Skeptic’s Angels” – losing my religion…

September 16, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Skeptic’s Angels‘ is taken from Rett Madison’s new album ‘Pin-up Daddy‘ and sounds at first like many another soft-rock/country touched ballad.  But then listen to the lyrics, and to Madison’s urgent vocal and it’s clear that […]
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The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Bakersfield, California

September 16, 2021 Rick Bayles 0
We’re back from our Summer Break with a new article in our Unsung Heroes of Americana series and we’re kicking off with a big one – a whole city, as we celebrate the importance of Bakersfield, […]
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Sam Barron “A Prayer For a Field Mouse”

September 16, 2021 Sean Hannam 0
Intimate, Wilco-esque country-folk-pop: warning – contains references to smoking crack. New York ‘anti-folk’ singer-songwriter Sam Barron’s father was a former folk musician turned forensic criminal investigator, and his mother worked with severely handicapped children. The stories […]
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Darrin Bradbury “Artvertisment”

September 16, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0
Witty and succinct third from optimistic miserabilist. This album has an energy and excitement that is infectious and beguiling as Brady takes us into his literate, witty and acerbic world with delightful sonic vignettes. Opening with […]

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Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
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The Fugitives “The Fugitives”

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Highly regarded Canadian folkies continue to impress with album number seven. Formed in 2005, Canadian folkies The Fugitives have, over the subsequent eleven years, garnered themselves quite a reputation for delivering memorable live shows full of […]
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Old Crow Medicine Show will release latest record Union Made in early June

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Old Crow Medicine Show will release their new record Union Made on 5th June 2026 with Hartland Records via Firebird Music. The album finds the two-time Grammy-winning string band reflecting upon the people, places, and stories […]

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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

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At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]
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Interview: Daniel Tashian on being a reluctant band leader and the joys of songwriting collaborations

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Daniel Tashian is a legend in Nashville. He’s a deeply respected songwriter, he’s a solo artist with six albums to his name, he’s been in two superb bands, and he’s the go-to guy when you want […]

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Felice Brothers to release 7 inch Christmas single – plus UK dates

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The Felice Brothers will release a limited edition 7-inch vinyl recording of “Country Ham” on 9th December  via Yep Roc Records. The holiday-themed single features a live version of  “Murder By Mistletoe” – recorded for Rolling […]
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Track Premiere: Michaela Anne “Somebody New”

August 6, 2019 0
Yep Roc have a reputation for good taste, which puts Michaela Anne who recently signed  with the label in some good company – like Mandolin Orange and Jim Lauderdale.    Her new album, from which this […]
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Hope In High Water “Bonfire & Pine” (Fish Records, 2019)

January 20, 2020 0
Americana music defies geographic boundaries but “Mountain Music from the flatlands of Milton Keynes” might give even the most travelled aficionado pause for thought. Listen to ‘Bonfire & Pine’ and Hope In High Water’s sparse, haunting […]

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