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Isbell and Simpson join cast of new Scorsese movie

April 8, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson have joined the cast of Martin Scorsese’s upcoming movie ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ according to the website Osage News. The movie, an Apple Original Film, is an adaptation of David […]

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Album Reviews

Israel Nash “Topaz”

April 8, 2021 Diccon Johnston 0

The modern, vital heart of country soul beats right here. ‘Topaz’ is the seventh album by Israel Nash and it firmly benchmarks a significant step in his musical evolution. It has lost none of the expansive […]

Tracks

Ricky Stein “The Great Empty” – Listen

April 8, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

We’re not out of the woods completely, but there are some promising signs coming with respect to the current pandemic.  Ricky Stein’s been thinking about the future – on what changes, if any, there will be […]

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Video Premiere: Cole Scheifele “Back Then”

April 8, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Following on from the folk-rock of previous single ‘All the While’, we are delighted to premiere Cole Scheifele’s latest video, ‘Back Then’.  This time around, Scheifele’s approach offers a hushed intimacy and the spare arrangement draws […]

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A Night To Remember: Chris Mills and Matt Hill (Quiet Loner), The Sanctuary, Brighton, 2001

April 7, 2021 Sean Hannam 1

Sean Hannam recalls the night which started his love affair with Americana. 2000 was a big year for me, but it wasn’t anything to do with ushering in the 21st century – it was the year […]

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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 […]

Behind the Songs

Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

February 10, 2026 0

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 […]

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The Deslondes “Hurry Home” (New West Records, 2017)

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Five divergent musicians who eventually found each other in New Orleans, The Deslondes follow up their impressive 2014 debut album with the equally fine Hurry Home. Less country inclined than its predecessor the album finds the […]

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The Counterfeit “Arizona Colt” – classics reimagined

November 10, 2023 0

The Australian musical collective The Counterfeit don’t describe themselves as a band – they are a musical posse, metaphorically riding out to capture the atmosphere and excitement of some of the tunes that would go onto […]

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Jolie Holland “Highway 72” – not looking for pity…

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LA-based artist Jolie Holland will release her new album ‘Haunted Mountain‘ on October 6th, and today’s new song,  a duet with friend and collaborator Buck Meek, is taken from it.  ‘Highway 72‘ is a road-weary tune […]

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