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Album Reviews

Various Artists “Songs for Suzy”

March 2, 2021 Peter Tomkins 0
Benefit album of rural blues and mountain folk for rustic folk artist Suzy Smith. An album raising funds for Georgia based folk artist Suzy Smith, who is currently fighting cancer and autoimmune disorder. Her art, using […]
The Twang Factor

‘The Twang Factor’ presents: The Winner’s Session with Anton O’Donnell

March 2, 2021 Clint West 0
Last year’s inaugural ‘Twang Factor’ introduced us to some wonderful artists and culminated in a readers’ vote that crowned Glasgow’s Anton O’Donnell as your winner. We promised you more from Anton and here it is, as […]
Tracks

iskwē “Night Dangers” – Listen

March 2, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
You’ll recall, we’re sure, that we featured iskwē back in December on a duet with Tom Wilson.  Yeah, that was a groovy tune well here’s some of iskwē’s solo music which is nothing short of gripping […]
Columns

Sounds from the Shed – Week 8

March 2, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 2
Announcement made, Johnson retreats and leaves the workers to pick up the pieces. As Monday nights go it was a cut above, as we discovered the way our Govt. had decided that school life actually in […]
Album Reviews

Trailhead “Into The Mountains”

March 2, 2021 Ben Roberts 0
Simple but effective “Eurocana” from Germany’s Trailhead, following his journey over the Alps. In a time where we’re all learning to appreciate the simple things in life, Trailhead comes out with something that allows us to […]

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Roswell Road “Rebel Joy”

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Hell in a Handcart – what is it with right wing populism?

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Bill Ryder Jones announces shows with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic to celebrate 15 years of “If…”

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artwork for Roswell Road album "Rebel Joy"
Album Reviews

Roswell Road “Rebel Joy”

March 31, 2026 0
Introspective harmony-drenched folk americana with a message and a heart. Why are some harmonies so pleasing to the human ear? Actually, to the human brain. A physicist might answer that it is due to simple mathematical […]
Columns

Hell in a Handcart – what is it with right wing populism?

March 31, 2026 0
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”  – George Orwell Another in our occasional series investigating the key questions, conundrums and queries in a maddeningly complex world. This time – what […]
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Bill Ryder Jones announces shows with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic to celebrate 15 years of “If…”

March 31, 2026 0
Bill Ryder-Jones has announced special London and Liverpool anniversary shows for November. It will be 15 years to the day, and four albums on since its release as Ryder-Jones rejoins with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, […]

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  • Hell in a Handcart – what is it with right wing populism?
  • Bill Ryder Jones announces shows with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic to celebrate 15 years of “If…”
  • The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 9th= The Band “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” (1969)
  • Alison Brown & Steve Martin “New Cluck Old Hen” – features Della Mae
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Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0
When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]
Interviews

Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 1
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

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The Foxgloves “Mama Was A Bandit” – lets go…rob a train

October 20, 2022 0
Foxglove – genus Digitalis – is a plant with a dual nature: it has been useful medicinally but it’s also highly toxic.  It’s also an incredibly attractive plant.  Beautiful, healing and deadly in large doses – […]
Tracks

Daniel Gadd “A Scene From Some Old Poem” – no, more like Ritter

August 10, 2023 0
Daniel Gadd comes with the oft repeated recommendation of ‘FFO: Bob Dylan.’  And ok, he mentions Rimbaud and Baudelaire, but the person he really reminds us of – if we really have to make a comparison, […]
Live Reviews

Mt. Joy, Bush Hall, London, 25th June 2019

July 3, 2019 0
It was a sweaty night outside and in as London enjoyed raised temperatures and the threat of rain. The ever elegant Bush hall was a good way towards full for Mt. Joy, making a stopover appearance […]

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