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Jaspar Lepak “Ever Gonna Fly” – Listen

March 2, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
Jaspar Lepak has kept busy through lockdowns, the folk/Americana singer has taken up banjo and embroidery classes on Zoom, she also is an avid reader.  That last is intimately tied up with her music as Jaspar […]
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Video Premiere: Swallows “The Boneyard”

March 2, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
Here is the video premiere of the atmospheric new single from Minneapolis, Minnesota-based band Swallows.  It’s taken from ‘In the Shadow of the Seven Stars’, an intriguing concept album due for release on 19th March 2021.  […]
Features

The Unsung Heroes of Americana – Takoma Records

March 1, 2021 Rick Bayles 2
We’re back with another article in our Unsung Heroes of Americana series and, this time out, Gordon Sharpe pitches in with an informative piece about an influential record label that punched well above its weight: Takoma […]
Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings All The Good Times 2021
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Gillian Welch “All the Good Times”

March 1, 2021 Gordon Sharpe 0
Not the most sparkling selection of songs but well made by an established pair. This collection contains songs by Bob Dylan, John Prine, Elizabeth Cotten and Norman Blake, as well as new arrangements of traditional songs. […]
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AUK’s Chain Gang: The Carter Family “Wildwood Flower”

March 1, 2021 Mark Nenadic 0
My esteemed colleague Alan Fitter set last weeks link in our long, long chain. With Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright he gave us not just sibling harmonies but parental – mother & daughter harmonies. Well, Dear […]

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The Top Ten Americana Songs of All Time: 9th= The Band “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” (1969)

March 31, 2026 1
The votes are in and counted, so we kick off our rundown to the Best Americana Song Of All Time with the first of two that were voted equal 9th. And truly equal, as they were […]
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Alison Brown & Steve Martin “New Cluck Old Hen” – features Della Mae

March 31, 2026 0
Here’s a great new tune from youthful banjo prodigy Steve Martin and the even more youthful banjo prodigy Alison Brown.  That’s two banjos – so you know that we’re deep into the real Americana – we […]
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Video: J Mau & The Kiss Off “Poison”

March 31, 2026 0
Check out Poison, the launch single from J Mau & The Kiss Off, the new musical project from long-time punk Justin “J Mau” Maurer. The founder of bands like Clorox Girls, Suspect Parts, L.A. Drugz, and […]

  • 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
  • Video: J Mau & The Kiss Off “Poison”
  • Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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Six Parts Seven / Good Morning Valentine “Kissing Distance”

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Widescreen Americana beauty. Six Parts Seven are a band from Ohio who have been known for their collaborative work, with artists such as Iron and Wine, Modest Mouse and the Black Keys. For the ‘Kissing Distance’ […]
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Video premiere: The Strange Blue Dreams “Electricity”

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The new single from Glasgow band The Strange Blue Dreams is taken from their forthcoming debut album and was recorded live in one take before being overdubbed with DIY percussion and otherwordly weird things. They told […]
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The Northern Belle “Kaleidoscope Dream” – I’d rather Fleetwood Mac…

October 7, 2021 0
The Northern Belle return with a new mini-album ‘The Women in Me‘ as a follow up last year’s ‘We Wither, We Bloom’.  It sees the Nordicana band set out on an epic voyage of collaboration, bringing […]

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