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M. Ward “Think Of Spring”

January 29, 2021 Harold Hogan 0
A heartfelt and intimate tribute to one of the true greats. Hot on the heels of his tenth studio album “Migration Stories”, released in April, prolific songwriter M. Ward returns with an album of re-worked Billie […]
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Support music now, or lose it forever

January 29, 2021 Tim Martin 1
It’s felt over the course of the last year, and particularly at the start of 2021 that music is under threat as never before. With tiers and lockdowns stretching on for an unknowable time most businesses […]
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UK Americana Award 2021 winners revealed in virtual ceremony

January 29, 2021 Paul Kerr 0
The Americana Music Association UK (AMA-UK) last night announced the winners of 2021’s UK Americana Awards in a virtual ceremony celebrating the best in the genre both in the UK and internationally.  Big winners Robert Vincent […]
Tracks

Cole Scheifele “All The While” – Listen

January 29, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0
‘All the While‘ is the new single from Cole Scheifele – it’s a song that flips between a  scratchy lo-fi folky feel and full on rock end of folk-rock, sweetened by strings.  It’s a song that […]
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Video Premiere: Dan Israel “Pandemic Blues”

January 29, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0
When Dan Israel sings: “The pandemic blues, what else is new?  // They say they’ll cure it, or we’ll have to choose, // A life lived in danger, or lived in a tomb, // How you […]

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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

March 27, 2026 5
We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

March 27, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week, an exciting day for us as we announce full details for our 25 year event which takes place in Liverpool later this year – you can find more […]
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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

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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 […]
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 […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2
While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Blue Rose Code + Roseanne Reid, The Fallen Angels Club, St. Lukes, Glasgow, 7th March 2019

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The always mercurial Ross Wilson brought his latest incarnation of Blue Rose Code to Glasgow for a sold out show which was both a pleasure and a delight to be present at. One thing you can […]
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Dover Lynn Fox “Winter Son” – Dark winter days lead to the discovery of hope

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Dark winter days lead Dover Lynn Fox to discover hope in her new single ‘Winter Son’. This is a driving americana track that has traces of fellow Canadian chanteuse Sarah Mclachlan with tight interwoven vocal harmonies.  […]
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Yosh and Yimmy “Three Rivers”

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 Debut album presents good friends’ musical ability and personal stories. ‘Three Rivers’ is the first full-length studio album from Yosh and Yimmy, the Texan duo of Josh Glenn and Jimmy Willden.  They have been performing and […]

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