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Video: Leon Creek “Hope Never Leaves My Side”

October 21, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Not satisfied with releasing one of the best Americana albums of 2021 in ‘American Silence’, singer-songwriter Chris Pierce has formed an outstanding new band with fellow Los Angeles-based musicians Erik Janson and Matthew Stevens.  The resulting […]

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Classic Americana Albums: Lucinda Williams “Essence”

October 20, 2021 David Jarman 1

‘Essence’ was Lucinda Williams’ 2001 follow-up to ‘Car Wheels on a Gravel Road’, and if ever there was a hard act to follow, this was it! Its gentler tone made for an immediate contrast, but its […]

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Rosenblume “Rosenblume”

October 20, 2021 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Affable, if slightly uneven, soulful Americana. Six years on from his first EP, one thing is re-confirmed from the get-go on Liverpool-born Rosenblume’s long-awaited debut LP: he has one hell of a voice. On the downside, […]

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Breaking Grass “100 Degrees In The Shade” – it’s too darn hot….

October 20, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Breaking Grass have a hard-boiled tale for you here – it’s not just a prison break, no no no: it’s a Bluegrass prison break.  And who can blame them for wanting to quit the chain gang, […]

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Bloodshot Records – is this the end?

October 20, 2021 Mark Whitfield 5

Bloodshot have been one of those labels synonymous with americana over the years, its roster including Ryan Adams, Neko Case, The Sadies, Alejandro Escovedo, Robbie Fulks, Justin Townes Earle, Kelly Hogan and Jon Langford among others […]

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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 […]

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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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Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

February 3, 2026 0

When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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Dean Summerwind “Parked By The Lake” – Listen

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We’re hoping we’re not too late to the punchline on this one, but this song by Dean Summerwind (not his real name) is getting some interest because it takes a song by Dustin Christensen (that is […]

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Track Premiere: The Jaws Of Brooklyn “Sugar Sugar” – Strutting garage-rock sounds

May 13, 2022 0

Let’s close out a week which has shifted from world-weary folk through some mid-week high-jiggery to touches of psychedelia with a piece of polished garage, if that’s not too much of an oxymoron for y’all.  ‘Sugar […]

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Something for the weekend: Them Coulee Boys “I Am Not Sad”

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Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, a week in which it’s been good to see on a couple of occasions that justice is occasionally served. We leave you with the closing track […]

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