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Whatever Happened To… Jolie Holland

October 18, 2021 Tim Martin 1

In this edition of ‘Whatever Happened To….’, serial contributor, Tim Martin, takes a look at the career of a fine musician who quit The Be Good Tanyas just as their star started to ascend. In 2003 […]

Album Reviews

The Blue Highways “I Wanna Party”

October 18, 2021 Rich Orpin 0

The Blue Highways head further down E Street on latest EP. It’s no secret that The Blue Highways have an affinity for Springsteen. If the original content on their debut album, ‘Long Way to the Ground’, […]

Tracks

Gemma Laurence “Adrienne” – I think I like you… am I just a friend?

October 18, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Gemma Laurence has taken some time since her last recordings, her new single ‘Adrienne‘ is the first new music since 2019’s ‘Crooked Heart‘.   The Brooklyn based singer originally from Maine describes her delicate folk – tinged […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Harrison Scarecrow “Last Days of California”

October 18, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

With  pounding drums and a burst of fuzzy guitar, Harrison Scarecrow launch into their third single, the indie-noir of ‘Last Days of California’.  For all the power of the guitars and the sonic layers, it’s the […]

Tracks

Something for the weekend: Jeff Tweedy “UR-60 Unsent”

October 15, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s a wrap from us this week. If you are in or around Liverpool come and see UK Americana royalty Peter Bruntnell at the Outpost and make us feel like we are not so alone in […]

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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 […]

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 […]

Interviews

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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400 Unit’s Sadler Vaden to release new solo record

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Which sounds like Boston to us, but hey that’s not a bad thing. Singer-songwriter Sadler Vaden otherwise known as the lead guitarist of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit since 2013, has announced details of his […]

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AUK’s Chain Gang: Terry Allen “Amarillo Highway”

February 21, 2022 1

Having spent the last two weeks in Australia courtesy of The Triffids and Kasey Chambers, I’ve decided to steer the ship back into more familiar americana waters. Indeed nowhere could be more familiar to lovers of […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 171 – “The Sounds of Silence”

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Regular readers will know that I have often mentioned that since quitting full-time teaching, somehow, my life has become busier. This is, for the most part, a good thing. There’s no ossification or relentless routine as […]

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