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Video: Courtney Marie Andrews “Loose Future”

July 19, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0
Here is the latest single from the GRAMMY-nominated and highly acclaimed Courtney Marie Andrews.  ‘Loose Future’ is the title track from Andrews’ forthcoming album, which is due for release on 7th October 2022.  Sonically, Andrews is […]
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Something for the week: Midnight Oil “Rising Seas”

July 18, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0
There are probably lots of good americana songs about climate change (feel free to post any recommendations in the comments below) but few bands have the sense of urgency that Midnight Oil have with this track […]
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Interview: Josh Rouse on conceiving his new album in a Spanish bar

July 18, 2022 Paul Gibson 0
The revered songwriter adds to his exceptional legacy. Nebraskan native Josh Rouse is now an impressive thirteen albums into an enviable career that has seen him move seamlessly from sunny melodic folk, through dalliances with synth-driven […]
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Dawes “The Misadventures of Doomscroller”

July 18, 2022 FredArnold 0
Dawes expand their horizons and deliver a complex and brilliant album for our times. Dawes is a 4 piece band from southern California that erupted onto the country rock/Americana scene in 2009.  Named after the middle […]
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Live review: Hannah Aldridge + Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes, Glad Cafe Glasgow – 10th July 2022

July 18, 2022 Paul Kerr 1
Not so much a headliner plus support act, this combination of Alabama and Australia was more of a rock’n’roll revue show with the musicians variously appearing, leaving and then reappearing on stage throughout the night.  Sure […]

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Great Willow “Age Of Reason” – Bing bing, bong bong bong, bing bing

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It has been a while, quite a while, since we last featured Great Willow (although we have heard more recently from James Combs, one half of the duo), so it’s really nice to have some new […]
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Video Premiere: The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! (Gary Van Miert) “A Mad Tea Party”

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Disappear down the rabbit hole with the latest single from The Sensational Country Blues Wonders!, the musical project of New Jersey-based musician and performer Gary Van Miert. The video for The Mad Tea Party is a […]
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Something for the long weekend: Steve Earle “City of Immigrants”

May 22, 2026 1
Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t got your tickets yet for our 25 year anniversary event featuring Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and you know, others of our ilk, you can head […]

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

May 20, 2026 0
There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

May 19, 2026 2
Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

May 18, 2026 1
At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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Video: Mikhail Laxton “Leaving You With Less”

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