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Live review: David Gray, Union Chapel, Islington, London – 27th February 2023

March 14, 2023 Peter Feldon 0
Who wouldn’t want the chance to see a noughties blockbuster artist perform an album inspired by three medieval monks living on a remote island west of Kerry? To be honest I haven’t paid David Gray much […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 88

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Art not just for art’s sake but for all of our sakes. Working in education means I regularly brush up against things that are not mainstream once school days are done. By this I mean regularly […]
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Lilybandits “Shifty’s Tavern”

March 14, 2023 GrahamBollands 0
Twenty-fifth anniversary vinyl reissue of critically acclaimed but not widely known debut from a great Columbus band. Lilybandits were a hugely talented five-piece Americana band from Columbus, Ohio who formed in 1993 and broke up in […]
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Stephen Stills “Love The One You’re With” – Live!

March 14, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
Stephen Stills was unarguably at the very pinnacle of his powers in 1971, songs pouring out, his voice powerful, his guitar playing as good as any of his peers – and better than a lot of […]
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Video Premiere: Arborist “Alabaster Skin”

March 14, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
Belfast’s Mark McCambridge, also-known-as Arborist, once again demonstrates his fine songcraft on the third single from ‘An Endless Sequence of Dead Zeros’, which is due for release on 21st April 2023.  Matthew E. White produced Arborist’s new […]

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

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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”

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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

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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”

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

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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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