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Live Review: Tom Russell, The 100 Club London – 29th June 2023

July 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 6
And so once more to the 100 Club, the habitual stopover of Tom Russell in London for an evening of..well, who really knows what? Unlike many musicians, Tom Russell didn’t spend the pandemic recording new albums, […]
Album Reviews

Dale Watson “Starvation Box”

July 11, 2023 Peter Churchill 0
Dale Watson pays fitting tribute to folk blues pioneers. Dale Watson is unambiguous when it comes to citing the influence for new album ‘Starvation Box.’ Watson lives in Marshall, Texas, very much an area significant in […]
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Darlingside “All The Lights In The City” – all the little lights are coming on…

July 11, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
We are not going to waste your time – we love Darlingside, you, dear reader, love Darlingside, so let’s listen to the beatific new song from the quartet.  It’s taken from the band’s new album ‘Everything […]
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Video Premiere: Red Eye Ruby “Howl”

July 11, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
Check out the new single from indie roots-rock band Red Eye Ruby.  ‘Howl’ is compellingly tuneful, with a melody that flows and tumbles on bubbling musical currents.  The Minneapolis-based group is led by singer and songwriter […]
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Video: Ian David Green “White Sand/Black Star”

July 10, 2023 Ed Donnelly 0
Ian David Green time travels back to the plains of Alamogordo in the video for ‘White Sand/Black Star’.  Vintage footage from nuclear tests in New Mexico creates a nostalgic vibe as the tale of the birth […]

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Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

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Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0
When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]
artwork for Big Harp album "Runs to Blue"
Album Reviews

Big Harp “Runs to Blue”

March 30, 2026 0
Los Angeles-based Big Harp duo relaunch with plainspoken album after ten-year hiatus. Farmland and ranches make up close on 90% of Nebraska’s land area. Not the likeliest place to find a thriving indie music hub, perhaps; […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Jefferson Airplane “Comin’ Back to Me”

March 30, 2026 0
If I were to casually name-drop Jefferson Airplane’s Surrealistic Pillow (1967), you might find yourself thinking about Grace Slick’s voice bellowing through Somebody to Love, or the rolling-drum acid-trip stylings of White Rabbit. God knows those […]

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  • Big Harp “Runs to Blue”
  • For the Sake of the Song: Jefferson Airplane “Comin’ Back to Me”
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  • Fruit Bats head for “The Landfill” with the new album out in June
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Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

March 30, 2026 0
When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]
Interviews

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 […]
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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 […]

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Jess Klein “Back To My Green” (Blue Rose Records, 2019)

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Just as the generations have always offered up explosions of outstanding peer collectives down the ages,  so it seems that lately there has been an outbreak of gifted female americana singer-songwriters. Not that Jess Klein is […]
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Gregory Alan Isakov “Dark, Dark, Dark” – Listen

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This is the last Tracks feature of the year, so we wanted to go out with something which captured the mood of the year and this last month or so in particular.  So, Gregory Alan Isakov has […]
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Eileen Rose “Muscle Shoals” (Holy Wreckords, 2020)

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Last year was a busy one for Eileen Rose. As well as writing two novels she recorded two albums; well, one double one really. Recording at the famous Muscle Shoals Sounds studio in Alabama spurred Rose […]

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