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Margo Cilker “Keep it on a Burner” – floating on a stream of consciousness

July 4, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Margo Cilker is set to return with her highly anticipated sophomore LP ‘Valley Of Heart’s Delight’ on September 15th via Fluff & Gravy Records  or our dear friends at Loose here in the UK, and she’s […]

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Video Premiere: Shannon Leigh Reynolds “Hold On”

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Check out the inspiring, uplifting ‘Hold On’ from Shannon Leigh Reynolds.  The song features a fabulous band, whose instruments combine to create a striking roots sound over which Reynolds’ classic country vocal soars.  Particularly impressive is […]

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Joshua Ray Walker announces new album, UK dates

July 3, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0

Joshua Ray Walker has been called “country’s most fascinating young songwriter” by Rolling Stone and “one of country’s most exciting storytellers” by Spin. Oh and “crikey this guy can sing” by us, crikey not being a […]

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AUK’s Chain Gang: Marty Stuart “This Ones Gonna Hurt You (For A Long Long Time)” featuring Travis Tritt

July 3, 2023 Graeme Tait 0

Following on from last week’s contribution from my colleague Kimberly Bright and her wonderful choice of Johnny Cash’s version of ‘We’ll Meet Again’, I have chosen to return to the Cash album from which the track appeared […]

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Ruen Brothers “Ten Paces”

July 3, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0

The sound of young Scunthorpe: Brandon Flowers scoring John Ford movies. Ruen Brothers are siblings Rupert and Henry Stanshall (see what they did there?) who have just released their third LP ‘Ten Paces’. There are so […]

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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

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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

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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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Every festival, everywhere, delivers a special moment or two, things that it will be remembered for in years to come.  This year’s Cambridge Folk Festival was no different, with two hugely significant moments. The first was […]

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