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Month: September 2023

Live Reviews

Live Review: The Unthanks Alldayer, The Barbican, London – 10th September 2023

September 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
It’s been a busy weekend for The Unthanks as they celebrate the reissue of three of their early albums, ‘The Bairns’, ‘Here’s The Tender Coming‘ and ‘Last.‘  It’s quite the undertaking – to play all three […]
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Charlie Kaplan “Country Life in America”

September 21, 2023 Jonathan Smith 0
Jangle with an angle from New York City. One definition of an argument that never ends would be, what constitutes ‘good’ music? Maybe a 10-year-old might be enthralled by whatever teen icon was currently making waves, […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Tommy Prine + Old Man Boom, The Portland Arms, Cambridge – 3rd September 2023

September 21, 2023 Andrew Frolish 1
Released in June, ‘This Far South’, Tommy Prine’s debut, has been one of my albums of the summer.  It’s been a constant soundtrack to my lazy days and long evenings.  Co-produced by Gena Johnson and Ruston […]
Tracks

Track Premiere: The Morning Yells “Natural Feel”

September 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
The Morning Yells is an American band based in the Beach Cities of Los Angeles.  The band are led by siblings Phil and Laura Stancil, and The Morning Yells have released two LPs, two EPs, as […]
Videos

Video: King Creosote “Blue Marbled Elm Trees”

September 21, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
‘Blue Marbled Elm Trees’ by King Creosote is utterly hypnotic.  Layers of swirling sounds rise up to the cosmos in an epic sweep of song; moving, stirring, adventurous, leaving us spellbound.  Beginning dreamily, the song grows […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]
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Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0
The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]
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Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

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Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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Classic Clips: John Hiatt and Jerry Douglas “All the Lilacs from Ohio” from the Ryman Unplugged Series, 2022

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It is never difficult to find Classic Clips of favourite artists, but at short notice this proved a little trickier than usual. Nevertheless, here we go with a fabulous acoustic duet version of probably the highlight […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Drive By Truckers “Never Gonna Change”

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Something of a milestone this week folks – this is the one hundredth Pick of the Political Pops in the series (at least from this correspondent’s pen – The Editor, thanks to his largesse, has stepped […]
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Beth Bombara “Curious And Free” – no words version….

August 16, 2023 0
Wednesday afternoon, so it is instrumental composition time.  You’ll recall that Beth Bombara has a new album coming called ‘It All Goes Up’ which we’re pretty excited about.  Well, today we have an opportunity that doesn’t […]

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