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Album Reviews

Nanci Griffith “Working In Corners”

September 12, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0
‘Working In Corners’ is a fascinating collection bearing witness to Griffith’s development from being a local Texas artist to becoming an internationally renowned singer and songwriter. Nanci Griffith would have turned 70 in July 2023 had […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Tyler Lance Walker Gill

September 12, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0
Tyler Lance Walker Gill is a self-proclaimed ‘song singer, drink slinger’ of indeterminate age. He was born in Bullitt County Kentucky and currently works out of Louisville, which is all of 22.7 miles away from his […]
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Album Reviews

The Dry County Crooks “Life, Love And Death”

September 12, 2023 GrahamBollands 0
The return of Oregon Americana-rock band The Dry County Crooks, reformed, reflective and re-energised. The Dry County Crooks are an exciting and energetic band from Portland, Oregon and ‘Life, Love And Death’ is their new EP, […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: The Walkmen + Almost Nothing. Koko Camden, 30th August 2023

September 12, 2023 Martin Fisher 0
When reading my fresh weekly copy of the NME some near twenty years ago, I have still a clear recollection of a full-page advert proclaiming the then all but unknown act The Walkmen as something along […]
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Album Reviews

Robert LaRoche “Forevermore”

September 12, 2023 Viv Fish 0
An album of conviction and sensitivity – well worth a listen. ‘Forevermore‘, Robert LaRoche’s new 10-song album, is largely autobiographical, with the themes of love, loss, redemption, and hope forming the essence. There is a comfortable […]

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

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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 […]
Album Reviews

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 […]

  • Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits
  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
  • Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers
  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
  • Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes + Riley Catherall, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th July 2026
  • Clayton Denwood “Looking for a Road”
  • Ferris & Sylvester “The Game” – going back to the beginning
  • Video: Inland Isle “White Collar Breakdown” – a dark fantasy about AI
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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 […]
Interviews

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 […]
Interviews

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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Book Reviews

Paperback Riders: Emily St. John Mandel – “Station Eleven”

August 1, 2023 0
Rereading Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road’ for last month’s edition of Paperback Riders, I was reminded of another, and in my view far better, “post-apocalyptic” novel. ‘Station Eleven‘ is about a worldwide pandemic, The Georgia Flu, that […]
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Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit announce UK and Europe dates for 2026

December 1, 2025 0
After gathering plaudits and Grammy nominations for his solo album “Foxes In The Snow”, Jason Isbell is returning to the UK and the EU with his band, the 400 Unit, for a series of shows in […]
Videos

Video: Drew Cooper (ft. Cody Canada & Dierks Canada) “Please Come Home for Christmas”

December 22, 2021 0
It had to be a Christmas song for our final new video post of the year.  Drew Cooper lends his marvellously characterful voice to Christmas classic ‘Please Come Home for Christmas’.  Originally recorded by singer and […]

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