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Jeff Karoub “Between The Commas” – life is fleeting

April 3, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
‘Between the Commas‘ is the title track of Jeff Karoub’s new album – his fifth album and his first full-length release since ‘Pieces Break‘ came out in 2019.   It’s an album – and a song – […]
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Video Premiere: The Scarlet Goodbye “The Ballad of Julie Ann”

April 3, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
Check out the latest single from The Scarlet Goodbye.  ‘The Ballad of Julie Ann’ is full of unresolved tension and ominous notes.  Beginning with guitar, the song then builds with layers of piano, warm strings, insistent […]
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Something for the weekend: The Milk Carton Kids “Starshine”

March 31, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
That’s it for us for another week dear reader and we leave you with another song to be released from the forthcoming album from California’s Milk Carton Kids, ‘I Only See The Moon‘, which will be […]
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Peggy Seeger “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” – Subject singing

March 31, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
What an incredible thing – to be the inspiration for ‘The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face‘ – and to hear it sung by it’s author Ewan McColl just the once – and that down […]
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Waco Brothers “The Men That God Forgot”

March 31, 2023 Michael Macy 0
Country-Punk veterans hit the right note for today’s world. Billed as country-punk, the Waco Brothers new album is rooted in punk but its country influences are harder to hear. That said, ‘The Men God Forgot’  does […]

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The Top Ten Americana Song of All Time: 2nd – John Prine “Angel From Montgomery” (1971)

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Almost there! There was never much doubt that John Prine would be represented in this list, and, although a number of his songs appeared in the original writers’ lists, the iconic and most covered song of […]
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Cut Worms “Transmitter”

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This guitar-based pop, produced by Jeff Tweedy, is a departure from previous work. Cut Worms is singer-songwriter Max Clarke, originally from Ohio, but now living in New York. This is his fourth full-length album after Cut […]
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Madi Diaz has always known she wanted to be a musician. Growing up in a Quaker household in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, her parents rejected a mainstream education for her and her brother, instead home schooling them, […]

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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

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How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

April 2, 2026 0
How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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Live Review: UK Americana Music Week – AMAUK UK Showcases, Hackney Venues, 22nd January 2025

February 14, 2025 0
And here we were, back again, for another night of mad dashing about to hear the maximum amount of music possible from the various Showcases across the five venues in Hackney Central that provide a home […]
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Matt McManamon “Out Of The Cold” – things are looking up

July 19, 2022 0
In a previous musical life Matt McManamon was frontman of Dead 60s – with which band he scored 5 UK top 40 hits, toured with Morrisey, Kasabian and The Coral.  Dead 60s were seen on Top […]
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Preview: Dawn Landes to release “The Liberated Woman’s Songbook” later this month

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Singer-songwriter Dawn Landes will release a new album, ‘The Liberated Woman’s Songbook’, on 29th March 2024 during Women’s History Month. The record revisits songs featured in ‘The Liberated Woman’s Songbook’, originally published in 1971. Landes, along […]

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