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Video: Ajay Srivastav “Further Up the Road”

February 20, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
Enjoy the warm-sounding and warm-hearted new single from Ajay Srivastav.  The song’s positive message is reinforced by a well-shot video that features Srivastav burdened by a heavy load: boxes labelled with the baggage we often carry, […]
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Something for the weekend: Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell “Hawk for the Dove” – Live on Fallon

February 17, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1
That’s it from us for this week and we leave you dear reader with a new clip of Amanda Shires who performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon earlier in the week – she played […]
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Rob Clamp wins The Twang Factor 3

February 17, 2023 Clint West 1
As outlined in yesterday’s runners-up announcement, The Twang Factor 3 was a very close affair but in the end Southampton-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rob Clamp won it by a nose from runners-up Sunsinger and the […]
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dePresno “Loser In The Night” – Failure in romance

February 17, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Norwegian singer dePresno is feeling the pain of falling out of love – or actually even worse than that, maybe he’s still in love but his hand in the game isn’t too strong “feels like we […]
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Video Premiere: VanWyck “The Epic Tale of the Stranded Man – Expanded Edition”

February 17, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
One of 2022’s highlights was ‘The Epic Tale of the Stranded Man’, a 12-song collection from AUK-favourite VanWyck.  Christine Oele, who performs as VanWyck, demonstrated her fine songcraft in this narrative album that told the tale […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week. It’s PAYDAY for many people and if you’re dreamimg of a future when you can actually go out the of house without a wall of unbearable heat hitting […]
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Tift Merritt “Sugar”

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Merritt returns with a beautifully sung meditation on love, work and the sweetness hidden in ordinary lives. After almost a decade away from releasing new albums, Tift Merritt returns with a collection of songs that feels […]
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Classic Clips: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Call Me The Breeze” – Old Grey Whistle Test, London, 1975

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Somewhere I have a cassette tape of this session, recorded from the TV using the tiny built-in audio mic on my radio cassette player; very low tech. The recording was further embellished with random sneezes from […]

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Interview: Matt Patershuk writes songs for the small moments we all share

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As an animal lover and caretaker of horses, dogs and cats, the latest album from Canadian singer-songwriter Matt Patershuk certainly caught my attention. Dog Tiger Horses on Red Hen Records (2025) is green as grass, country-folk […]
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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

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In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]

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The Hellfire Club, The Troubadour London, 20th July 2017

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Full credit to sound guy Stacey, the venue owners and the staff for their enthusiastic running of this basement bar of a music venue in London’s West Brompton, the easy option to have the premises solely […]
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Video: Calexico “El Mirador”

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Coming on the heels of their triumphant collaboration with Dean Owens, Calexico returns with the video for their new single ‘El Mirador’.   The song is the title track from their new album that will be released […]
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First names announced for the 14th Gate to Southwell Festival

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Nottinghamshire’s international roots music festival Gate to Southwell has announced the first names for its 2020 line-up, which includes English folk supergroup Show of Hands, Spain’s Anxo Lorenzo Band,  Folk Award 2019 stars The Breath, Glasgow-based […]

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