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Video Premiere: Jax Hollow “Wolf in Sheepskin”

February 8, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0
Nashville singer and guitarist Jax Hollow’s latest single is a striking piece of songwriting.  Her bright and twanging electric guitar throughout ‘Wolf in Sheepskin’ is outstanding and right at the heart of this song.  Constant touring […]
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Here are all the GRAMMY roots winners from Sunday

February 7, 2023 Mark Whitfield 0
It was the 65th GRAMMY awards on Sunday (the CAPS in GRAMMY is always so jarring, it feels like they’re shouting) although we got distracted by the final episode of Happy Valley so forgive us for […]
Interviews

Interview: Ron Sexsmith on nearing 60 and leaving Toronto

February 7, 2023 Martin Johnson 2
Take a pinch of Ray Davies, a slice of R&B, and the essence of Leonard Cohen and Gordon Lightfoot. Ron Sexsmith is a singer and a songwriter who excels at both functions. He didn’t release his […]
Album Reviews

Jarrod Dickenson “Big Talk”

February 7, 2023 Paul Kerr 0
Jarrod Dickenson returns with a flourish and a bang on this defiant album. Keenly anticipated by many who have been kept in limbo awaiting the follow-up to Jarrod Dickenson’s 2017 ‘Ready The Horses’ album, ‘Big Talk’ […]
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Tina Ross “Summers Like These” – let’s stay like this forever

February 7, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
The latest single from Tina Ross is a classy cut of singer-songwriter perfection.  Word rich, and emotionally sung, Tina Ross sings romantically of love, and of a time “when love was soft.”  It’s a reflection on […]

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Classic Clips: Ryan Adams, The Infamous Stringdusters & Nicki Bluhm “Oh My Sweet Carolina” – Steven Colbert Show, 2017

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Paperback Riders: Dana Spiotta “Stone Arabia”

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Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

March 27, 2026 0
Tragedy turned into thoughtful, considered, often uplifting songwriting. At the end of 2024, Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish shared their first artistic reactions to the loss of their granddaughter Bebe King, at Southport with a […]
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Preview: Joe Martin to release new record and play spring and autumn UK tours

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Singer-songwriter and AUK Twang Factor alumnus Joe Martin has announced the release of his second studio album, Alone in Valentine, via North Star Records on 17th April 2026, along with dates for UK tours in April […]
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Classic Clips: Ryan Adams, The Infamous Stringdusters & Nicki Bluhm “Oh My Sweet Carolina” – Steven Colbert Show, 2017

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In 2016, Ryan Adams was riding on something of a wave after the success of his 14th album entitled Ryan Adams, which featured some great songs like Kim and My Wrecking Ball, not to mention the […]

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  • Paperback Riders: Dana Spiotta “Stone Arabia”
  • Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!
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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 1
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2
While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Live Reviews

Live Review: Spencer Cullum’s Coin Collection with Erin Rae & Sean Thompson, The Ivy House, Peckham – 15th August 2023

August 24, 2023 1
A distinct air of the independent was imbued in tonight’s show. Not that of the scuffed hair and tight jean indie variety, but more so the DIY ethic. Firstly The Ivy House venue itself, sitting just […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Taylor McCall +Sebastian Schub, The Troubadour – London, 6th November 2023

November 20, 2023 0
This was a London launch for South Carolina’s Taylor McCall. A showcase, but a low-key and intimate one. Without the frills of a compère signalling his entrance, somehow McCall was there, unexpectantly in our midst, unannounced, […]
Album Reviews

Evans McRae “Only Skin”

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Songwriting duo team up for an album of intense, emotional ballads. Lowri Evans and Tom McRae are both writers and performers in their own right; but, having met on a songwriter’s retreat, they decided to write […]

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