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Album Reviews

Dean Owens “Pictures” (ft Neilson Hubbard and Will Kimbrough)

December 19, 2023 Graeme Tait 2
From East Lothian via East Nashville, Owens reunites with long-term collaborators to deliver eleven songs written during the pandemic years. There would be little exaggeration in suggesting that Dean Owens is possibly one of the hardest-working […]
Interviews

Interview: Jerry Leger on why he can’t have enough echo on “Donlands“

December 19, 2023 Martin Johnson 0
Having the confidence to show more of yourself brings more mature songwriting. Jerry Leger has released his 14th album which is not only one of his best but it also gives listeners a glimpse of a […]
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Album Reviews

Malena Cadiz “Hellbent And Moonbound”

December 19, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0
First album in seven years sees Malena Cadiz reach for classic LA sound. Malena Cadiz’s last album, ‘Sunfair’, was released in 2016.  The intervening seven years has seen Cadiz move homes, become a mother and working […]
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James Deely “A Harder Road” – By the grace of God we go

December 19, 2023 Mark Whitfield 1
James Deely has been playing music for years, first along the Jersey shore, then South Florida, then Los Angeles, and then this year via a tour of Ireland. He’s just released his ninth record “Songs from […]
Album Reviews

Carla Olson “Have Harmony Will Travel, Volume 3”

December 19, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Classic rock songs given a new spin, and some “new” tracks featuring a true legend As is probably fairly obvious from the album title, this is an album which sees Carla Olson collaborating with a large […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”

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Genre changing Buena Vista Social Club album 30th Anniversary Edition out now

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Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 2
If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]
Album Reviews

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0
A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]
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Features

For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”

September 21, 2026 0
“You told me goodbye, how was I to know/You didn’t mean goodbye, you meant please don’t let me go?” Well. It’s the age of nostalgia, so it feels just about right to reminisce about an old […]

  • Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music
  • Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”
  • For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”
  • Genre changing Buena Vista Social Club album 30th Anniversary Edition out now
  • Paper Verses “Windstill”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 245 “Stop….thief…”
  • Brown Wimpenny “Shady Grove” – chugs like a fast train
  • Video: Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground “Ships at Sea” – wonderfully-warm and woozy
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Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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“Two truths and a lie” refers to the icebreaker party game where you reveal three statements about yourself. This album records Pi Jacobs doing the same, only musically. Which tracks are the truth? We may never […]
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Levellers “We The Collective” (On The Fiddle Recordings, 2018)

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Video: Nelson Sobral “In the Middle of the Night”

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Here’s a song from Nelson Sobral that will lift you up, lighten your mood and make you want to move.  The Toronto singer-songwriter and his band are in fine form and it’s a delight to see […]

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