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Video Interview: Elaine Palmer on “Half Moon Rising”

July 16, 2024 Martin Johnson 0
Music that reflects the North Yorkshire Moors and America’s South West deserts. Emily Palmer has always been musical, so much so that as a child she thought everyone wrote songs. As she matured as an artist […]
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Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets announce UK and Ireland tour dates

July 16, 2024 Richard Parkinson 4
Last month, Nick Lowe and YepRoc announced the release of Lowe’s latest album “Indoor Safari’  in collaboration with Los Straitjackets.  You can read about that here. Since releasing his last album – 2013’s “ Quality Street: […]
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Live Review: Roots In The Round – Dean Owens, Kirsten Adamson and Matt Joe Gow, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 11th July 2024

July 16, 2024 Paul Kerr 0
A few years back (2017 in fact) Dean Owens adopted the Nashville tradition of a “singers in the round” night for a tour featuring him, Robert Vincent and The Worry Dolls (reviewed here). He’s revitalised the […]
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Nolen Sellwood “Cadence to the Flame”

July 16, 2024 Jonathan Smith 0
Minnesota-based Sellwood channels the beauty and spirit of Nick Drake. Following hot on the heels of 2023’s debut ‘Otherwise’, comes ‘Cadence to the Flame’, the second full-length offering from Minnesota-based folk artist Nolan Sellwood. ‘Otherwise‘ was […]
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Track Premiere: Jordie Lane “Biscuit House”

July 16, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Australian Jordie Lane is now to be found in Nashville, a town that informs at least part of the latest single to be taken from his upcoming release ‘Tropical Depression‘ a rather coolly bouncing song, with […]

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

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We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, an exciting day for us as we announce full details for our 25 year event which takes place in Liverpool later this year – you can find more […]
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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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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 […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

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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 […]
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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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The Coin Collection just got bigger as Spencer Cullum announces the final part of the trilogy

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Spencer Cullum, pedal steel maestro and band leader, has announced that the final part of his Coin Collection trilogy will be released on the 27th of March via Full Time Hobby Records. And its title? “Spencer […]
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Best of Billy Bragg at the BBC due next month

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A lot of Bs for one headline. Billy Bragg has announced the release of ‘Best Of Billy Bragg At The BBC 1983 – 2019’, a compilation of classic performances at the BBC from the early 80s […]
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Dawes “Oh Brother”

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Where art thou? Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith cling to each other on the band’s ninth album. It was nearly a decade ago when Dawes released their fourth album with the plea so many rock ‘n roll […]

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