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Down Hill Strugglers “Old Juniper”

August 30, 2024 Michael Macy 0
Classic sound reworked in release of new old-time music. There is a constant current of old-time sounds that flows through Americana.  It sometimes rises to the surface like it did with the inclusion of Ralph Stanley […]
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Martin Harley to release new album with tour dates to support

August 30, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Martin Harley has announced his first solo album in five years, “Morning Sun”.for release on 18th October 2024 via Del Mundo Records.  Harley has also announced some tour dates in Ocotber,November and Decembe […]
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Album Reviews

David Berkeley “A Pail Full of Fire”

August 30, 2024 Andy Short 0
Appreciate the beauty of the poetry. Berkeley is the American half of ‘Sons of Town Hall’, where he is joined by Ben Parker, producing some truly memorable music that is worth checking out. “A Pail Full […]
Tracks

Kevin Gordon “You Can’t Hurt Me No More” – love, and a subtext

August 30, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0
Kevin Gordon’s new single ‘You Can’t Hurt Me No More‘ – co-written with Kim Richey – is a slow burning rocker, and is taken from his new album ‘The In Between.‘  It’s obviously a love song […]
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Video: Kara Cole “IM a Mess”

August 30, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0
Check out the latest single from Indianapolis-based country singer-songwriter Kara Cole.  “IM a Mess” is a song about toxic relationships – the sort you keep returning to, caught in its gravity, even when it’s doing you […]

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Norwegian queer-country assertively and affectionately delivering. Embla Karidotter was the drummer for Norwegian indie band Razika for 13 years, before she chose to change direction and build on her love of country music with new band […]
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On the 16th of October, Béla Fleck is to release the recording of a stellar Nashville night as a live album called Live Heart. On January 8, 2022, he and a multigenerational gang of musical heavy […]

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

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

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

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