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Paperback Riders: Iain Dale “The Presidents”

August 9, 2024 Tim Martin 0
With our own general election out of the way, the next big political event will be the US presidential election. The next few months could well reshape America and influence the world’s political landscape for a […]
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Live Review: Dean Owens and The Sinners Green Note, London – 25th July 2024

August 9, 2024 David Chalfen 1
Amongst the numerous plaudits Dean Owens has gathered, he has been voted British Americana Artist of the Year for the last three years on this very website so this review will if nothing else be reassuring […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 152 “WTF”

August 9, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
I was in Nottingham two weeks ago to see Gary Louris, Birmingham last week for the cricket on both occasions I wandered through the city centres loving my ‘visits’ to the city from my rural home […]
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Turn on, tune in and enjoy – Black Deer launch their “Americana Radio Station” for the people!

August 9, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0
Just too late for Tim Martin’s excellent radio/podcast piece Black Deer Live, the organisation behind the fan favourite festival that takes place in Eridge Park, Kent every June have now launched the radio station announced by […]
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Karen Jonas “The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch”

August 9, 2024 Tim Martin 0
Using throwaway tat to make serious points about our world, this is an album of great songs that make you ponder. Karen Jonas means business right from the start of ‘Rich Man’s Valley’ which has a […]

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Clay DuBose “Father Time & Mother Nature”

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Martin Simpson “The Recruited Collier” – off to the wars

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For The Sake Of The Song: Joni Mitchell “Woodstock”

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Album Reviews

Clay DuBose “Father Time & Mother Nature”

May 12, 2026 0
Americana and roots rock enlivened by a carefully picked team of players, adding vigour and bite to some workmanlike songs. Clay DuBose has recruited a crack team of players to support his third album. Opening song […]
Live Reviews

Live Review: Paraorchestra and The Breath, The Barbican, London – 22nd April 2026

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It’s a fairly unusual thing to be attending a gig where all the background on the reasoning for the collaboration and what each of the parts of the equation, folk group The Breath and the larger […]
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Martin Simpson “The Recruited Collier” – off to the wars

May 12, 2026 0
And we ask ourselves yet again have we accidentally slipped into a themed week again, as we head off again into the world of well-known folk artists with big new releases.  Let’s see how the week […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

April 27, 2026 0
David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 Iris DeMent Songs

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Jonas Fjeld “To The Bone”

October 13, 2022 0
Leading Norwegian folk musician Fjeld follows his 2019 collaboration with Judy Collins and Chatham County Line with a gentle 14-track folk/Americana blend, with all but one track sung in English. Jonas Fjeld is well known as […]
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Video: Kacy & Clayton “High Holiday”

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From their latest album “Carrying On“, produced by Jeff Tweedy and out on October 4th, comes this slightly eerie, cinematic song from the Canadian folk duo.  A wonderful video too.

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