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Yarn “Born, Blessed, Grateful & Alive”

June 26, 2024 Michael Macy 0

The new release from Yarn gives us reason to be grateful to be alive. “Born, Blessed, Grateful, & Alive” is Yarn’s first new studio album in eight years.  It’s not hard to unravel Yarn. They’ve been […]

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Carson Peters “Long Twin Silver Line” – rolling down the tracks

June 26, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Carson Peters’ fiery fiddle and vocal deliver this take on Bob Seger’s ‘Long Twin Silver Line‘ in a fine bluegrass style.  It’s the second single taken from ‘Silver Bullet Bluegrass‘ a Bluegrass tribute to Bob Seger, […]

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Video Premiere: Frank Viele “Lo-Fi Goodbye”

June 26, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the brand new single from Frank Viele, the recent winner of the New England Music Award for Act of The Year at the 2024 New England Music Awards.  It’s just the latest in a […]

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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on “My Favorite Place” with The Game Changers

June 25, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

Keeping traditions alive and making new ones. If you had to name one artist who best embodied what americana music is then you could do a lot worse than look to Jim Lauderdale. He is a […]

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More People Should Really Know About: Jake Vaadeland

June 25, 2024 David Jarman 0

Jake Vaadeland is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist from Saskatchewan, Canada, which has a thriving roots and old time music scene, my wife and I first discovering this at the wonderful Northern Lights Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival,  […]

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  • Something for the weekend: Toad the Wet Sprocket “California Wasted”
  • Live Review: Midlake + The Bretheren, Electric Ballroom, London – 6th February 2026
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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It’s not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with the […]

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Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

February 17, 2026 0

Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

February 12, 2026 2

If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Aoife O’Donovan and Anaïs Mitchell “Over the Finish Line” – Democracy or Dictatorships. Hmm… what to do

March 18, 2024 1

On this new song from Aoife O’Donovan – featuring additional vocals from Anaïs Mitchell – the message couldn’t really be starker: “America’s bleeding / We’re watching her die / Fire and blood on the screens.”  It […]

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Lucinda Williams to broadcast live stream tonight

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Last Friday, Lucinda Williams has released her new album ‘Good Souls Better Angels’ to it’s fair to say across the board acclaim, including ourselves who awarded it one of our rare 10s. If you’ve been enjoying […]

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The Song Remains: Todd Snider (1966-2025)

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Songwriter who climbed the same peaks as his heroes. Todd Snider, self-proclaimed “Nashville Antihero”, died on November 14th, 2025, from pneumonia, according to his publicist. This followed a difficult few weeks for Snider, where he had […]

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