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Track Premiere: Townsend’s Solitaire “Dear Old Friend”

June 12, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Townsend’s Solitaire have a nice dedication to the Tracks feature, here they are pictured actually sitting and standing on tracks.  Guys – we really appreciate the effort.  The sharp eyed viewer may have already spotted the […]

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Video: Michele Stodart “Tell Me”

June 12, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

Our celebration of the festival season continues with the excellent Michele Stodart, who is performing at the Maverick Festival this year.  Maverick is a delightful event, taking place from 5th to 7th July 2024.  It’s been […]

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Video Interview: John Moreland on “Visitor”

June 11, 2024 Martin Johnson 0

The songs are so personal only a DIY recording approach could capture their essence. With his new album ‘Visitor’ John Moreland went back to the DIY approach of his first albums, recording and tracking the album […]

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Nichole Wagner “Plastic Flowers”

June 11, 2024 Lyndon Bolton 0

A study in self-awareness and vulnerability from folk to power pop. The gentle folk to power pop and rock all dusted with a sprinkling of Americana that runs through this record reflects Nichole Wagner’s career to […]

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More People Really Should Know About: Rachel Brown and the Beatnik Playboys

June 11, 2024 FredArnold 1

If you clicked arbitrarily to play a Rachel Brown track, you might think she is too country; if you clicked on another, you might think she is too jazz. The fact is Rachel Brown covers all […]

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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”

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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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Tekla Waterfield & Jeff Fielder “Better Days” – Listen

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Tekla Waterfield and her husband and musical partner Jeff Fielder have recently issued their new album ‘Trouble in Time‘ from which today’s song ‘Better Days‘ is taken.  It’s a gentle folk song that floats as lightly […]

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Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge, 1st-4th August 2019

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Now in its 55th year, an impressive achievement in itself, Cambridge Folk Festival continues to go from strength to strength and this year’s event was one of the best. At the top of the bill there […]

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Interview: AMAUK CEO Stevie Smith teases AmericanaFest 2021 artists

November 13, 2020 0

We are fast approaching the highlight of the UK americana community’s year when the Americana Music Association UK (AMA-UK) hosts AmericanaFest UK 2021 from 26-28 January 2021. While the UK has been struggling under COVID constraints, AMA-UK […]

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