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Video: Abigail Lapell “Rattlesnake”

June 3, 2024 Ed Donnelly 1

Abigail Lapell takes on love and superstition in the new video for ‘Rattlesnake’.    This single is from her new full-length album ‘Anniversary’.  The album was recorded at the 200-year-old St. Mark’s Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario and […]

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AUK’s Back Pages No 4

June 3, 2024 Paul Kerr 0

We draw to a close to 2005 with the last four Friends Of Americana UK discs, covering September to December (Vol. 2 numbers 9-12). This was the first full year of these CDs and if you […]

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Keegan McInroe “Dusty Passports and Empty Beds”

June 3, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

Birthed during a period of isolation, his new album displays a deft touch for sensitive songwriting. ‘Dusty Passports and Empty Beds’ came about as a result of the pandemic’s grip. When the lockdown was mandated in […]

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Live Review: Kim Richey + Carla J Easton, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 25th May 2024

June 3, 2024 Graeme Tait 3

My windshield wipers were operating in overdrive, headlights on full, as I made the journey to the venue through weather that was more in keeping with late February rather than late May, the mist completely obscuring […]

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Chris Castle “Long way To The Bottom” – money, love, dough: all too much for the baker

June 3, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

The title track of Chris Castle’s new album has the kind of folk-country-rock amalgam that signifies many of the roots of this music that we call Americana – multi-layered storytelling with hints of deeper meanings that, […]

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Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

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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”

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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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Following their appearances at this year’s Country 2 Country Festival, Old Crow Medicine Show will return to the UK this autumn for a string of headline shows, including one at London’s Eventim Apollo. Dates are below […]

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It’s been a few years, but it’s good to welcome back Morning Bride who have re-emerged with a new album that’s ready to go on 7th March.  It’s called ‘Goodbye, Seaside Danny Wilde‘ and it takes […]

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