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Live Review: Sorrel Nation, Newbald Village Hall, North Newbald, Yorkshire – 23rd February 2025

March 4, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
The first show of the new year at the Newbald Village Hall, and the first of a new venture for early evening Sunday concerts, with the doors opening at 4.30 pm and the gig commencing half […]
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Will Stratton “Points of Origin”

March 4, 2025 Sebastian Reyes Turner 0
Striking stories intertwine in the vast, changing Californian landscape. Influences are always a tricky subject, perhaps better addressed directly and just as swiftly forgotten. ‘Points of Origin’ is Will Stratton’s eighth studio album, no small feat […]
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Icarus Phoenix “Poor Sad Indie Thing” – touching the beautiful sad thoughts

March 4, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Ah, Icarus Phoenix – Drew Danburry is like the musical Juggernaut, an unstoppable force pushing through the world, only in this case not crushing down but lifting up – or, at the least, consoling.  ‘Poor Sad […]
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Video: The Delines “Maureen’s Gone Missing”

March 4, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
The Delines are known for their evocative, detailed storytelling.  Characters and situations that could easily be found in one of Willy Vlautin’s compelling novels are condensed into a few powerful lines of song, drawing us into […]
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Patterson Hood “Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams”

March 3, 2025 Tim Martin 0
The unexpected songs impress most on Hood’s fourth solo album. It’s not DBT, but it is an intriguing look at another side of an established name. For his first solo album in 12 years Patterson Hood […]

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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!

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We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”

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Well that’s it from us for this week, an exciting day for us as we announce full details for our 25 year event which takes place in Liverpool later this year – you can find more […]
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Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May

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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

  • Americana 25 festival comes to Liverpool in November with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more!
  • Something for the weekend: Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats “Put the Message in the Box”
  • Abigail Lapell announces new album “Shadow Child” out in May
  • Michael Weston King “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”
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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

March 25, 2026 1
A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2
While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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A mixture of themes come together to form a fairly cohesive whole that takes the listener on an enjoyable, if uneven, journey. Paul Rocha is something of a renaissance man: he’s been a bagel baker, a […]
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Live Review: Kim Richey, + Carla J. Easton, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, 9th February 2025

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A  Sunday evening show at the Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire’s premier americana music venue, is quite a rare event, but there again the night’s headline act more than warranted any change to the normal […]
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Matthew Robb “Dead Men Have No Dreams” (Independent, 2019)

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Confronting gritty politics and softer periods of reflection and love, Matthew Robb’s second album, ‘Dead Men Have No Dreams’, will bring pleasure to fans of poetic lyricism. Competing with our good friend Bob for the title […]

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