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Mountain Climer “Before You Turn Out the Lights”

May 2, 2025 Stephen Rostkoski 0
Slice of life storytelling and deft genre hopping keep Mountain Climer’s latest fresh and intriguing. Mountain Climer is the alias of Indiana native singer-songwriter Jeremy Climer. “Before You Turn Out the Lights” moves beyond Climer’s pop […]
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First ever vinyl reissue of Alison Krauss’ early career compilation out in July

May 2, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Craft Recordings have announced the first-ever vinyl reissue of Alison Krauss’s double-platinum compilation, “Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection“, which will be released on July 11th. Originally released in 1995, the album offers a survey […]
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The Ugly Guys “Still Kickin’ – The Best of The Ugly Guys”

May 2, 2025 Peter Thompson 1
Not so ugly – Southend country rockers’ “Best Of” record is an enjoyable dash through the band’s back catalogue. The Ugly Guys have been together for some 22 years, during which time they have released seven albums. […]
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Bruce Springsteen “Faithless” – looking for something to hold onto

May 2, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0
Another release from the Springsteen unreleased seven albums set – ‘Faithless‘ has a smoother ‘Nebraska‘ feel to it, with a bit of a Dylan twist as well “I reached for the hem of his garment / […]
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Video Premiere: Revere Rivers “A Girl Named Happiness”

May 2, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
The new single from Revere Rivers is truly powerful stuff. The layered instrumentation and Rivers’ vocal performance combine to generate an incredibly atmospheric song in ‘A Girl Named Happiness’.  Rivers’ understated singing, almost spoken at times, […]

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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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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 […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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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”

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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”

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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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Here’s the video for ‘Charlie Bird Parker’ from Danish band The Mukherjee Development. The band has a distinctive sound and they cite as influences the folk-pop of Sheryl Crow, indie songwriters such as Phoebe Bridgers and […]
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