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Tucker Zimmerman “Music By River Words By Ear”

June 18, 2025 Tim Martin 0
Raw, beautiful poetry, which works wonderfully when backed by similarly simple acoustic tunes. Violinist and songwriter Tucker Zimmerman has lived in Belgium since 1970. Now in his 80s, he has maintained what one press release called […]
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“Billy Bragg – A People’s History” to be published in autumn 2025

June 18, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Burning Shed has announced that “Billy Bragg – A People’s History” will be published on 9th October 2025 and is now available to pre-order. “Billy Bragg – A People’s History” is an oral history of the […]
Album Reviews

Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ “Room On The Porch”

June 18, 2025 Paul Kerr 0
“Hello, friend. Grab yourself a chair, sit yourself down…” An invitation from two blues masters you can’t resist. The last time they teamed up, the venerable blues artist Taj Mahal and the relative whippersnapper Keb’ Mo’ […]
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Interview: The Brother Brothers – What’s going on?

June 18, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
This interview took place just before The Brother Brothers left the US for a tour in Australia, which was cancelled when David Moss passed out while swimming in the surf and nearly drowned. You know we’ve […]
Album Reviews

The Bones of J.R. Jones “Radio Waves”

June 18, 2025 Peter Churchill 0
Americana with an electronic bent in a fond reflection on the simplicity of youth. Jonathon Linaberry grew up obsessed by the radio. Like many of a certain vintage, he recalls waiting by the radio, finger poised, […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]
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Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0
The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]
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Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

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Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
  • Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers
  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
  • Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes + Riley Catherall, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th July 2026
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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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It’s late July 2019 and my latest Bloodshot records update drops through the electronic mailbox. My excitement is palpable. Finally, after 23 years, one of the finest records ever to pass through my CD laser beams […]
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P.J.M. Bond “In Our Time”

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Ambitious debut album that attempts to put Ernest Hemingway’s first collection of short stories to music. P.J.M Bond is a songwriter based in Amsterdam who first came to prominence around eight years ago with his band […]
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New Israel Nash album will lift you up in July

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Believe it or not, there is an Israel in the world that doesn’t kill unarmed protestors with an eerie regularity and he’s much more fun to spend some time with. Texas’ genre-bending rock ‘n’ roller Israel […]

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