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Something for the weekend: Briscoe “Saving Grace”

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Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader. My excitement for the weekend is heading to the Beamish living museum of the north where hopefully I won’t be sentenced to 7 years hard labour […]
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Jeff Tweedy “Twilight Override”

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One of the founding fathers of americana music delivers a magnum opus for our times. Well, suppose you find that music is a distraction from difficult times. In that case, the current state of the world […]
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Drive By Truckers to release expanded “Decoration Day” with live extras

September 26, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Drive-By Truckers are bringing back one of their most celebrated albums, “Decoration Day,” and it’s going to be called… “The Definitive Decoration Day”, and it’ll come out on November 14th. The 4-LP box set features the remixed […]
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Classic Clips: Marty Stuart and The Fabulous Superlatives, ‘Runnin’ Down A Dream’, The Egg Center for the Performing Arts, September 18, 2018

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After a weekend full of roots music at the FreshGrass Festival, North Adams, MA, I had the very good fortune to find myself three days later in Albany, NY in time to catch Roger McGuinn and […]
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Jake Xerxes Fussell and James Elkington team up for first soundtrack

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Songwriters Jake Xerxes Fussell and James Elkington have collaborated on their first original film score for “Rebuilding”, the new feature film written and directed by Max Walker-Silverman. The film, which stars Josh O’Connor, Lily LaTorre, Meghann […]

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As we head into the bank holiday weekend, we wanted to remind you about Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker […]
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Authentic pre-war country blues played by an acclaimed 12-string master. This is Albright’s fourth album of acoustic country blues, played finger-picked style on a 12-string guitar. An acknowledged master of this style of playing, Albright doesn’t […]

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]
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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]

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