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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Teenage Fanclub

October 1, 2025 Andrew Raw 0

Teenage Fanclub were formed in Glasgow in 1989 by guitarists Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley, drummer Francis Macdonald and bassist Gerard Love. Blake, McGinlay and Macdonald had all initially been in the same band, the Boy […]

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Nicki Bluhm “Rancho Deluxe”

October 1, 2025 Bryan Bance 0

A timeless collection of songs rooted in the here and now. Nicki Bluhm knows a thing or two about life on the road having dedicated the better part of two decades as an itinerant musician. With […]

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My View: AI for art’s sake

October 1, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

When you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything. ~ The Sound of Music  The electronic music synthesiser provides a powerful tool for the composer or musician because he can reproduce or create […]

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Bombadil “How The Moon Got Back Home”

October 1, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 0

Lunar adventures sparkling with acoustic folk and harmonies. Bombadil (no relation to The Bombadils) have been making music for two decades. Several band members have come and gone, but the core has remained constant. These are […]

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Live Review: Sid Griffin, Twickfolk, Cabbage Patch, Twickenham – 21st September 2025

October 1, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 0

Sid Griffin needs no introduction to these pages. Whether as co-founder of The Long Ryders, founder of The Coal Porters, solo artist, or with others and a frequently published writer, readers will know something of this […]

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  • Something For The Weekend: Bruce Springsteen “Streets Of Minneapolis”
  • Sammy Brue “The Journals”
  • Classic Clips: Jeff Buckley “Grace” – Live at MTV New York for 120 Minutes, 1995
  • Cambridge Folk Festival announces second tranche of acts as well as day splits
  • Latest Podcast now live featuring Wesley Stace
  • Old Sap “February Blues” – arriving this weekend
  • Video: Sounding Arrow “Zero Gravity” – leaving the earth forever
  • Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Jonathan Aird
  • After too long, Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter return to UK/Europe for April tour
  • Cowboy Junkies saddle up for UK Tour to “Celebrate 40 Years And Beyond”
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Interview: Bernie Leadon Too Late to Be Cool? No way!

January 21, 2026 0

When pigs can fly and cows jump over the moon …. when hell freezes over …. when an NBA player gets called for “palming the ball” …. when George Costanza picks up a check … when […]

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Interview: Trevor Sensor on connection, bataille and love in the time of confusion

January 13, 2026 0

“Are you really real, do you feel the same thing that I do, girl, when I touch you, girl?” ~ Ricky Nelson According to iconic filmmaker Federico Fellini, “The visionary is the only true realist.” Before […]

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Interview: Mikel Jollett of the Airborne Toxic Event on struggles, joys and the journey

December 12, 2025 1

Hard times, no, unusually hard times served to bring the Airborne Toxic Event frontman Mikel Jollett a sense of purpose in life as a singer, songwriter, band leader, author and speaker about childhood trauma. As he […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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