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Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

December 9, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

Album Reviews

Afton Wolfe “Ophiuchus”

December 9, 2025 Paul Russell 0

Nashville singer-songwriter weaves a magic spell on second album. Sometimes, knowing the details behind music one listens to doesn’t necessarily help the appreciation of the music. This is one of those rare occasions. Ophiuchus is a […]

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Brooke Law announces 2026 Spring Tour dates

December 9, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Singer Brooke Law has announced a series of dates in the new year to support her album “Naked Heart”, which was released last month in CD and Digital formats. The tour will coincide with a vinyl […]

Cover art for Riley Catherall EP "Venture In Vain"
Features

More People Should Really Know About: Riley Catherall

December 9, 2025 Graeme Tait 0

For those of you who, as of yet, have not discovered the undoubted talent that is Riley Catherall, he is a singer-songwriter, originally from the Canberra area of Australia, but now based out of Melbourne, who […]

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Wood Festival announces first tranche of acts for next year

December 9, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Wood, one of the UK’s most intimate family festivals and now in its 18th year, takes place on the 15th-17th May 2025 at Braziers Park, near Wallingford, Oxfordshire, in the beautiful setting of the Chilterns National […]

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For The Sake Of The Song: Warren Zanes “Everyone Has Their Day”

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New Jason Molina documentary expects to premiere in first half of 2026

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The Paper Kites “If You Go There, I Hope You Find It”

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 218 “Meeting Your Heroes”

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Jeffrey Martin “Garden” – lost amongst the life

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January 19, 2026 0

  • For The Sake Of The Song: Warren Zanes “Everyone Has Their Day”
  • New Jason Molina documentary expects to premiere in first half of 2026
  • The Paper Kites “If You Go There, I Hope You Find It”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 218 “Meeting Your Heroes”
  • Jeffrey Martin “Garden” – lost amongst the life
  • Video: Abbie Gardner & Marc Douglas Berardo “Never Go Away”
  • Something for the weekend: This Is Lorelei “SF & GG” – the spirit of Elliott Smith in two minutes
  • The Gordon Sharpe Americana UK Book Award 2025
  • Classic Clips: Josh Ritter “All Some Kind of Dream” – Paste Studios, New York, 2019
  • The Third Mind make a ‘Spellbindingly’ quick return
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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 […]

Interviews

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 […]

Interviews

Interview: Ian Gomm on Brinsley Schwarz, Nashville, Jeb Loy Nichols and football records

December 11, 2025 0

The Brinsley’s “Silver Pistol” was the album that perfected their Band obsession and, at the same time, showed that there was a lot more to them than being simple wannabes. Coincidentally, it was the first time […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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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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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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