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Johnny 99 “Getting Over You” – learning to celebrate these seasons of our lives

August 15, 2025 Ed Donnelly 0

Johnny 99 melds Bakersfield and Laurel Canyon on his new single ‘Getting Over You’. Johnny 99 is the honky tonk pseudonym for John Sponarski, guitarist for City and Colour. The track features tasty dobro over brushed […]

Video Premiere: Katie Boeck “Dust”

August 15, 2025 Ed Donnelly 0

Nashville singer/songwriter Katie Boeck sees love through the ‘Dust’ in her new video. Boeck, who gained fame as one of the leads of ‘Spring Awakening’ on Broadway, recorded the new song with producer Shane Leonard. The […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Iris DeMent Songs

August 14, 2025 Darren Lumbroso 8

Iris Luella DeMent was born in Arkansas in 1961, the youngest of 14 children in a Pentecostal family. Her cotton farming parents were both musical. Her father, Pat, was a fiddle player who performed at dances, […]

Bennett Valuks “Made in London”

August 14, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

Nine heartfelt tracks out of Norwood. Debut album from south London alt-folk group Bennett Valuks. Ian Bennett and Benedict Valuks’ website describes them being brought together through the bustling and vibrant south London music scene and […]

New York songwriter Jim Keller announces new album “End Of The World”

August 14, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Hopefully out before life reflects art. New York City “songwriter’s songwriter” Jim Keller has announced that his new album, “End Of The World”, will be released on 24th October 2025 via Continental Song City Records. “The […]

Danny O;Keefe at Cosumer Unity conference 1981

For the Sake of the Song: Danny O’Keefe “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”

July 6, 2026 0

Danny O’Keefe was one of the many folk-oriented singer-songwriters who flourished in the early ’70s, and while he didn’t break through to platinum success, his songs were covered by the likes of Jackson Browne, Elvis Presley, […]

Rodney Crowell “Then Again”

July 6, 2026 0

Forgotten recordings from 20 years ago, which will delight Crowell fans. Then Again was recorded in 2006 with the same band as on Rodney Crowell’s previous three albums, The Houston Kid (2001), Fate’s Right Hand (2003) […]

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 0

Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

Year: 2025

Johnny 99 “Getting Over You” – learning to celebrate these seasons of our lives

Video Premiere: Katie Boeck “Dust”

Essentials: The Top 10 Iris DeMent Songs

Bennett Valuks “Made in London”

New York songwriter Jim Keller announces new album “End Of The World”

For the Sake of the Song: Danny O’Keefe “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”

Rodney Crowell “Then Again”

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

Live Review: Sierra Ferrell + The Brudi Brothers, Docks, Hamburg – 1st July 2026

Sounds from beyond the Shed 243 “A game of two halves”