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Interview: Angela Easterling on her music, her kids and her grandpa’s farm

April 9, 2025 Dean Nardi 0
“All of a sudden, time stood still, and we watched our plans and expectations float away like lost balloons.” For Angela Easterling, life began in South Carolina and, except for college years in Boston, has been […]
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Will Stratton announces major tour of UK in support of new album

April 9, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0
Will Stratton released his new album “Points Of Origin” the other week via Bella Union (see our review here) – listen to the first single to be taken from it below. To celebrate the release he […]
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Eric Schmitt “Wait for the Night”

April 9, 2025 Sebastian Reyes Turner 0
A collection of everyday stories with a poetic slant out of Baton Rouge. Eric Schmitt’s interest in music was sparked at a young age and consolidated through diverse influences. However, it wasn’t until years later that […]
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Suzanne Vega “Chambermaid” – and pickpocket?

April 9, 2025 Jonathan Aird 2
On this, the latest single from Suzanne Vega’s soon-to-be-released album ‘Flying With Angels‘ we find the coffee shop folk-rock rebel picking up crumbs and re-arranging the books on their shelves for the looming singer-songwriter genius of […]
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Video: The Swell Season “People We Used To Be”

April 9, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0
Sometimes, a song will come along that affects and moves you on a deeper level.  The latest single from The Swell Season is one such song.  “People We Used To Be” is masterfully composed and arranged, […]

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Band’s tenth album sees them produce an emotionally rich body of work. It’s been almost 30 years since AC Newman formed The New Pornographers and over a quarter of a century since their debut album was […]
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Dallas singer-songwriter Joshua Ray Walker is making a much-welcome return with a new album, Ain’t Dead Yet, to be released on 29th May 2026 via East Dallas Records/Thirty Tigers. He has also announced a short UK […]
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Live review: The Delines + Chris Eckman, Union Chapel, London – 26th March 2026

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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]
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Interview: Foy Vance on his seven-album project culminating in “The Wake”

April 1, 2026 0
Few artists write with the kind of raw honesty and emotional depth that Foy Vance brings to his music. Across a career that has steadily unfolded over the last two decades, Vance has crafted songs that […]
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Behind the Songs: Natalie Del Carmen “Pastures”

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When it comes right down to it, the heart of americana music has always been about connecting listeners to real experiences and emotions, and Natalie Del Carmen is currently one of the best examples of what […]

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I have always hated bombast in music, and if I had to chose one part of americana broadly speaking that I can’t bear it’s that kind of Southern Rock dirge which is as far away from […]
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Video: Jacob & Drinkwater “New Capri”

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Last year, acclaimed contemporary folk duo Jacob & Drinkwater released ‘More Notes From the Field’, a lockdown album about human connections despite, or because of, being written remotely.  Although a brand new release, the pair’s recent […]
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Video: H.C. McEntire “Quartz In The Valley”

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