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  • [ December 8, 2025 ] For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake” Features
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Album Reviews

David Luximon “A Certain Frame of Reference”

February 4, 2025 Clint West 0

Scottish singer-songwriter impresses on second album. David Luximon is a musician and songwriter based in Perthshire Scotland. This, his second album, was self-produced and recorded with the help of Creative Scotland. The album explores Luximon’s transition […]

News

Villagers count the years of “Darling Arithmetic” with acoustic shows

February 4, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

To celebrate ten years of Villagers’ third album “Darling Arithmetic”, Conor O’Brien has announced three special acoustic performances in London, Dublin and Paris for May. The album was released in April 2015 following Villagers’ Mercury Prize-shortlisted […]

Tracks

Taylor Rae “Maybe I’m The Villain” – One of us must be…

February 4, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

Taylor Rae is preparing to release her second album ‘The Void‘ on April 18th.  It sees the Austin based singer-songwriter turn her focus from the road and constant touring – she typically plays 200 shows each […]

Videos

Video: Brown Horse “Corduroy Couch”

February 4, 2025 Andrew Frolish 0

“Corduroy Couch” is the latest single from rising UK act Brown Horse.  There’s a great, uplifting energy in this engaging return from a band developing a real following.  The interplay and contrast between the singers is […]

Features

Anniversary Cheers: The Blasters re-release “Over There – Live at The Venue” and celebrate their 45th birthday

February 3, 2025 Paul Russell 1

45 years after their formation, The Blasters re-release the full concert at The Venue in London, with 11 additional tracks. Back in 1979 in America, a new band formed, gloriously ignoring the current musical trends of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake”

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Interview: David Grisman on the groundbreaking Garcia/Grisman album and more

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Melanie Crew and Ross Palmer “Some Other Stories”

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Ace Records’ second volume of black artists’ Dylan covers out in January 2026

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The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Hannah Crossrose

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  • For the Sake of the Song: Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake”
  • Interview: David Grisman on the groundbreaking Garcia/Grisman album and more
  • Melanie Crew and Ross Palmer “Some Other Stories”
  • Ace Records’ second volume of black artists’ Dylan covers out in January 2026
  • The Twang Factor 4 Presents: Hannah Crossrose
  • Sam Salmon & the Grand Manan Bandits “Down for Life”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 212 “Home Truths”
  • The Song Remains: Steve Cropper (1941 -2025)
  • Eric Bibb “If You’re Free” – freedom is never free
  • Video Premiere: Breanne Marie & The Front Porch Sinners “Shelf”
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Interview: David Grisman on the groundbreaking Garcia/Grisman album and more

December 8, 2025 1

The “Garcia/Grisman” album was recorded in 1991, and chances are you never heard these two master musicians sound as good as they did on this record. Jerry Garcia’s tasteful picking on this album is inspired and […]

Interviews

Interview: Dan Bern has still got his fastball, and a change-up

December 2, 2025 1

In the smart and lively songs of Dan Bern, nuances are at work like honeybees in a hive. A busy swarm of subtleties generates a nucleus of narrative honeycomb that has more layers than an archaeologist’s […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Dillon Warnek “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep”

December 2, 2025 0

Dillon Warnek’s “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep” is a sharp and dizzying collection of songs about everything and anything. “Rolling Stone” raved that his debut album “Now That It’s All Over”, was full of “wry character […]

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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 […]

Obituaries

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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