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Video: Seán Feeny “Western Roads” – celebrating the diaspora

January 27, 2026 Andrew Frolish 0
‘Western Roads’ is the second single from singer-songwriter Seán Feeny, following his debut ‘1969’. This reflective song was inspired by Feeny’s great-grandfather’s journey to the Rocky Mountains. Blending history and family, Feeny delivers a deeply personal […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Eagles “How Long”

January 26, 2026 Peter Thompson 0
Over a period of many years, there’s been collaboration between JD Souther and the Eagles. Eagles have recorded a number of songs that were written or co-written by Souther, including ‘Doolin-Dalton‘, ‘Best of My Love‘, ‘Victim […]
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ER Jurken “To Be Continued”

January 26, 2026 NickBarber 0
Lavish harmonies and arrangements abound in an album of intelligent baroque power-pop. Milwaukee-born, Chicago-lived musician E.R. Jurken is a name that probably isn’t on the radar of many on the European side of the Atlantic – […]
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Keeping music alive everywhere – MVT Annual Report launched

January 26, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
The opulent Raphael Court at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum was the setting for the Music Venue Trust (MVT)’s launch of its 2025 Annual Report on the state of the grassroots music venues in the UK. […]
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Live Review: John R. Miller + Jacob Coley, The Lodge @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester – 20th January 2026

January 26, 2026 NickBarber 0
The Lodge at the Deaf Institute is the smaller of two rooms at Manchester’s long-established venue. In the not-too-recent past, it was a café and a bar – the likes of Jonathan Richman and Hayes Carll […]

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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November

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Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

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For the Sake of the Song: Steve Young “Rock, Salt & Nails”

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Interviews

Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November

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Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell, who is releasing her new album Shadow Child on 8th May 2026 via Outside Music, has announced a run of six UK headline shows as part of a wider UK and European […]
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Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

April 21, 2026 0
Candace Hastings is long steeped in songwriting. Her first came when she was in fifth grade; it had just one chord and was written on the three-quarter-size Kay guitar that her mother bought for her the […]

  • Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country
  • Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November
  • Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
Interviews

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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John Prine performs Tiny NPR Desk Concert – Watch

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This is worth breaking up your morning toasted teacake and brew for, for 15 minutes. John Prine has performed a lovely little session for NPR in their Desk Concert series. Described by them as “an American […]
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Video Premiere: Icarus Phoenix “Zero One, for Will Sartain”

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We’re not far off now from the release of the new album by Montana based musician Drew Danburry under the Icarus Phoenix moniker which will be released exclusively on cassette on his label Telos Tapes, so […]
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Nick County “A Colorful Corner of Northeastern Pennsylvania”

July 19, 2021 0
Perceptive writing lays bare emotional turmoil. For his third release Nick County has added a sprawl of indie, pop, folk to the country and rock of his previous records. At first, these various currents are quite […]

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