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Frazey Ford @Celtic Connections, Saint Luke’s, Glasgow, 23rd January 2020

January 28, 2020 Alistair Thorn 0

Touring before a new album is released can be risky. There’s a desire from the artist to showcase their new material but these are songs that the audience doesn’t yet know. The sense of audience expectation […]

Live Reviews

Laura Gibson, The Hug and Pint, Glasgow, 28th February 2019

March 4, 2019 Alistair Thorn 0

Laura Gibson has been making music for 15 years now. During that time she has self-released a debut EP, collaborated with sound artist and composer Ethan Rose, worked with ballet and musical theatre groups and released […]

Live Reviews

Joan Shelley + Maiden Radio, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow, 10th October 2018

October 16, 2018 Alistair Thorn 0

Joan Shelley is no stranger to Glasgow’s Glad Cafe. Returning to the venue for a fourth time, the Kentucky-born artist has built up a loyal following. Whether a long term fan or a relative newbie attracted […]

Live Reviews

Carter Sampson + Jesse Aycock & Lauren Barth, Glad Café, Glasgow, 12 May 2018

May 15, 2018 Alistair Thorn 0

Oklahoma’s Carter Sampson is no stranger to these shores. Her trademark red boots have graced many a UK music venue over the past few years. This was the opening night of her UK tour promoting her  […]

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Something for the weekend: Neal Casal “Someone Else’s Shoes”

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July 18, 2025 1

Ketch Secor “Story The Crow Told Me”

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Cambridge Folk Festival to return in 2026 – Hurrah!

News
July 18, 2025 0
Eddie Vedder at BST Hyde Park London 2022

Classic Clips: Eddie Vedder sings Warren Zevon’s “Keep Me in Your Heart”

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Album cover of The Teskey Brothers, 'Live at the Hammersmith Apollo'

The Teskey Brothers “Live at the Hammersmith Apollo”

Album Reviews
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  • The Teskey Brothers “Live at the Hammersmith Apollo”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 191 “Who’s Next?”
  • The Gentle Good “Elan”
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Interviews

Interview: Tim O’Brien and Jan Fabricius on picking paper flowers

July 15, 2025 0

Writing songs with Tom Paxton was like going fishing with a friend. Paper flowers generally symbolise enduring love, remembrance, and creativity. Unlike fresh flowers, they don’t fade or die, memorialising a love that lasts or a […]

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Behind the Songs: Chris Stamey “Anything Is Possible”

July 10, 2025 0

North Carolina singer-songwriter and producer Chris Stamey is an indie rock icon with a long and illustrious history, starting in the mid-70s with Mitch Easter in the band Sneakers, then co-founding the avant-pop band The dBs […]

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Interview: Michelle Billingsley on honky-tonkin’ and two-steppin’

July 2, 2025 0

It was a windy, wintry January day in Chicago when June, Michelle Billingsley’s 50-pound Australian Shepherd, jumped up beside her on the couch. “Yeah, she saw me putting on my makeup, which usually means I’m going […]

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Features

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 […]

Essentials

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

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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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