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Insomnia and music go together. Love discovering new music to get lost in - country, singer-songwriters, Americana, folk, rock, punk.... Currently enjoying Courtney Marie Andrews, Elles Bailey, Nils Lofgren, Ferris & Sylvester, Chris Murphy, Jarrod Dickenson, Jerry Joseph, Frank Turner, David Ford, Patterson Hood, Glitterfox, Chuck Prophet, The Lottery Winners, Our Man in the Field...
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Video: Taylor McCall “Rolling Stoned Again”

February 23, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0
South Carolina singer-songwriter Taylor McCall has released a video to coincide with his new album.  ‘Rolling Stoned Again’ features a strong tune with a compelling chorus, driven forward by a powerful beat.  McCall’s words are intriguing: […]
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Video Premiere: The Secret Beach “22”

February 22, 2024 Andrew Frolish 1
Here’s the dreamy indie-folk of the new single ’22’ by Manitoba-based The Secret Beach.  Launching straight into the Micah Erenberg’s words, the song has an appealing honesty: “22 and not knowing what to do // I had […]
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Video Premiere: Sultans of String “Sweet Alberta” Feat. The North Sound

February 21, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0
Enjoy the upbeat, uplifting sounds of the new single from Sultans of String, featuring the harmonious voices of The North Sound.  The artists have great musicality and technical ability but there’s also a refreshing, infectious joy […]
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Video: Josh Fortenbery “Heirlooms”

February 20, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0
Josh Fortenbery’s latest single is a thoughtful exploration of how family traits, like his father’s temper, might be passed down between generations and onto his own children.  The accompanying video, artistically-shot by David Rossow, is cleverly sequenced […]
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Video Premiere: Hazel Royer & Ira Klein “Darling Corey” Feat. Kevin Barry

February 19, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0
Check out the new single from friends and collaborators Hazel Royer and Ira Klein.  Reimagined folk song ‘Darling Corey’ finds the duo in fine form; Royer sings with a beautiful clarity and purity over Klein’s rapidly-picked […]

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Flutes & Low “Lay Fallow”

March 18, 2026 0
Sparse, beautiful folk-influenced music shaped by winter, tragedy, and nature. Flutes & Low comprises Ben Pichler and Cambria Haen, who met in Duluth, north-eastern Minnesota. They took their name from the Gerard Manley Hopkins poem “Inversnaid”, […]
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NOCONA “How Do You Feel?” – pretty good, mostly, slight ache just there, but mustn’t grumble

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Are you, good readers of Americana UK, ready for some music that isn’t Americana?  What?  What?  No, no, calm down, it’s not so bad.  NOCONA, the band from Los Angeles, have spent 12 years denying that […]
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Video: Foy Vance “We Almost Made It” – weary, confessional intimacy

March 18, 2026 0
Foy Vance has released another striking single, We Almost Made It, which aches with vulnerability. Hushed and delicate, the song unfolds in bittersweet tones and a beautifully fluent melody over gently rolling drums. As ever, Vance’s […]

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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]
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Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

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At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

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