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Classic Clips: Songs: Ohia “Farewell Transmission” – The Earl in Atlanta, 2002

October 24, 2025 Andy Davidson 0
Last summer, I was fortunate enough to review the album “I Will Swim to You – A Tribute to Jason Molina“. While researching Molina, I found Todd Chandler’s meditative documentary, ‘The Road Becomes What You Leave’ […]
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Coyle Girelli “Out of This Town”

October 20, 2025 Andy Davidson 0
Mutual respect and a classy collaboration. The gist – it has been more than ten years since Coyle Girelli co-wrote with country singer/songwriter Mac Davis. Davis wrote two of Presley’s biggest hits, ‘In the Ghetto’ and […]
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Sloan “Based on the Best Seller”

October 16, 2025 Andy Davidson 1
Enduring Anglophiles. The fourteenth studio album from this Toronto-based rock quartet. First single ‘Live Forever’ reveals a nostalgia discernible on many of the other tracks on this album. One can’t help listening to “Based on the […]
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Tim Grimm “Bones of Trees”

September 25, 2025 Andy Davidson 0
Fine-grained songs from a craftsman’s hands. “Folk songs transmit history and stories, serve as a means of personal and collective expression and entertainment. Through their narrative, they connect generations.”  AI proved useful when asked for the […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Hard Working Americans “Stomp and Holler”

September 4, 2025 Andy Davidson 0
News from the Neal Casal Foundation back in June and the couple of tracks our editor chose over the summer got me reminiscing once again back to 2014, when Casal, as a founding member of the […]

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The Barefoot Movement @ Staion Inn, Nashville Sptember 2019

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The Barefoot Movement @ Staion Inn, Nashville Sptember 2019
Features

More People Really Should Know About: The Barefoot Movement

June 23, 2026 0
The Barefoot Movement are a string band from North Carolina built around childhood sweethearts now husband, wife and parents, Tommy Norris and Noah Wall.  I first came across them at Skipper’s Smokehouse, a beer and deep-fried […]
Album Reviews

Jesus The Dinosaur “Nothing to the Branches”

June 23, 2026 0
A strong debut from a band who bring a fresh take to the genre and its themes. The amount of acrimony and infighting that goes on in bands is proof enough that the members are often […]
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Laurelyn Dossett “Believe Me” – here’s the truth looking you in the eye

June 23, 2026 0
If you’re looking for a singer-songwriter whose words and voice sit well within a tradition of honest, straightforward country storytelling, then look no further because it is Laurelyn Dossett that you are looking for. You may […]

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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
Interviews

Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
Interviews

Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

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Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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Bruce Cockburn “Bone On Bone” (True North Records 2017)

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A lot is expected of a new release from one of Canada’s finest musicians so this new offering after a hiatus of around six years has been eagerly awaited. The good news is that it does […]
Tracks

Track Premiere: Sara Rachele “Alone”

July 19, 2018 0
The new single from Sara Rachele is ‘Scorpio Moon’, but this track is the rather cool B-side of said single: it is a cover of Heart’s ‘Alone‘, which takes a slow and swaying approach to the […]
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Video: Leon Creek “Hope Never Leaves My Side”

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Not satisfied with releasing one of the best Americana albums of 2021 in ‘American Silence’, singer-songwriter Chris Pierce has formed an outstanding new band with fellow Los Angeles-based musicians Erik Janson and Matthew Stevens.  The resulting […]

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