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About Clint West
From buying my first record aged 10 and attending my first gig at 14, music has been a lifelong obsession. A proud native of Suffolk, I have lived in and around Manchester for the best part of 30 years. My idea of a perfect day would be a new record arriving in the post in the morning, watching Ipswich Town win in the afternoon followed by a gig and a pint with my mates at night,
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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 […]
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Essentials: The Top 10 Nanci Griffith Albums

November 21, 2024 Clint West 5
Over the course of her career Nanci Griffith recorded 18 studio albums and 2 live albums. There were a couple of disappointments in amongst those but nowhere near enough to make this a straightforward task. Having […]
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Boulder Fields “With All the Other Ghosts”

June 27, 2024 Clint West 0
Debut solo album with bright and engaging songs. Boulder Fields is the working name of Edinburgh songwriter and musician Cam Fraser. Although he has long been a familiar figure on the Scottish music scene, an earlier […]
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Clint West’s Americana Plus: Best albums of 2024 so far?

June 25, 2024 Clint West 1
The summer solstice has passed and the nights will start to draw in again, although thankfully quite slowly. July will soon be upon us. Yes, we’ve reached the halfway point of the year. That being the […]
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Clint West’s American Plus: Listening to Non-Americana Music

June 11, 2024 Clint West 0
The controllers at Social Music Radio give me pretty much free rein to decide what goes into my show from a musical point of view. So, not wanting to be too shackled by the americana label, […]

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Debut album and London launch show for new Nashville act Maisy Owen

April 20, 2026 0
Nashville native Maisy Owen has announced the release of her debut album Dark On A Sunny Day on 1st May 2026 via Tompkins Square.  Owen will be performing a gig at London’s Theatreship on 23rd June […]
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Classic Clips: Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” & “Mr. Soul” – The Hollywood Palace, 8th April 1967

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The Hollywood Palace was an hour-long American Television variety show which broadcast from January 1964 until February 1970. Unlike the Ed Sullivan Show, this one had a different presenter each week. This classic clip from 1967 […]
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Luke James Williams “Lime Hotel”

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A poetic sophomore album showing future promise. Loss is never an easy experience, though it can elicit very different responses. As rising alternative folk artist Luke James Williams explains, “Grief is universal, but it often feels […]

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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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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]

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Pick of the Political Pops: Peter, Paul and Mary “Leaving On A Jet Plane”

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This week we were struck by the fact that there are many politicians in Westminster and elsewhere who are decent, committed folk who conduct their political life with courage and conviction. And then of course there […]
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Video: Fritillaries “Lost My Mind”

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Here is the third single from Bristol-based duo Hannah Pawson and Gabriel Wynne, also-known-as Fritillaries.  On this song, the pair are supported by superb collaborators who display excellent musicianship throughout.  ‘Lost My Mind’ flows and swells […]
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Matt Owens and the Delusional Vanity Project: “Beer For The Horses”

November 15, 2022 0
Classic Americana in a hugely enjoyable ‘live to tape’ outing. Matt Owens may well be a man in a hurry…after twenty years in the music business, having first found global success with indie-pop behemoths Noah and […]

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