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British lover of country, americana and classic American rock music, current American Studies undergrad student - big Springsteen fan.
Artwork for Joe Ely's 2025 album "Love and Freedom"
Album Reviews

Joe Ely “Love and Freedom”

February 24, 2025 Daisy Innes 2
A healing album for a time of social turmoil. On his twenty-ninth studio album, Joe Ely is revisiting and recording some stories from the past, all in the hopes of finding “Love and Freedom”.  At a […]
Hannah Juanita by Emily Danielle Jones
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More People Should Really Know About: Hannah Juanita

February 18, 2025 Daisy Innes 0
Hannah Juanita. The Hardliner. The Songbird. The Honky-Tonk Angel. Tennessee native Hannah Juanita left her home state in search of her sound. After a few years of travelling, odd jobs and building stories, she ended up […]
artwork for A Lee Edwards solo debut album, Interpreting Heart Sounds Vol. I
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A. Lee Edwards “Interpreting Heart Sounds, Vol. I”

February 4, 2025 Daisy Innes 0
A reflective, confident, country record from an artist with decades of musical life-experience. There’s somewhat of a distinction within country music between songs that are songs, and songs that are tales, and on solo debut album “Interpreting […]
Garth Hudson performing with The Band in 1971
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The Song Remains: Garth Hudson (1937-2025)

January 27, 2025 Daisy Innes 10
A virtuoso, an artist, an inventor, a genius – Garth Hudson, the mystic. It almost makes sense that Garth Hudson was the last surviving member of The Band, he seemed to live his life almost outside […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]
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Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

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The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]
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Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

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Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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  • Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”
  • Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers
  • Greg Freeman announces new album and UK dates
  • All-star line-up for Bob Harris event announced for Royal Albert Hall in December
  • Live Review: Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes + Riley Catherall, The Town Hall, Kirton in Lindsey – 25th July 2026
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  • Alan Peatfield: OK, Graeme - just one observation ... the obvious one. "As a songwriter he is right up there; on the…
  • Graeme Tait: Hi Alan. Glad you approve. It was an excellent gig.

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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

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Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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