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About Fiona Golden
Born and raised in Chicago by way of Southern California, I now reside in London and spend my free time at gigs, collecting vintage fashion, and putting my medieval history degree to work at pub quizzes.
Features

More People Should Really Know About: Mark Jones

December 23, 2025 Fiona Golden 0
How much great music is left in the basements and attics of houses, behind a shelf in the backroom of a disused studio, abandoned in a box of dusty LPs? How much can we salvage and […]
Features

For the Sake of the Song: Jess Williamson “Wind On Tin”

November 3, 2025 Fiona Golden 0
There’s a certain solitude that takes place towards dusk in the American southwest. If you stand in one spot long enough, amidst the scrub and dust, you’ll likely hear no sound except the air and your […]
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Can't Live with it, Can't Live without it

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Neko Case

September 17, 2025 Fiona Golden 1
Neko Case has been on my mind a lot recently. Perhaps it’s the autumn and the mood swing of weather that prompts some thoughtful angst, but I’ve also noticed she is having a bit of a […]
Album Reviews

Emily Hines “These Days”

September 10, 2025 Fiona Golden 0
Warming up to cold comforts. Vocally similar to Adrianne Lenker and steeped in the heartfelt themes of sad girl lo-fi, Emily Hines’ debut album, “These Days” offers a quiet, musing soundtrack to the coming autumn. A […]
Album Reviews

Eliza Gilkyson “Dark Ages”

August 20, 2025 Fiona Golden 0
Hope transcends palpable anger. In Eliza Gilkyson’s world, shadowy politicians, warhawks, and chauvinists are Shakespearean in their destruction, pride sealing their fate and dooming them to repeat the past. In the wake of the US invasion […]

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Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

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More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

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Dave Sutherland “Just Like a Black and White Film”

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Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates

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Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”

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News

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 0
Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]
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More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0
Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]
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Album Reviews

Dave Sutherland “Just Like a Black and White Film”

September 22, 2026 0
Warm, wistful country-leaning songs find their strength in memory, reflection and some lovely understated musical touches. There is something appropriately old-fashioned about Just Like a Black and White Film, the sixth studio album from Dave Sutherland. […]

  • Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November
  • More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott
  • Dave Sutherland “Just Like a Black and White Film”
  • Lisa LeBlanc announces a new album and 2027 UK dates
  • Dogwood Tales “Every Star in Rockingham County”
  • Track Premiere: Gary Marks “Where We Started”
  • Video: Prinz Grizzley “A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling)” – There’s a devil in me waiting
  • Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music
  • Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry – “All My Faith”If you arrive at All My Faith looking for something that sounds like Gillian Welch, you might find your thirst briefly satiated by No Time to Rush, the final […]
Interviews

Interview: Adam Chaffins on what is great about flea markets, dive bars and trailer trash

August 28, 2026 1
As one of the most resourceful songwriters in americana, Adam Chaffins welcomes you to the latest from his wacky, witty world in Trailer Trash: Doublewide (Spirit Nashville Recordings, 2026), a collection of narratives about schemers, dive […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Johns of the First Time Flyers on the Long Road Festival

August 26, 2026 0
Why musicians love the Long Road Festival. In preparation for Americana UK’s David Jarman‘s preview of the Long Road Festival, he interviewed Richard Olson of the Hanging Stars and Tim Prottey-Jones of the First Time Flyers. […]

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Lucky Overton “Watch Your Back” – you can’t even trust your friends…

January 12, 2023 0
Lucky Overton’s new single ‘Watch Your Back‘ is taken from the upcoming album ‘College Town‘ which is released on the 3rd of February.  It’s a soulful and powerfully sung piece of mostly acoustic Americana with Lucky […]
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Hollow Coves “Nothing to Lose”

March 5, 2024 0
Australian duo releases their first album in five years, bringing their Brisbane-based, uber-chilled, sun-soaked summer vibes and sweet, sweeping harmonies. Matt Carins and Ryan Henderson found the initial ideas for their new album in the pages […]
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Shovels & Rope “By Blood” (Dualtone Music, 2019)

May 7, 2019 0
‘I won’t fail you when I walk out on the wire,’ sing South Carolina natives Carry Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, AKA Shovels & Rope, and it’s not just talk; they really walk the walk. The […]

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