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Album Reviews

Jenny Don’t and the Spurs “Broken Hearted Blue”

August 9, 2024 Helen Jones 0
A confident album from a band who know exactly who they are and showcase it with aplomb. When Jenny Connors was younger, she was given the moniker Jenny Don’t due to her “strong-willed and independent nature”, […]
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Lawrence County “Nottatum Town”

July 26, 2024 Helen Jones 0
New life is breathed into some old songs bringing them to fresh ears. It might be a surprise to some that Bob Dylan’s ‘Masters of War’, a 1963 protest song against the war in Vietnam, actually […]
Essentials

Essentials: Top 10 Brandy Clark Songs

July 25, 2024 Helen Jones 3
As great as a songwriter Brandy Clark is for others, It’s a stark reminder of the cruelty of the Nashville machine that she almost didn’t pursue a career as a solo artist at all: when she […]
Album Reviews

Rob Leines “Headcase”

July 15, 2024 Helen Jones 0
Strong Southern rock that has lost none of its edge in the recording studio. “Today I met the asphalt face to face / Spilt my brains all over that dirty place,” sings Rob Leines on ‘Headcase’, […]
Album Reviews

Kaitlin Butts “Roadrunner!”

June 27, 2024 Helen Jones 2
An often more upbeat departure from form that proves there’s nothing wrong with embracing the more playful side of things. For anyone who has been following Kaitlin Butts’ career for a while, her new album “Roadrunner!” […]

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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

May 12, 2026 0
“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]
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Ramsey Thornton “I Called It!”

May 12, 2026 0
Oklahoman Ramsey Thornton’s debut album explores the liminal space between action and inertia against a mellifluous musical background. Ramsey Thornton’s I Called It! is an album preoccupied with the moments where something should happen but doesn’t. […]
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France’s Eldorado festival brings americana stars to NW France in late June

May 12, 2026 0
After a first promising edition in September 2024, the one and only americana Fest in France, Eldorado, returns to the village of Vancé in NW France (close to Le Mans) with its second edition on 26th […]

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Interview: Judy Collins doesn’t look back, she looks forward

May 12, 2026 0
“My home is in New York City, on the Upper West Side,” Judy Collins said, proudly holding up a painting by her sister of cats and dogs that resembles a Monet. When I mentioned travelling up […]
Interviews

Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

May 5, 2026 0
Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
Interviews

Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

April 28, 2026 0
Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]

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Something for the weekend: Bedouine, Waxahatchee, and Hurray for the Riff Raff “Thirteen” – Listen

September 11, 2020 0
Well that’s it from us for this week dear reader. We leave you with a rather fantastic little cover of Big Star’s ‘Thirteen’ from the wonderful collaboration of Bedouine’s Azniv Korkejian, Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, and Hurray […]
Continental Shift

Continental Shift 6. Netherlands

January 23, 2025 4
This is our sixth and final article in this series about European americana and we’ve arrived in the Netherlands, probably the most established americana market in continental Europe. Looking back over the other articles, there are […]
Videos

Video Premiere: Shelby Means “Million Reasons”

May 29, 2025 0
We’re pleased to premiere the latest video from Shelby Means, a talented bassist, singer and songwriter, well-known for playing with the GRAMMY-winning Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway. ‘Million Reasons’ is a gently rhythmic song that sways through […]

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