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Track Premiere: Emily Haavik “DRIVE”
‘DRIVE‘ is addressed to all the men who never relinquish the wheel: “How bout now baby? / You ain’t never let me / Never let me drive.” And of course that’s a metaphor about all the […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
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Carson Peters “Long Twin Silver Line” – rolling down the tracks
Carson Peters’ fiery fiddle and vocal deliver this take on Bob Seger’s ‘Long Twin Silver Line‘ in a fine bluegrass style. It’s the second single taken from ‘Silver Bullet Bluegrass‘ a Bluegrass tribute to Bob Seger, […]
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Amy Annelle “Down And Out In Denver” – bowed, and almost broken
We are enjoying the current singles from Amy Annelle – and looking forward to the new album ‘The Toll‘ which will be released in August. The latest song from that album is the almost spoken word […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: The Delines + Freddy Trujillo, Junction 2 Cambridge – 12th June 2024
The Delines are, of course, widely popular with the readership (and writers!) of Americana UK so it should come as little or no surprise to hear that the band’s appearance at Cambridge’s Junction 2 venue was […]
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Grievous Angels “Barcelona (I’ll Be Free)” – a manifesto, if you will
A reminder that what we have been getting used to here over a number of years is not a set of problems unique to one nation. Listening to Grievous Angels’ latest release has a familiarity that […]