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Album Reviews

Katie Jo “Pawn Shop Queen”

May 5, 2021 Jonathan Smith 0
Classic country sounds accompany a challenging personal journey. ‘Pawn Shop Queen’ is the debut album for Los Angeles-via-Wichita songwriter Katie Jo, and there is plenty to enjoy in this raw and rootsy offering. She boasts a […]

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Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

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Tucker Zimmerman “Dream Me A Dream”

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”

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Morton Valence “So Far Away” – all the distance inbetween

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Video: James White & The Wild Fire “The Girl From Fort Worth” – peace on the other side

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Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award

July 27, 2026 0
The Americana Music Association has announced that singer, songwriter and musical trailblazer Robert Plant will receive the Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award during the 25th Annual Americana Honours & Awards, taking place on 16th September 2026, at […]
Cover art for Tucker Zimmerman album "Dream Me A Dream"
Album Reviews

Tucker Zimmerman “Dream Me A Dream”

July 27, 2026 0
Posthumous studio album from literate Californian singer-songwriter turns dreams into songs, providing a fitting epitaph for one of life’s truly great maverick artists. The sub-zero temperatures that covered the bulk of the UK during the first […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”

July 27, 2026 0
Several years ago, while still teaching, my morning routine took me to the local swimming pool at six thirty every morning, where I would pull on some awful budgie smugglers and swim a kilometre at a […]

  • Robert Plant to receive Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Tucker Zimmerman “Dream Me A Dream”
  • Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “Back in the swim”
  • Morton Valence “So Far Away” – all the distance inbetween
  • Video: James White & The Wild Fire “The Girl From Fort Worth” – peace on the other side
  • Something for the weekend: Starpainter “Rabbits”
  • Jenny Reynolds “Willow and Stone”
  • Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward
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Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]
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Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]
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Video Interview: Alex Amen on “Sun Of Amen” as he comes of age as a songwriter

July 21, 2026 4
Alex Amen is making waves as one of the new breed of songwriters to keep a very close eye on. Born in Texas, he has lived in communes on the West Coast, formed and played in […]

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Lauren Calve “Wildfire” (Independent, 2020)

June 23, 2020 0
Lauren Calve’s music is at the bluesy, rockier end of the Americana spectrum. Here you will find riffing electric guitars, on-the-beat drumming, pulsing basslines and most notably Calve’s powerful singing. Her voice combines projection and emotion […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 41

January 12, 2022 0
Back in the game… A year on, the the post Christmas malaise is not as horrific as last year when we learnt of a lockdown that was, for many, to prove far more difficult than the […]
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Chris Murphy “Live In England”

July 1, 2025 0
Really atmospheric live album from New York violinist extraordinaire. Chris Murphy is no musical slouch. Over a 25-year career, he has amassed an astonishing 500-plus works, including just under 20 solo albums and around 20 collaborative […]

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