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Black Deer 2020 announces Wilco as headliner

October 30, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
Black Deer Festival have announced their first names for next year’s festival and the line-up is already something of a mic drop moment, including as it does The Waterboys, Canadian folk and bluegrass ensemble The Dead […]
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Two new americana shows hit the UK

October 29, 2019 Mark Whitfield 3
Remember the days when you could tune into your radio on a Sunday night and hear Captain America playing 2 hours of back to back americana before bedtime instead of getting riled by the Westminster Hour? […]
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Milk Carton Kids announce new album, UK dates

October 28, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
The Milk Carton Kids are almost too good for the world as it is right now, certainly for the UK, but as a sign of their magnanimity they are returning to our crazy shores in January […]
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Jason Isbell covers Dire Straits at Ryman – Watch

October 25, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0
We leave you this week dear reader with a clip (just filmed on someone’s phone sorry – but thank you person with the phone, we’re not complaining) of Jason Isbell and his 400 Unit performing an […]
Political Pops

Pick of the Political Pops: Counting Crows “A Long December”

October 25, 2019 Mark Whitfield 1
If you’re the type of person for whom December is basically the unbearable run up to the 25th then you’ll be delighted to hear that added to that mix there might now be a general election. […]

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Lyal Strickland “Shooter Of Truth”

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Rita Bliss “One More Winter”

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Father John Misty “The X-panded Universe” – surely not the MCU

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Video: Good Wild Gods “Delancey & Me” – absorbing harmony and melodic depths

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Album Reviews

Lyal Strickland “Shooter Of Truth”

October 6, 2026 0
Worth the wait for this impressive return and a dose of the truth. Lyal Strickland hails from Missouri’s Ozarks. This is his first full-length release since his 2016 record, Preservation. Much has happened in between, and […]
Seamus Fogarty at The Bear Luton 17th July 2026
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Seamus Fogarty

October 6, 2026 1
Seamus Fogarty has been very busy performing his unique brand of experimental, alternative folk. Along with many solo gigs and appearances at the Green Man and End Of The Road festivals, he has this year supported […]
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Album Reviews

Rita Bliss “One More Winter”

October 6, 2026 0
Closely drawn and intimate second from Austin-based banjo player and singer-songwriter. Rita Bliss is a songwriter and banjo player who is based in Austin. One More Winter is her second album, following Peaches And Apple Pies […]

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  • Video: Good Wild Gods “Delancey & Me” – absorbing harmony and melodic depths
  • For The Sake of The Song: Steve Forbert “Ebenezer’s Back In Town”
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Interviews

Interview: Fischer-Z’s John Watts reminisces on 50 years of making heartfelt music

October 1, 2026 0
The songs of John Watts, whether in his band Fischer-Z, in his other bands or as a solo artist, aren’t technically Americana, but everything in their construction and recording has the feel of exactly what Americana […]
Interviews

Interview: Shawn Colvin, celebrating 30 years of “A Few Small Repairs”

September 29, 2026 2
Shawn Colvin has long established herself as one of the most captivating of singer-songwriters. She’s an accomplished guitar player, possessed of a fine voice, and she’s a storyteller of great talent. Her first album, Steady On, […]
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Behind the Songs: Maya de Vitry “All My Faith”

September 15, 2026 0
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 track on Maya de Vitry’s 2026 release, but […]

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The last link in the chain celebrated the power of the concertina and other associated squeezebox instruments, and noted that  “Jimmy Shand memories had similarly been set aside since Richard Thompson added the instrument to his […]
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Clem Snide announce first studio album in 5 years

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Well this is exciting news for a Monday morning. Clem Snide aka Eef Barzelay has announced the release of a new album called ‘Forever Just Beyond’ which lands on March 27th via Ramseur Records/Thirty Tigers. Produced […]
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The Brother Brothers “Tugboats EP” (Independent, 2016)

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The Brother Brothers are in fact the identical Moss brother twins, Adam and David, and I should perhaps beg forgiveness from Adam and David now if I mix them up at any stage in this review. […]

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