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Drive by Truckers release charity single tackling racism – Watch

October 2, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
A live version to be precise but it includes a new song which is always a lovely thing to behold from DBT. Rolling Stone reports: “Patterson Hood considers himself to be a pretty cynical person. As […]
Tracks

First Aid Kit “It’s a Shame” – Listen

September 29, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Swedish folkericana duo First Aid Kit have released a new single taken from their forthcoming as yes untitled album which they talked to Paste about: “We went to Los Angeles last spring and spent five weeks there […]
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RS Country asks “what’s real country music?”

September 29, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
And lo and behold, there is no answer, really good article though: “Heard there’s gonna be a new award category,” Sam Outlaw tweeted on Tuesday. “Best Authenticity.” It was a joke dripping with sarcasm, but one […]
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Ryman removes confederate flag for good

September 28, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Good encouraging piece from Paste this morning in these dark times for the US: “The Union may have triumphed against the Confederates in the Civil War, but did they really win when there are statues commemorating […]
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“The Three Aces” land in the UK for October dates

September 27, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
The Three Aces are US roots rockers Webb Wilder, Warner Hodges and Eric Ambel who land in the UK next week for dates around the country, before heading off to the Netherlands and other estranged EU friends. […]

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Cajun Corner – catch ’em while they’re young!

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Austin singer-songwriter Alex Amen announces debut album for June

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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Ringo Starr “Long Long Road”

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Another valiant effort that proves one of Liverpool’s most famous exports can fit in comfortably in Nashville. If you’re ex-Beatle Ringo Starr, it’s got to be tough to feel like you’re always living in the shadow […]
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Cajun Corner – catch ’em while they’re young!

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We’re back! It has been some time since we posted a Cajun Corner article, but we’re resolved to be more proactive about bringing you news and updates on Cajun & Zydeco music, because we know there […]

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Interviews

Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0
Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
Interviews

Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0
Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]

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Book Review: Willy Vlautin “The Horse”

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On Richmond Fontaine’s 2016 ‘You Cant Go Back if There’s Nothing to Go Back To’, the album cover has a solitary, decrepit horse, standing forlornly in a landscape offering little comfort. It is a moribund picture but […]
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The mystery of Michael Hurley. A survivor of the Greenwich Village folk scene who’s ploughed his own unique furrow of pastoral, homespun folk-country blues, long before he was heralded by the freak-folk scene who made an […]

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