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Lydia Loveless releases crazy album – October

August 25, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
On October 13th Ohio singer-songwriter Lydia Loveless will release “Boy Crazy and Single(s)”, a collection of 11 songs, including the 5-song EP Boy Crazy and six non-album singles, rarities, and covers from throughout the artist’s career. Boy Crazy and Single(s) follows Loveless’s 2016 […]
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Lilly Hiatt talks about new album and sobriety

August 24, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
RS Country (our eternal source of all good things americana once we’ve weeded out the Kenny Chesney, sorry Kenny) have an interview with Lilly Hiatt, daughter of John, which is an interesting read: “One day last […]
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Track premiere: Cameron Blake “After Sally”

August 24, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Michigan based Cameron Blake has his new album “Fear Not” coming out on November 17th – with an ensemble of nearly 50 musicians, he deals with a variety of subjects including the Tiananmen Square protests, Baltimore race […]
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Josh Ritter “Thunderbolt’s Goodnight” – Listen

August 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Paste are carrying the new single by Josh Ritter today, the second track to be released from his new album “Showboat” which is out on September 22nd. He told them: “Ever notice how on postcards you […]
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Seth Lakeman re-releases album with bonus tracks

August 23, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0
Seth Lakeman will re-release his album ‘Ballads of the Broken Few’ (pictured left) with five added bonus tracks on September 15th via Cooking Vinyl. Recorded during the original album sessions, with producer Ethan Johns, the previously unreleased bonus […]

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Abigail Lapell to play extensive UK and European tour in November

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Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell, who is releasing her new album Shadow Child on 8th May 2026 via Outside Music, has announced a run of six UK headline shows as part of a wider UK and European […]
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Track Premiere: Candace Hastings “Horses I Left Behind”

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Candace Hastings is long steeped in songwriting. Her first came when she was in fifth grade; it had just one chord and was written on the three-quarter-size Kay guitar that her mother bought for her the […]

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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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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

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Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]

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The First Time: Richard Parkinson – Magna Carta & Gillian McPherson, Carlisle Market Hall, September 1971

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Pick of the Political Pops: Barry McGuire “Eve of Destruction”

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It looks like The Bunker here at Americana-UK Towers might come into its own soon. Donny John and his improbably moustachioed lieutenant Bolt On have decided to rip up the non-proliferation agreement signed with Russia (by […]

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