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Passenger Battles Springsteen for UK Number One

September 29, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0

Passenger has posted a nice little song (which is actually pretty funny – “If I hit number one I’m hoping I can show that I’ve got more songs than Let Her fucking Go”) he wrote about […]

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Chip Taylor to Play Intimate UK Shows Next Month

September 29, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0

Chip Taylor, the recent inductee to the songwriting Hall Of Fame, whose songs have been recorded by likes of Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra and Shaggy will be playing two intimate shows at Slaughtered Lamb in London on […]

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Video: Fred Abbott “Awake” (Live Acoustic)

September 29, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0

Former Noah & The Whale guitarist Fred Abbott has just released the deluxe edition of his critically acclaimed solo debut ‘Serious Poke’ on Lojinx, ahead of November tour dates supporting The Zombies in November.

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“Could the future of Americana be … British?”

September 28, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0

Good article in the Guardian today who had other things on their mind (Jez we can…) but found the time to muse that thanks in part to Mumford and Sons, there are more UK artists making American roots […]

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Lucky Strikes Frontman M G Boulter Announces UK Dates

September 27, 2016 Mark Whitfield 0

Lucky Strikes frontman M G Boulter has announced a UK tour for the Autumn. Boulter, who has also served with Simone Felice and The Duke & The King, released his second solo album With Wolves The […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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That’s it from us for this week dear reader and we leave you with an important new song from Aussie legend Paul Kelly. Australia will be holding its indigenous voice referendum next month, a piece of […]

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Tight harmonies and modern American Folk Stylings from talented trio Bandits on the Run are a New York based indie-folk band, who lean towards a certain whimsy – the trio are Roy Dodger, Bonanza Jellyfish, and […]

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The Travelling Band + Elle Mary & The Bad Men, Water Rats, London, 10th August 2017

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An otherwise quiet Thursday night in King’s Cross for the Travelling Band’s album launch. First up though is Elle Mary and the Bad Men. Elle was born in Wales but is  now based in Manchester, something […]

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