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Album Reviews

Buddy & Julie Miller “In The Throes”

September 28, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

The celebrated Americana twosome remain in grand form on this much-anticipated album. It’s a hearty welcome back to Buddy & Julie Miller, by now eligible to be considered as the grand old couple of Americana, but, […]

Live Reviews

Live Review: Dan Stuart, Fallen Angels Cub, Glad Café, Glasgow – 10th September 2023

September 19, 2023 Paul Kerr 1

It was a sold out (and probably around 95% male) audience who crowded into Glasgow’s Glad Café to welcome back our favourite curmudgeon, Dan Stuart, back to the fray. Stuart’s return to recording and live playing, […]

Americana Vinyl Treasures

Americana Vinyl Treasures: Mike Nesmith “The Prison”- Pacific Arts, 1975

September 18, 2023 Paul Kerr 3

Back before box sets, there were some LPs which were released in a box. The first I know of was Donovan’s two disc release ‘From A Garden To Flower’ which came out in 1968 but my […]

Album Reviews

The Handsome Family “Hollow”

September 11, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

After a seven year gap The Handsome Family return with a wonderful album which draws the listener into their uniquely dark universe. It’s hard to believe that The Handsome Family, Brett and Rennie Sparks, have been […]

Album Reviews

The Clement Brothers “Dandelion Breeze”

September 4, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Pitch perfect sibling  harmonies and gossamer sounds. It’s well reckoned that sibling voices are the ultimate in harmony duos, The Everlys being the perfect example. Here to test that presumption is the pair of identical twins […]

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Interview: Jim White on Trey Blake and the backstory of “Precious Bane”

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

Behind the Songs

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

February 10, 2026 0

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 […]

Interviews

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

February 9, 2026 0

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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A long time has passed since we witnessed a shirtless, sweating Felice clambering over a rickety drum kit hollering “Yankees In The House” at  The Basement in Nashville after an incendiary Felice Brothers show that was […]

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Christian Parker “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” – pack up that money, pick up that tent

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Christian Parker is a brave man, of that we can be certain, because it’s either a brave or a foolhardy man that decides to pay homage to The Byrds’ version of Dylan’s song – and that […]

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Essentials: The Top 10 William Topley Songs

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Here’s a guy who’s got 15 albums to his name, whether solo or in his celebrated band The Blessing, and he’s barely known in his home country – but revered in America – particularly Colorado. And […]

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