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London based self-diagnosed music junkie with tastes extending to all points of big tent americana and beyond. Fan of acts and songs rather than genres.
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Live Review: Sara Petite, Stables 2, Milton Keynes – 10th July 2025

July 18, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Sara Petite missed the 2024 festival season this side of the Atlantic, but she made sure to be back in 2025. Having just played two out of three days at the Maverick Festival, she turned out, […]
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Ruen Brothers to release fourth album “Awooo” in October 2025

July 16, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Scunthorpe-born and raised, now Louisville-based, duo Ruen Brothers aka siblings Henry and Rupert Stansall have announced the release of “Awooo”, their fourth full-length album and second for Yep Roc Records, on 17th October 2025. Self-produced, arranged, […]
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After the wreckage: Amanda Shires comes back with “Nobody’s Girl”

July 16, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Amanda Shires will release her new album “Nobody’s Girl” on 26th September 2025 via ATO Records. The award-winning singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist makes a welcome and overdue return following up her widely acclaimed 2022 album “Take It Like A Man”. Produced […]
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Marcus King Band return with “Darling Blue” in autumn 2025

July 15, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0
Marcus King Band have confirmed their new album, “Darling Blue”, is set for release on 26th September 2025 via American Records/Republic Records. It is the fourth album from the Marcus King Band and follows a series […]
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Los Straitjackets to release first album of original material in thirteen years

July 14, 2025 Richard Parkinson 1
Los Straitjackets will be releasing their forthcoming album “Somos Los Straitjackets” on 19th September 2025 through Yep Roc Records, It is the masked quartet’s first new album of all-original material in over 13 years. Los Straitjackets […]

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We are mightily delighted to announce today full details for Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker Meeting House on Saturday […]
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Award-winning Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell has announced her upcoming new album Shadow Child, an album about motherhood whose nine songs each represent a month of gestation, will be released May 8th via Outside Music. Lapell has […]

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Interview: Michael Timmins on “More Acoustic Junk”, Cowboy Junkies and, well… other Mike stuff

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A few months ago, we got an album of more (acoustic) junk from the Junkies. Okay, that is a horrible image. Better start over. Michael Timmins, along with siblings Margo and Peter, and Alan Anton, the […]
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Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0
Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]
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Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

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While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

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Lucinda Williams “Where The Song Will Find Me” – Waiting for the muse to turn up

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Lucinda Williams is a legend, and never more so than in her resilient majesty on recent tours and here with a song from the new album ‘Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart’ (out June 30th via […]
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Buddy & Julie Miller “Don’t Make Her Cry” – Listen to their new co-pen with Dylan

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Buddy & Julie Miller will release their new album ‘In The Throes’ on September 22nd via New West Records and they’ve released another song from it today – Julie wrote every song on the album with […]
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Tift Merritt Announces New Album for 2017 – UK Dates

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And you don’t have to wait until then as you can hear a new song from it “Love Soldiers On” below.  Grammy Award-nominated artist Tift Merritt’s new album Stitch of the World will be released January […]

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