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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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Album Reviews

The Bluest Sky “Raindancer”

August 21, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Chuck Melchin’s The Bluest Sky continue their musical journey with 10 new songs. “Raindancer” is the second album release from The Bluest Sky, the vehicle for singer-songwriter Chuck Melchin, formerly of The Bean Pickers Union. Their […]

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Elles Bailey celebrates hit album and tours UK in the autumn

August 20, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

UK Americana Music Award winner Elles Bailey’s album, “Beneath The Neon Glow”, released earlier this month on Cooking Vinyl, debuted at number 12 in the UK Official Album Chart following a busy release week which saw […]

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Kent’s Sorrel Nation announces English tour in support of new record

August 19, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The Kent born Sorrel Nation will be playing a series of shows in England in late September and October. Nation mixes her original material with covers of Gillian Welch, Fleetwood Mac and Portishead. She has performed […]

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Mindy Smith to release first album in 12 years

August 16, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

The award-winning Nashville-based singer-songwriter Mindy Smith has announced the release of her long-awaited sixth album, “Quiet Town”, via Compass Records on 4th October 2024. Smith’s first album in over 12 years, is an 11-song collection; an […]

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Steve Wynn returns to the UK and announces new album and book

August 15, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Steve Wynn, leader of The Dream Syndicate, founding member of The Baseball Project and solo artist, has announced  a UK tour – themed as A Night Of Songs And Stories in support of the release of […]

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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 […]

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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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Interview: Elles Bailey on collaboration, her voice, and not taking her story away

February 3, 2026 0

When one says award-winning artist about a singer, Elles Bailey would certainly fall into this category, having been named to an impressive list, including: UK Americana Live Act of the Year, UK Blues Artist of the […]

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An album that relates her life experiences through poignant words and music, as trailed by the title. Collins’ press tells us that “’Things I Tell My Therapist’ is a debut album ten years in the making, […]

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On her new release Fay Hield digs deep into folksong’s mystical world – the songs of spirits, usually malicious and malevolent, dark deeds and supernatural consequences. It’s a theme that is captured to perfection from the […]

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