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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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Martha Wainwright to reissue debut on vinyl and tour UK & Ireland

November 7, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1
Twenty years ago, Martha Wainwright announced herself to the world with her debut album “Martha Wainwright”. Featuring songs like ‘Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole’, a song about her father, ‘Factory’ and ‘When The Day Is Short’, it […]
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UK Americanafest breakout Colby T Helms announces full UK tour

November 6, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Colby T Helms has announced that he will head to the UK in early February 2025 for his eagerly anticipated ‘Tales From Virginia’ tour, presented by JOY Concerts and Holler Live. It represents a welcome return […]
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The Devil Makes Three to release first album in seven years

November 4, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
The Devil Makes Three has announced their return with the release of new album “Spirits” on 28th February 2025 via New West Records. The 13-song set was produced by Ted Hutt (Dropkick Murphys, Old Crow Medicine […]
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Mark Eitzel announces UK & European tour dates for 2025

October 31, 2024 Richard Parkinson 2
Mark Eitzel, former frontman of San Francisco’s American Music Club has announced his first European tour for eight years, taking place in spring 2025.  The majority of dates will be solo acoustic sets other than the […]
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Hardwicke Circus announce new live album and tour dates

October 30, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Carlisle’s Hardwicke Circus have announced the release of their latest album “Cumbria Pizza” on 29th November 2024 on their own Alternative Facts Records in vinyl, CD and digital formats. The record is an unplugged album, recorded […]

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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

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The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

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More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

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artwork for Pete Ham tribute album "Just Look Inside the Cover"

Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham”

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Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates

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Interviews

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]
Album Reviews

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0
The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]
Features

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0
When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]

  • Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories
  • The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”
  • More People Really Should Know About: Hayden
  • Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham”
  • Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates
  • Nicole Atkins “Singing In The Mirror” – hey, give yourself a break
  • Video: Lily Seabird “Election Day” – lost in the darkness, searching for the light
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Dean Owens “Sally’s Song (I Dreamed Of Michael Marra)”
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0
“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]
Interviews

Interview: The Lives of Famous Men take the elevator upward

July 24, 2026 0
End Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there […]
Interviews

Interview: Have Gun, Will Travel is constantly evolving – What a concept!

July 22, 2026 0
Have Gun, Will Travel is the name of the band with the emphasis on travel. Not so much touring all over the world, but exploration, whether in their three concept albums or the songs written for […]

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Paddy Nash & Paul Casey “Hard Act To Follow” – Listen

May 4, 2018 0
‘Hard Act To Follow’ is the first song from a forthcoming brand new album by two of Derry’s finest singer-songwriters, Paddy Nash & Paul Casey.  It’s something of a heartfelt roots-rocker of a tune about the […]
Features

VERSIONS – “John Barleycorn”

September 7, 2020 5
Here we are again with another of our occasional series in which we examine a tune and explore the various ways in which different artists have interpreted them. This time Martin Johnson goes all folk on […]
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Classic Americana Albums: The Blasters “The Blasters”

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Today’s ‘classic album’ is ‘The Blasters‘ by The Blasters, a beacon of American music and a record that is as perfect an encapsulation of the collision between punk and roots as it is possible to imagine. […]

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