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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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“Mud Blood Bone”: New album and European/ UK tour dates from Cat Clyde

January 27, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Canadian indie-folk artist Cat Clyde has announced her new album, “Mud Blood Bone”, to be released on 13th March 2026 via Concord Records, as well as a list of European and UK tour dates supporting the […]
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Suzie Ungerleider touring UK in April promoting deluxe version of latest album

January 27, 2026 Richard Parkinson 1
Vancouver singer-songwriter Suzie Ungerleider has announced the deluxe edition of her latest album “Among the Evergreens” on 13th March 2026 via MVKA. Ungerleider has also shared a string of UK tour dates in April 2026. “Among […]
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Keeping music alive everywhere – MVT Annual Report launched

January 26, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
The opulent Raphael Court at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum was the setting for the Music Venue Trust (MVT)’s launch of its 2025 Annual Report on the state of the grassroots music venues in the UK. […]
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The New Pornographers return with/to “The Former Site Of” in March 2026

January 23, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
The New Pornographers’ highly anticipated new album “The Former Site Of” is due to be released on 27th March 2026 on Merge Records. “The Former Site Of” is the tenth studio album from the indie supergroup […]
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Brothers Osborne put out 10th anniversary reissue of “Pawn Shop” in February

January 20, 2026 Richard Parkinson 0
Award-winning duo Brothers Osborne celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their breakthrough album “Pawn Shop” with the announcement of “Pawn Shop (10 Year Anniversary Edition)”, to be issued on 13th February 2026 via MCA Records. Originally released […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week, an exciting day for us as we announce full details for our 25 year event which takes place in Liverpool later this year – you can find more […]
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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”

March 11, 2026 2
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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Video: Roseanne Reid “Call It Love”

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Rosanne Reid conjures Memphis in the joyous video for ‘Call It Love’.  Filmed in a recording studio Reid stands alone at the mic and delivers the type of southern groove that Justin Townes Earle slipped easily […]
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Steve Gardner “Bathed in Comfort” (TAG Records, 2017)

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Chuck Prophet recently tweeted a comment from his buddy and console-maestro, Matt Winegar, who, at soundcheck while they were balancing the EQ before a gig, advised Chuck that, ‘By the time we get forty or fifty […]
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Track Premiere: Blake Brown & the American Dust Choir “Darkest Hollows”

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‘Darkest Hollows‘ is the third single from Blake Brown’s new album ‘Show Me The Light‘ which will be released on October 4th.  Its down tempo and tentative, questioning, lyrics “so pick me up / take me […]

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