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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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Old Man Luedecke to release new album “She Told Me Where To Go”

April 23, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Old Man Luedecke will release his latest album ‘She Told Me Where To Go’ on 24th  May 2024. The album had its genesis in the pandemic when Luedecke began going out to sea on a scallop […]

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Steve Dawson to release new album “Ghosts”

April 22, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Chicago-based singer-songwriter Steve Dawson has announced the release of his latest album ‘Ghosts’ on Pravda Records on 14th June 2024. The album’s ten songs were largely written between 2017 and 2023, and combine “intimate confessions and […]

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Album Reviews

Ann Savoy “Another Heart”

April 22, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Ann Savoy takes listeners on a personal tour of her life and influences. In 2006, Ann Savoy and Linda Ronstadt released ‘Adieu False Heart’, an album of traditional and modern songs with the support of an […]

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New album and tour dates announced from Jake Xerxes Fussell

April 19, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Singer, guitarist, and folk music interpreter Jake Xerxes Fussell has announced his new album, ‘When I’m Called’.  It’s his debut for Fat Possum and is out on 12th July alongside its lead single, ‘Going To Georgia’.  […]

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Book Reviews

Book Review: Elijah Wald “Jelly Roll Blues”

April 18, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Elijah Wald is a folk-blues musician, author and academic whose written works have focused mainly on folk and blues music.  In addition to his own books, Wald co-authored Dave von Ronk’s memoir ‘The Mayor Of MacDougal […]

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“Remember The Humans” – first in a decade from Broken Social Scene

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Sean Taylor “First Light”

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More People Really Should Know About: Pat Reedy

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Mirah “The Ballad of The Bride of Frankenstein” are we monsters

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  • “Remember The Humans” – first in a decade from Broken Social Scene
  • Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind
  • Sean Taylor “First Light”
  • More People Really Should Know About: Pat Reedy
  • Mirah “The Ballad of The Bride of Frankenstein” are we monsters
  • Video: Kezia Gill “Gut Feeling” – when it speaks, you better listen
  • Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Mary Chapin Carpenter “American Stooge”
  • Multi-award winner Sierra Ferrell to tour UK/ Europe summer 2026
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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 […]

Interviews

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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Features

The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

July 13, 2023 48

As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

Essentials

Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

July 8, 2021 37

Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

Obituaries

The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

March 12, 2020 4

I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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