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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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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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Mark Knopfler releases digital deluxe version of “One Deep River”

August 14, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
A digital deluxe version of Mark Knopfler’s tenth album “One Deep River” has been released on 12th August 2024 on the British Grove label via EMI, making all 21 of the songs from the One Deep […]
Kelly Jamieson
Previews

Preview: The Long Road Festival – 23rd-25th August 2024

August 12, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1
Following 2023’s sell-out, The Long Road festival is returning to the picturesque grounds of Stanford Hall in Leicestershire over the August bank holiday weekend (23rd-25th August).  The Long Road has a track record of putting on […]
News

Award winning Americana DJ Mike Ritchie celebrates 10 years on the air

August 8, 2024 Richard Parkinson 1
As many will be aware, Celtic Music Radio presenter, Mike Ritchie, celebrated ten years of broadcasting on the Glasgow-based community station on Sunday 4th August 2024. Ritchie, who is a two-time winner of the AUK Readers’ […]
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Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit announce “Live From The Ryman Vol 2”

August 8, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0
Southeastern Records has announced the release, on 4th October 2024 of “Live From The Ryman Vol. 2”, the new live album from Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit. The new album draws from multi-track recordings by the […]

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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
Album Reviews

Hovvdy “Big World”

July 29, 2026 0
Radio-friendly album with indie leanings is a perfect summer soundtrack. How long do you have to be in the music business to be categorised as “seasoned veterans”? That is the label now being attached to Will […]
Tracks

Track Premiere: Sara Milonovich & Daisycutter “What We Did With The Place”

July 29, 2026 0
Sara Milonovich has been taking stock as she prepares her fourth album, Last Resort Motor Inn, and she has some stock to take note of. She was raised on a family farm in upstate New York; […]

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  • Hovvdy “Big World”
  • Track Premiere: Sara Milonovich & Daisycutter “What We Did With The Place”
  • Video: Ghost Flowers “By Then” – how to carve your place in life
  • Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories
  • The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”
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  • Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham”
  • Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

July 29, 2026 0
American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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 […]
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 […]

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Forgotten Artists – Kevin Brown

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Back in the early ’80s I misspent my youth in small Bristol venues like The Green Rooms, and The Bridge Inn. In Bath it was The Bell in Walcot Street. All now long gone. There was a […]
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Video Premiere: The Slocan Ramblers “Bury My Troubles”

May 31, 2022 0
Now, here’s a song that will have you up and dancing, tapping your feet and sharing in the joy that The Slocan Ramblers bring to their performances.  This is modern bluegrass at its best: fast-paced, precise […]
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The March Divide “The Funk That You’re In” – Listen

April 19, 2021 0
It’s not that kind of funk that Jared Putnam is singing about – it’s the other kind, the kind where a person is in a constant state of confusion and inability to progress in any positive […]

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