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Society of Rockets “Unearthed”

February 15, 2022 Russell Murphy 0

A fine stop on the musical journey for this society They have ploughed their own furrow, San Francisco based Society of Rockets, criss-crossing a number of different genres since blossoming out from the Shimmer Kids Underpop […]

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Album Reviews

Bobby Allison and Gerry Spehar “Delta Man”

January 26, 2022 Russell Murphy 0

Reflections on four decades of friendship. These guys started out together in the early 80s, and have survived a myriad of ups and downs, professionally and personally, and this previously unreleased 15-track album serves as a […]

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The Other Side of Me: Russell Murphy recalls the soulful genius of Smokey Robinson

January 18, 2022 Russell Murphy 0

My mum and dad didn’t have a great deal in common; polar opposite political views, different religious backgrounds, they couldn’t even agree on what to call me when I was born and had to compromise on […]

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AUK’s Chain Gang: The Yonder Mountain String Band “Think For Yourself”

January 10, 2022 Russell Murphy 0

Last week, Tim Newby brought us details of the important work being carried out by Backline, an organisation whose mission is to connect music industry professionals and their families with a trusted network of mental health […]

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Classic Americana Albums: Alison Krauss and Union Station “Paper Airplane”

December 22, 2021 Russell Murphy 0

One sign of a truly great artist is the ability to make an album of Grammy winning quality when already several years into a recording career, which itself included significant solo success, as well as with […]

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Interview: Counting Crows with Love from A(dam) to (durit)Z

June 23, 2025 0

It was thirty-two years ago when Adam Duritz of Counting Crows wrote a song about wanting to be famous, a rock ‘n’ roll star. He worried about being a one-hit wonder with ‘Mr. Jones’s, which of […]

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Interview: The Brother Brothers – What’s going on?

June 18, 2025 0

This interview took place just before The Brother Brothers left the US for a tour in Australia, which was cancelled when David Moss passed out while swimming in the surf and nearly drowned. You know we’ve […]

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Interview: Caleb Caudle values endurance and radical empathy

June 3, 2025 0

Caleb Caudle has been making music for longer than you might guess since the night he walked up to an open mic night, sat down and strummed his first chord in a live setting. He sings […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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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 […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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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 […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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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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