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Album Reviews

Will Bennett and the Tells “All Your Favorite Things” (Independent, 2019)

August 23, 2019 Tim Merricks 0

‘Rabbitt’s’ is Will Bennett’s hometown local and the opening track from ‘All Your Favorite Songs’ reintroduces the listener to the narrative of the small-town escape. Only this time the focus is on the return journey. Grinnel, […]

Album Reviews

Western States “From The Center Out” (Independent, 2019)

July 31, 2019 Tim Merricks 0

“I wanted to dig up old demons who still pull the strings…” declares Tim Lloyd, whose previous band The Doxies, were once hailed as “that rare creature, the great Midwestern rock band”. Now fronting the Western […]

Album Reviews

Flagship Romance “Concentric” (Independent, 2019)

July 17, 2019 Tim Merricks 0

For an album penned almost exclusively on the road, touring from house party to small-town theatre, ‘Concentric‘ sounds on first spin a little too glossy, a little too Nashville paper hat for the homespun rags to […]

Album Reviews

Curse Of Lono “4am And Counting” (Submarine Cat Records, 2019)

July 16, 2019 Tim Merricks 1

Curse Of Lono are back with another emotional roller coaster, straight off the back of last year’s breakthrough album ‘As I Fell’. The only difference is that this time the skin is off. ‘4am And Counting’ […]

Live Reviews

MAVERICK LAUNCH PARTY: Sam Morrow + Broken Islands + Henry Brothers, The Bedford, London, 13th June 2019

June 25, 2019 Tim Merricks 0

The Maverick festival is the grandaddy of UK Americana and roots shindigs. For over a decade, Maverick has been bringing the best of emerging and established acts from wherever they lay their hats to the Easton […]

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Midlake “Eyes Full Of Animal” – is that a mirror?

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December 4, 2025 5

  • Podcast number 10 now featuring South Korean band Wednesdayoff is now live!
  • Our new supporters playlist comes out today – win tickets to see Lucy Mellenfield live
  • Midlake “Eyes Full Of Animal” – is that a mirror?
  • Video: Serious Child “Veneer”
  • Top 10 Americana Songs of All Time: Andy Raw
  • Book Review: Alice Gerrard “Custom Made Woman – A Life In Traditional Music”
  • Maz O’Connor returning with fifth album in 2026
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  • Live Review: Nora Brown And Stephanie Coleman + Spitzer Space Telescope, The Round Chapel, London – 21st November 2025
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  • Andrew Raw: Thanks, Rick. My Darling Clementine are well worth a listen.
  • Rick Bayles: Great set of songs, including a couple I'd never heard before. I shall be paying a bit more attention to…
  • Andrew Raw: Thanks very much, Andy. Wise words!

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Interviews

Interview: Dan Bern has still got his fastball, and a change-up

December 2, 2025 1

In the smart and lively songs of Dan Bern, nuances are at work like honeybees in a hive. A busy swarm of subtleties generates a nucleus of narrative honeycomb that has more layers than an archaeologist’s […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Dillon Warnek “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep”

December 2, 2025 0

Dillon Warnek’s “As the Neighbors Tried to Sleep” is a sharp and dizzying collection of songs about everything and anything. “Rolling Stone” raved that his debut album “Now That It’s All Over”, was full of “wry character […]

Interviews

Caught Light: Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers on time, trust and the art of letting go

November 24, 2025 1

As we meet, Tony Dekker is sitting outside a café in Vancouver, Canada. It’s a fitting setting for a conversation with the Great Lake Swimmers’ frontman – calm, thoughtful and quietly attuned to the world around […]

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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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