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About Tim Newby
Author of books, writer of words, enjoyer of good times. Often found with a beer in hand and barefoot at a festival somewhere. Author of 'Bluegrass in Baltimore: The Hard Drivin' Sound & Its Legacy' (2015), 'Leftover Salmon: Thirty Years of Festival! (2019). New book 'Pete Browning: The Life & Troubled Times of a Forgotten Legend' due out in 2023. Follow him on twitter @Tim_Newby9 .
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Americana Roots: Old Town Flood

October 16, 2020 Tim Newby 0
  American Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US.  It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts […]
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Americana Roots: Tenth Mountain Division

October 2, 2020 Tim Newby 0
  Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US.  It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts […]
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Wood & Wire “No Matter Where It Goes From Here” (Blue Corn Music, 2020)

October 2, 2020 Tim Newby 0
‘No Matter Where It Goes From Here’ validates the rocket-ship rise of Wood & Wire in the bluegrass world, who in their short time together have already garnered a Grammy nomination for Bluegrass Album of the […]
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Americana Roots: Jon Stickley Trio

September 18, 2020 Tim Newby 0
  Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US. It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts […]
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The Two Tracks “Cheers to Solitude” (Independent, 2020)

September 16, 2020 Tim Newby 0
‘Cheers to Solitude’ opens with the bouncy, infectious ‘Beautiful’, a song that is a tour across America from the Pacific Redwoods and Pacific ocean on the West Coast, through the deep South to New Orleans and […]

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Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

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Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0
At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]
Album Reviews

Margo Price “Days of Unrest”

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A powerful message that’s relayed with the kind of vigour and skill needed to make people sit up and listen. “In his oval room, in his rockin’ chair / He’s the president, but I don’t care […]
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Classic Clips: The Mavericks “Born To Be Blue” – Live at American Songwriter Studios, 2012

August 7, 2026 1
Of all the recent musicians we have sadly lost in recent times, the tragic news of the passing of Raul Malo last year was one of the most gut-wrenching for me. He was only 60 years […]

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  • Our new supporters playlist is out later today – win tickets to see Dawn Landes live
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Interview: Juana Everett is setting herself free

August 7, 2026 0
At once nostalgic travelogue, introspective head-trip, and rootsy showcase, Madrid-born Juana Everett’s second album should be her breakthrough record. Past Lives in California swims headfirst through the murky waters of transit, both literal and metaphysical. Bring […]
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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

August 4, 2026 0
Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer 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 […]

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Bruce Springsteen “New York City Serenade” – Listen

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This, as you’ll have noticed, is not a new song.  It is though that rare thing, something we can all agree on as a perfect masterpiece, perhaps the very pinnacle of the output by the man […]
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Track Premiere: Carolyn Kendrick “Leela”

October 29, 2024 0
Carolyn Kendrick has been busy – and started early.  Raised in Stockton, Calif., and Seguin, Texas, Kendrick began studying violin at age 4. She “found her place musically” in Berklee College of Music’s American roots program […]
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Live Review: Maisy Owen with BJ Cole + Joe Harvey-Whyte, Theatreship, London – 23rd June 2026

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It was a hot evening in London as the audience for Maisy Owen’s first London show gathered at the Theatreship moored at Docklands’ South Quay. The ship is a converted barge with outside and inside bars […]

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