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Bluegrass Briefs: John Depew, High Horse, Trace & Baerd. Max Wareham

January 14, 2025 Tim Martin 0
A new year arrives with a batch of albums that stretch the Bluegrass genre to it’s limits. But it’s a style that has always thrived on experimentation, so it will always bounce back, whether from the […]
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John Calvin “Greener Fields And Fairer Seas”

January 14, 2025 Graeme Tait 0
A sophomore album that at times appears a little unsure of its own identity or musical direction. John Calvin released his debut album “Masquerade Monday”, back in 2018 under the watchful eye of producer Nate Campisi, […]
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Hardwicke Circus “Cumbria Pizza”

January 14, 2025 Andy Short 0
Unplugged live performance from the Pizza Express. Hardwicke Circus return after their well-received album “Fly the Flag” with a live recording at London’s up-and-coming venue, the Pizza Express in Holborn. It captures a rousing night where […]
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Ty Walker and the Humanoids “Home on the Strange”

January 13, 2025 Guy Lincoln 0
Aliens come to rescue Earth with ‘Cosmic Twang’ – we remain in peril. Musicians and Space right, it’s been a thing since popular music emerged from the primordial swamp. Familiar are the artists who situate themselves […]
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Jeff Finlin “Myth of the Giver”

January 13, 2025 Andrew Raw 0
Poetic words on life, love and longing with echoes of Dylan. Jeff Finlin was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but now resides in Colorado. “Myth of the Giver” is his thirteenth album after 2022’s “Soul On The […]

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Well that’s it from us for this week. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet to Americana 25, our festival taking place in Liverpool at the end of November, we have sold out around half of […]
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A searing display of grief through ten bare songs. How we all cope with grief is complex and individual, though the ability of energising one’s sadness through music is a powerful and positive one. Belfast’s Joshua […]
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As Graeme Tait takes an enforced break he kindly asked me to step in this month to produce our monthly EP Roundup. I think he knows he has no fears about my contributions matching his excellent […]

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Interview: Charlie Musselwhite knows the highway and it knows him

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At age 82, Charlie Musselwhite continues to put out relevant and meaningful albums. Sweet. While his body of work may not conjure memories for some of our younger readers, it’s great to see him continuing his […]
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Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

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Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]
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Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

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Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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Rumer has announced her latest album ‘B Sides, and Rarities Vol. 2‘ will be released on April 22nd on Cooking Vinyl. This is the long-awaited follow-up to 2015’s ‘B Sides and Rarities Vol. 1‘. As well […]
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Planet Rock to launch new weekly Americana show

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Planet Rock, if you didn’t know already, is “where rock lives” – and unlike Mars, it’s fairly easy to get to from any DAB radio in the UK.  Today the station has announced a brand new show […]

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