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American Aquarium “The Fear of Standing Still”

August 16, 2024 Adrian Dzialdowski 3
Visceral personal narrative and social comment in folk-rock setting. American Aquarium CDs sit next to those of the Drive by Truckers and Jason Isbell in this reviewer’s collection. Isbell and DBT stalwart Patterson Hood would doubtless […]
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Brian Mackey “Good Morning Ireland”

August 16, 2024 Paul Russell 1
Beautiful, deeply emotional release, oozing warmth and vulnerability It’s almost impossible to try and imagine how it feels to cope with the loss of a child. Brian McKey lost his son Brian to a heroin overdose […]
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Re-release Review: Phil Alvin “County Fair 2000”

August 15, 2024 Graeme Tait 0
The Blaster’s acclaimed frontman’s sophomore solo album re-released, including vinyl debut in gatefold LP package. “County Fair 2000”, had originally seen the light of day back in 1994, on the now defunct HighTone Records label some […]
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The Jackson County Kills “Honky Tonk Beast”

August 15, 2024 Guy Lincoln 0
Plenty honky-tonk but a touch more beast please. The Jackson County Kills are a country band from Portland, Oregon. They are led by guitarist and songwriter Matty Charles and whilst “Honky Tonk Beast” may be their […]
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The Roseline “Live In Norway”

August 14, 2024 Tom Harding 0
The Roseline return with a live and loose collection. “OK, we’re going to have a good time and we’re gonna hear some sad songs…” So, The Roseline introduce the economically titled ‘Live In Norway,’ a relaxed […]

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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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Joshua Burnside “It’s Not Going To Be Okay”

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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

April 22, 2026 0
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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We keep telling anyone who’ll listen that Passenger, aka Brighton’s Mike Rosenberg, is one of the finest contemporary songwriters around and today he’s today released new single ‘Hell Or High Water’ which is in a word fantastico. […]
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The Travelling Band + Elle Mary & The Bad Men, Water Rats, London, 10th August 2017

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An otherwise quiet Thursday night in King’s Cross for the Travelling Band’s album launch. First up though is Elle Mary and the Bad Men. Elle was born in Wales but is  now based in Manchester, something […]
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Video: The Magic Numbers “Sweet Divide”

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From their imminent new album Outsiders comes this single from the Magic Numbers, wherein they layer their sound and channel their inner Crazy Horse.  Very good it is too.  

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