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Edward Abbiati “To The Light”

February 9, 2024 Paul Kerr 0
Anglo Italian roots rocker packs some muscle on his second solo album An Englishman, long ensconced in Italy, Edward Abbiati is best known as the front man for Lowlands, an Italian band who raised the flag […]
The Dead South Chains & Stakes. Six Shooter Records 2024
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The Dead South “Chains & Stakes”

February 8, 2024 Tom Harding 0
Bandit songs for the love-lorn and trail-worn. It’s late, you’ve just blown into an unfamiliar town. In the dusty square, the crowds are gathering, and the band is beginning to play… Step into The Dead South’s […]
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Regina Ferguson “Fortune”

February 8, 2024 Peter Thompson 1
An excellent roots rock debut album that bears repeated listening. Singer-songwriter Regina Ferguson, who describes her sound as roots rock, grew up in the East of the United States (South Carolina), has travelled extensively and now […]
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Malcolm MacWatt “Dark Harvest”

February 7, 2024 Paul Kerr 0
A bold, dark and deeply moving modern folk album. Having set a high bar with his previous release, ‘Settler’, Scotland’s Malcolm MacWatt manages to surpass it on ‘Dark Harvest’, an album of sombre acoustic folk songs […]
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Swimming Bell “Charlie”

February 7, 2024 Peter Churchill 0
Gorgeous vocals raise the stakes on impressive album. ‘Charlie’ is the second album from LA-based songwriter Katie Schottland’s Swimming Bell project. The album’s beginnings date back to 2019 and before a relocation from Brooklyn to the […]

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Charley Crockett “Age of the Ram”

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Americana favourite delivers the final chapter of his adventurous Sagebrush Trilogy that concludes with the mythological and wide-ranging story of the ‘Outlaw’ Billy MacLane. Readers of Americana UK are likely to be very familiar with the […]
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Tift Merrit announces new album “Sugar”

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Listen to the first single to be taken from it below. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Tift Merritt has announced Sugar, her first album in nearly a decade, due out June 26th via One Riot which is described as […]
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Classic Clips: John Moreland “Heart’s Too Heavy” – recorded at 25th Street Studio, Oakland, CA. 7th April 2015

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This is a compelling acoustic version of Heart’s Too Heavy, from the album High On Tulsa Heat, my favourite of all John Moreland’s albums. The track is a howl of anguish from Moreland, who must have […]

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Interview: The Breath’s Stuart McCallum and Ríoghnach Connolly on collaborating with the Paraorchestra

April 7, 2026 0
How to achieve true musical Symbiosis. The Breath are guitarist Stuart McCallum and singer Ríoghnach Connolly, and they ensure that the song is always at the centre of their alt-folk sound. That sound is rich, reflecting […]
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Interview: Cynthia Marchant on the Ozarks, fast cars and the passing of time

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In 2022, with her second studio album, Flesh and Bone, Cynthia Marchant explored spiritual truth and depth, and the magic of connecting with self and others in the many stages of life. Three years later, she’s […]
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Interview: Michael Weston King on why “Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore”

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How the worst kind of family tragedy can lead to a career high British americana stalwart and music award winner Michael Weston King is releasing a new solo album, Nothing Can Hurt Me Anymore. On the […]

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There is absolutely no doubt that there are elements of autobiography in this new song from the upcoming live album from The Annie Keating Band.  What makes us so sure?  Well: “A man named Jake bought […]
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Marisa Anderson “Still, Here”

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Pared-down, guitar-led folk, blues and country instrumentals that could be film soundtracks – beautiful, yet occasionally unsettling. Cinematic is an overused term in music reviewing but in the case of Portland-based guitarist Marisa Anderson’s latest instrumental […]
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