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Pete Astor “Tall Stories & New Religions”

April 9, 2024 Paul Russell 0

Re-examining a career of masterful songs from prolific tunesmith. When you’ve got a career as extensive and eclectic as Pete Astor, one can’t help but become reflective when one celebrates 40 years of making records. That’s […]

Magic Tuber Stringband “Needlefall”

April 9, 2024 Tim Martin 0

Improvised Avant-folk with a unique sound and a strong connection to the nature it celebrates. Magic Tuber Stringband, from North Carolina, are Courtney Werner and Evan Morgan. The duo describe their music as “at the forefront […]

Shane Smith & The Saints “Norther”

April 8, 2024 Helen Jones 0

With their fourth album, the band mark themselves out as someone who can provide music with not only grit, but also real heart. Globally, 2020 may have been the year that felt to most like they […]

Charlie Parr “Little Sun”

April 8, 2024 Rick Thorn 0

An offer of clarity in an often unclear world. In the liner notes to ‘Sloth’ which is the final track on the album Parr tells us:‘There is a part of the world that exists only in […]

The Hanging Stars “On A Golden Shore”

April 8, 2024 Paul Kerr 1

Still cosmic but branching out, The Hanging Stars continue to intrigue and amaze. Having fashioned their most fully realised album in the shape of ‘Hollow Heart’, albeit in the depths of lockdown, The Hanging Stars returned […]

Danny O;Keefe at Cosumer Unity conference 1981

For the Sake of the Song: Danny O’Keefe “Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues”

July 6, 2026 0

Danny O’Keefe was one of the many folk-oriented singer-songwriters who flourished in the early ’70s, and while he didn’t break through to platinum success, his songs were covered by the likes of Jackson Browne, Elvis Presley, […]

Rodney Crowell “Then Again”

July 6, 2026 0

Forgotten recordings from 20 years ago, which will delight Crowell fans. Then Again was recorded in 2006 with the same band as on Rodney Crowell’s previous three albums, The Houston Kid (2001), Fate’s Right Hand (2003) […]

Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 0

Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]