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Artwork for Lesley Gore album "Ever Since [Deluxe Edition]"

Re-release Review: Lesley Gore “Ever Since [Deluxe Edition]”

December 21, 2023 Peter Thompson 1

Reissue of mature, sophisticated 2005 release given Deluxe Edition tag with inclusion of a previously unheard recording. Lesley Gore shot to prominence in 1963 with the #1 (US) hit ‘It’s My Party‘ which she recorded when […]

Andrew Weiss and Friends “Beverly Hills, Thanksgiving Day”

December 20, 2023 Lyndon Bolton 0

Deep thoughts with deft turns of phrase all to a warm West Coast sound. Amid the gloom under relentlessly grey skies as the year draws to a close a glimmer of sunshine appears from Long Island […]

Alex Nicol “Been A Long Year Vol.1 & Vol.2”

December 20, 2023 Peter Churchill 0

Montreal melancholia chills nicely. Having released ‘Been A Long Year Vol.1’ as an EP earlier in the year Canadian Alex Nicol has now added another 5 songs to create a full-length album, ‘Been A Long Year […]

Hank Wangford and Noel Dashwood “Promises, Promises”

December 20, 2023 David Jarman 1

Atmospheric Hawaiian-influenced roots country features characteristic wry humour from Wangford and fine dobro from duo partner Dashwood. Hank Wangford–the performing alter-ego of Dr. Sam Hutt–will need no introduction to many readers, as a home-grown pioneer in […]

artwork for Dean Owens album 'Pictures".

Dean Owens “Pictures” (ft Neilson Hubbard and Will Kimbrough)

December 19, 2023 Graeme Tait 2

From East Lothian via East Nashville, Owens reunites with long-term collaborators to deliver eleven songs written during the pandemic years. There would be little exaggeration in suggesting that Dean Owens is possibly one of the hardest-working […]

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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
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Kacey Musgraves Palace Theater, St Paul. 2 Feb 2019

Something for the long weekend: Kacey Musgraves “Middle of Nowhere”

May 1, 2026 0

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 […]

Don’t forget our Americana 25 festival with Chuck Prophet, Steve Wynn and more – join us in Liverpool in November!

May 1, 2026 0

As we head into the bank holiday weekend, we wanted to remind you about Americana 25, our celebration of 25 years of Americana UK, which comes to two stages across Liverpool’s Rough Trade venue and Quaker […]

Artwork for Todd Albright Album "Blues for Dexter Linwood"

Todd Albright “Blues for Dexter Linwood”

May 1, 2026 0

Authentic pre-war country blues played by an acclaimed 12-string master. This is Albright’s fourth album of acoustic country blues, played finger-picked style on a 12-string guitar. An acknowledged master of this style of playing, Albright doesn’t […]