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Artwork for Will Rainier album "Enough blue to go around"
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Will Rainier “Enough Blue to Get Around”

October 19, 2021 David Jarman 0
First solo release from multi-instrumentalist Will Rainier blends indie rock, Americana and alt-country. Will Rainier badges his music as indie rock/Americana/alt-country, and all these elements and more can be heard on his first solo album release […]
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Simon Bromide “Following the Moon”

October 19, 2021 Richard Phillips 0
Cultivated pop sensibility with jangly tones. A compendium of musical and poetic influences greets us on, ‘Following the Moon’ which may or may not resonate with the listener. Bromide, AKA, Berridge may remind some of a […]
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Nora Brown “Sidetrack My Engine”

October 18, 2021 Peter Churchill 0
A bright new talent breathes life into old-time country. If the name Nora Brown isn’t familiar to readers of this esteemed website that probably isn’t surprising given the fact that Nora is just fifteen years old. […]
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Jenner Fox “Planet I’m From”

October 18, 2021 Paul Kerr 0
Very pleasant set of quirky modern folk songs. Jenner Fox is an Oregon resident who, when not playing music, is an international tour guide for white-water river rafting tourists while he also spends time teaching song […]
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The Blue Highways “I Wanna Party”

October 18, 2021 Rich Orpin 0
The Blue Highways head further down E Street on latest EP. It’s no secret that The Blue Highways have an affinity for Springsteen. If the original content on their debut album, ‘Long Way to the Ground’, […]

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Something for the weekend: This is Lorelie “Where’s Your Love Now (Waxahatchee Version)”

April 17, 2026 0
Well that’s it from us for this week. Regular readers will no doubt be sick to death now of me plugging this guy but his stuff is so good and as if any more proof was […]
Interviews

Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Remedy Motel “Counting Sand”

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Utah band on a roll with their second ‘comeback’ album after a 15-year hiatus. You feel as though you should showcase this band in our Feature article More People Really Should Know About..…because, despite the fact […]

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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

April 17, 2026 0
Brothers Dan and Warren Zanes revel in the glory of performing live again after decades. The Del Fuegos are one of the pioneering US americana acts who burst onto the music scene in 1985 and were […]
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Interview: Thomas Ådland, of Thomas & The Angry Hearts, on Language, Love and Identity

April 13, 2026 0
Two days before I heard them fill Martin’s Bar in Lillestrøm, I watched Thomas & The Angry Hearts make music in a wooden house surrounded by trees. In that studio, sound was built patiently: a harmony […]
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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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Book Review: Graeme Thomson “Small Hours: The Long Night of John Martyn” (Omnibus Press, 2020)

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There is a passage in the prologue to this book where author Graeme Thomson writes about the sound of a John Martyn song – “He loved water and used it again and again as a lyrical […]
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Classic Americana Albums: Green on Red “Gas Food Lodging” (Zippo Records, 1985)

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‘Desert Rock’, ‘Paisley Underground’, Alternative Country-Rock’, ‘Garage-Country’ and ‘Country-Punk’ are all descriptions that have, at various times, been applied to Green on Red. The fact that these and plenty more descriptions can be found with a […]

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