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Nathan Bell “Red, White and American Blues (It Couldn’t Happen Here)”

October 4, 2021 Helen Jones 0
An honest and well-written take on America is elevated by some outstanding featured artists. In 1935 American author Sinclair Lewis published a novel entitled ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ in which he described the rise of an […]
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John McCutcheon “Bucket List”

October 1, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0
Multi Grammy-nominated folk singer’s latest – if it ain’t broke… McCutcheon has a huge back catalogue featuring everything from dulcimer-driven folk to heartland rocky ballads, children’s stories to evocations of Christmas in the trenches. He has […]
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A Tale of Two “A Tale of Two”

September 30, 2021 Emily Dongray 0
A Tale of Two is a tale of Nashville’s return. Nashville-based, award-winning vocalist Stephanie Adlington and guitarist Aaron Lessard released their debut 6-song EP on 17th September, and it is hard to believe this is a […]
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Emily Frembgen “It’s Me or the Dog”

September 30, 2021 Kimberly Bright 1
Singer-songwriter Emily Frembgen’s sweet voice belies savage wit and a sharp tongue. Denver native, anti-folk, alt-country, and full-fledged Americana songwriter Emily Frembgen has been a part of the Brooklyn music-theatre-comedy nexus for over a decade. She […]
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Strand of Oaks “In Heaven”

September 29, 2021 Peter Churchill 1
An ode to joy – album number eight is a belter. In Heaven is the eighth studio album from Tim Showalter aka Strand of Oaks. The album is a reflection on love, loss and enlightenment, influenced, […]

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

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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 […]
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Interview: The Del Fuegos on the joys of reforming

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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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Victoria Liedtke and one of the nicest people in Americana, Jason Ringenberg, have announced details of a duets album ‘More Than Words Can Tell’, which is coming out March 22nd 2024. The project sees the duo […]
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Dallas Burrow “The Way the West Was Won”

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Fragments of the Old West survive in an ever-changing world. Two days of intense inspiration were as long as it took Texas-born songwriter Dallas Burrow to record his latest album, “The Way the West Was Won”. […]

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