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Annie Keating “Bristol County Tides”

May 7, 2021 Alan Fitter 0

An excellent album of superb stories vividly told. There’s a saying that “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb” and the same could be said for Annie Keating’s eighth full-length album ‘Bristol […]

Amy Speace with The Orphan Brigade “There Used To Be Horses Here”

May 7, 2021 Jonathan Aird 1

Amy Speace delivers – simple as that. Fathers and Daughters. Mothers and Sons. Only the most complex of familial relationships are examined on Amy Speace’s latest album which she notes was “written between my son’s first […]

Artwork for Lyndsay Ellyn album "Queen of Nothing"

Lindsay Ellyn “Queen of Nothing”

May 6, 2021 Richard Phillips 0

Assured vocal delivery of personal and reflective songs. Lindsay Ellyn’s voice is what lingers in the mind after listening to this, her debut album. With an ability to express emotions ranging from musing regret & wry […]

Talena Bricker “War Line”

May 6, 2021 Harold Hogan 0

Bricker’s clear talent is washed out by shiny production, and a chance at emotional connection goes begging. This second EP from Pacific Northwesterner Talena Bricker is a somewhat middle of the road offering; with good quality […]

Neilson Hubbard “Digging up the Scars”

May 6, 2021 Emily Dongray 0

Nashville man-behind-the scenes steps into the light. Neilson Hubbard is a creative force to be reckoned with. His first band, The Living Hand, toured with The Counting Crows and The Wallflowers; He has had, not including […]

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Rae Spoon “Assigned Country Singer At Birth”

April 23, 2026 0

Non-binary singer returns to their country roots with intimations of mortality. After a twenty-year spell away from the genre, Canadian Rae Spoon returns to their formative years with Assigned Country Singer At Birth, their thirteenth album. […]

Red Rooster crows no more

April 23, 2026 0

We hate to be the bearers of more bad news with everything else going on in the world at the moment but another UK festival has fallen by the wayside. This time it’s Red Rooster which […]

Deer Tick “Everything Born” – goes through changes

April 23, 2026 0

On 5th June, Providence’s Deer Tick will release their ninth studio album, Coin-O-Matic, via ATO. In advance of that comes the customary singles, of which Everything Born is the latest, and it touches on the LP’s underlying […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Matt Hill’s Salford Celebration of Guy Clark’s Catalogue on his 10th Anniversary

April 22, 2026 0

Matt Hill has combined his career as a singer-songwriter with his work as a campaigner in the charity sector and currently as a community songwriter. He has tasted success as an americana singer-songwriter and played in […]

Interviews

Interview: Dale Watson on “Unwanted” and the zen of pure country

April 21, 2026 0

Dale Watson figured it out. He figured out what’s wrong with our disconnected, polarised era. He figured out why we’re caught in a death spiral of social media outrage, intractable positions, and argument instead of dialogue. […]

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 […]

Book Reviews

Paperback Riders – Armistead Maupin “Tales of the City”

February 24, 2023 0

Many of Dickens, Wilkie Collins and Conan Doyle’s novels started life as magazine serials. This way of publishing new work remained popular in the USA and the first four titles in the ‘Tales of the City’ […]

Videos

Video: Bror Gunnar Jansson “The Cotten-Eyed Joe”

June 18, 2020 0

Bror Gunnar Jansson takes a familiar, traditional folk song (popularised by Rednex) and truly makes it his own. It’s a stylish video and a stylish performance from the Swedish singer-songwriter. Having discovered the Bob Wills interpretation […]

Live Reviews

The Once, The Islington, London, 30th January 2019

February 14, 2019 0

Although the AMAUK awards showcase was happening just a mile or two to the East in Hackney, The Once drew a very appreciative crowd to this compact Islington venue. Somewhat remote from the heartlands of the […]