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Malin Pettersen “Alonesome” (Die With Your Boots On Records, 2019)

October 30, 2019 Rick Bayles 1
One of the fascinating things about this music genre we call Americana is the increasing amount of very credible recordings we’re getting from musicians living and working outside the USA. We’re seeing artists from countries like […]
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Awkward Family Portraits “Everything We’ve Done Up Until Now Except What We’ve Done Since ” (Holy Smokes Records, 2019)

October 30, 2019 Martin Johnson 0
Awkward Family Portraits are a Glaswegian group in the fine tradition of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks and on the UK front, Chilli Willi and The Red Hot […]
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Bob Gemmell “Parts and Labor” (Sterno Bums International, 2019)

October 29, 2019 Linda Jameson 0
‘Parts and Labor’ is the first solo album from Big Medicine Head’s singer-songwriter, Bob Gemmell. It’s packed full of tales of the road, the struggles of working people and themes of personal redemption. Ranging from banjo-led […]
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Ash Mountain “Black Gold EP” (Independent, 2019)

October 29, 2019 Clint West 0
Manchester’s Ash Mountain have followed up last year’s three-track ‘Boom’ EP with a new four-track EP ‘Black Gold’. The band revolves around songwriters Tim Scott and Matt Jones and whereas ‘Boom’ showed initial promise, the new […]
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Sidney Lindner & The Silver Wilderness Collective “Summer Ghosts / Nightfalls” (Broken Sparrow and Burst & Bloom Records, 2019)

October 28, 2019 Helen Jones 0
“Sweet brother moonchild / We’d talk til all hours / You told me about that time that you had all the power / You brought the sunlight / The rain brought the flowers,” Sidney Lindner sings […]

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Crys Matthews “Citizen” – status is mutable

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Nashville resident Crys Matthew is a troubadour of truth – and is one of the most strident voices for social justice in a time when some of her fellow citizens are not so bothered with a […]
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Video: Lady Nade “Bloom” – if we put our minds together, we can shine

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Whether lilting high or resonating low, Lady Nade’s vocal performance in Bloom is simply gorgeous. Her voice is pure and full of rich warmth while she delivers words that are equally beautiful and uplifting: “If we […]
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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]

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Interview: The Milk Carton Kids’ Joey Ryan discusses “Lost Cause Lover Fool”

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Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale created their own take on sparse, acoustic indie folk when they formed the Milk Carton Kids in 2011 and found their own loyal audience. A lot can happen in fifteen years, […]
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Video Interview: Jim Lauderdale on releasing two new albums and supporting Emmylou Harris

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Jim Lauderdale must be doing something right because he keeps doing it. He has recently released two albums, Country Super Hits Volume 2 and The Birds Know with The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys, which maintain his phenomenal […]
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Interview: David Wilcox on the way he tells the stories

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David Wilcox makes records that are masterful in the way they prompt people to feel things deeply and heal themselves. To put it another way, his songs act as chicken soup for the soul. His music […]

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Robin Alice are a folk duo from America that consists of neither a Robin nor even yet an Alice as it’s Kelley Jakle and Jeff “Horti” Hortillosa who unveil this track which reflects on man’s nature.  […]
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Clint West’s American Plus: Listening to Non-Americana Music

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The controllers at Social Music Radio give me pretty much free rein to decide what goes into my show from a musical point of view. So, not wanting to be too shackled by the americana label, […]
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Live Review: Annie Dressner, The Old School House, Robin Hood’s Bay – 19th April 2024

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After a short visit to Robin Hood’s Bay on tour with Jesse Terry last year, we vowed to return to take in more of the delights of the picturesque old fishing village & surrounding area, and […]

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