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Various Artists “The Self Preservation Society” (ECC Records/Lush 2018)

June 7, 2018 Rick Bayles 0
What we have here is a batch of songs from the late sixties and early seventies re-interpreted by various artists, the majority of which are most closely associated with the Nu-Folk genre. This is a real […]
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Matt McGinn “The End of the Common Man” (Independent, 2018)

June 7, 2018 Dave Jennings 0
“Money, power and people: two out of three ain’t bad,” sings Matt McGinn on the opening track of this outstanding new offering. While ‘The End of the Common Man’ is about the corrupting power of corporations, […]
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Chuck Westmoreland “Long Winter Rodeo” (Black and Gold Records, 2018)

June 6, 2018 Denis Parkinson 0
‘Long Winter Rodeo’ is the second solo outing for Portland-based, singer-songwriter, Chuck Westmoreland. Available on Black and Gold Records, it’s an infectious collection of well written story based songs that exude honesty and emotion. There is […]
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Glenn Frey “Above The Clouds” (Geffen/USM 2018)

June 6, 2018 Rick Bayles 0
Glenn Frey will forever be associated with the Eagles, the band he formed with Don Henley and which came to define Country Rock in the 1970s. Sadly, Glenn was one of the flurry of musicians that […]
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The Mallett Brothers Band “Vive L’Acadie!” (Acadia Recording, 2018)

June 5, 2018 Linda Jameson 0
Can you ever have too much whiskey? Well, probably, but not if you are in The Mallett Brothers Band. The tracks on ‘Vive L’Acadie!’ are steeped in it. For a band from Maine, it’s just as […]

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Something for the long weekend: Steve Earle “City of Immigrants”

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Americana Stories – Coming soon, but there’s still time to submit your story

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We will be starting to publish our Americana Stories in June, but the submission deadline is not until the end of August. We have some great work to share with you through the summer, so if […]
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Mia Kelly “Big Time Rollercoaster Feeling”

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In “Big Time Roller Coaster Feeling” Mia Kelly leaps from her roots in folk and blues to a foray into pop territory. At only 23 years of age, Québec-based singer-songwriter Mia Kelly has released her third […]

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Interview: Teddy Thompson on change, habit and Never Staying the Same

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There’s something quietly disarming about Teddy Thompson. Across a career that has never quite sat comfortably within genre lines, he’s built a catalogue defined less by reinvention than by a kind of forensic emotional honesty; songs […]
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Video Interview: Peter Case On His Life In Music

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Peter Case, one of the master songwriters, has enjoyed a fifty-year recording career and has been writing songs for even longer. He was born in Buffalo, New York, but his recording career has been centred on […]
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Interview: John Oates can’t stop the music and is still making his dreams come true

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At 77 years young, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame vocalist is as active as ever, having released two albums: 2024’s stripped-down, acoustic Reunion and 2025’s groovy Oates, in the past two years, while regularly […]

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Lynn Jackson “Follow That Fire” (Busted Flat Records 2017)

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It’s no surprise that this captivating album has been produced by the Cowboy Junkies’ Micheal Timmins. From the first note there is that Junkies vibe – all big sounds in intimate spaces with room for the […]
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Belle Adair “Neptune City” – Listen

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Muscle Shoals four-piece Belle Adair has unveiled ‘Neptune City’, the latest from its forthcoming record ‘Tuscumbia’  due out next month.  The four-piece collaborated with producer Tom Schick (Wilco, Real Estate, Parquet Courts) to create a blissed-out feel, atmospheric […]
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There’s something remarkable about the contrasting vocals of iskwē and Tom Wilson, we loved their previous single ‘Blue Moon Drive’, and the new release ‘Starless Nights’ is every bit as good.  There’s a  noire-ish edge to […]

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