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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 11

March 24, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

Five tests and counting this week. My larynx has never been cleaner and my hooter feels like Dick Van Dyke has been at it with his brushes and all have been negatives. Hell yes. Not one […]

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Pick of the Political Pops: Drive By Truckers “Surrender Under Protest”

March 19, 2021 Paul Villers 0

Well it’s been a slow week for news (said no one this week with access to a wireless/newspaper/laptop/television). We quite thought that we would have nothing to write about in our usual snarky way (we didn’t […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 10

March 17, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 0

So we’re back and the kids are alright. The beauty of teaching teenagers is their innate ability to appear completely indifferent to giving a tuppenny toss about anything other than their tiny world view. So as […]

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Americana Roots: Town Mountain

March 12, 2021 Tim Newby 0

Americana Roots highlights the freshest and most original Americana and bluegrass from across the pond in the US.  It covers everything from brand-new, just out of the box bands, to cult favourites, to established acts who […]

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Pick of the Political Pops: k.d. lang “Big Boned Gal”

March 12, 2021 Paul Villers 0

This week at Americana-UK Towers we have been in full celebration mode in respect of International Women’s Day. The slight fly in the ointment is that in the twenty-first century we still need to have such […]

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  • The Sheepdogs start the next chapter with a new album in February
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  • Video Premiere: Bird “Lay Lady Lay”
  • Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?
  • Afton Wolfe “Ophiuchus”
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Interview: Brian Dunne asks is it so bad to want a good life?

December 9, 2025 0

While patiently waiting for Brian Dunne to get his due from those who listen to and hopefully buy physical media, it is worthwhile to linger in the brilliance of his fourth album, “Clams Casino” (Missing Piece, […]

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Interview: David Grisman on the groundbreaking Garcia/Grisman album and more

December 8, 2025 2

The “Garcia/Grisman” album was recorded in 1991, and chances are you never heard these two master musicians sound as good as they did on this record. Jerry Garcia’s tasteful picking on this album is inspired and […]

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Interview: Dan Bern has still got his fastball, and a change-up

December 2, 2025 1

In the smart and lively songs of Dan Bern, nuances are at work like honeybees in a hive. A busy swarm of subtleties generates a nucleus of narrative honeycomb that has more layers than an archaeologist’s […]

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The Top 10 Greatest Ever Americana Artists: Keith Hargreaves

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As always in these prescriptive articles there must be a drawing of boundaries and Clint’s first article in the series seemed to have dealt with the idea that you should define americana in a narrow sense […]

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Essentials: The top 10 Steve Earle albums

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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The Song Remains: Eric Taylor 1949-2020

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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