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Americana Roots: Greensky Bluegrass

July 17, 2020 Tim Newby 2
  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 […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Graham Parker “Under The Mask Of Happiness”

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This week we found ourselves at something of a loss as to what to vent our spleens on what with everything going swimmingly and everybody being happy. We did think about marking the 35th anniversary of […]
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Americana Roots: Leftover Salmon

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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: Sturgill Simpson “The Promise”

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We had a quick straw poll amongst the residents of Americana-UK Towers and pretty much to a man and woman we decided that this was the crappiest zombie apocalypse that we have ever lived through. We […]
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Pick of the Political Pops: Smog “The Morning Paper”

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This week we were somewhat concerned that local rag – The People’s Republic of Liverpudlia’s Armageddon Times and Advertiser – ran a piece which was clearly in contravention of The People’s Republic’s Declaration on Inhuman Rights. […]

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