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Cajun Corner  – A tribute to Austin Pitre

February 21, 2023 Rick Bayles 2
We’ve got news of something that should be of special interest to those of you who appreciate good Cajun music. Nouveau Electric Records, a Louisiana-based record company that champions the music of Cajun people, be it […]
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Cajun Corner – “Roots of Fire”

December 2, 2022 Rick Bayles 0
An Award Winning Festival Film celebrates Cajun Culture. Something of a Cajun Christmas Cracker to tell you about. The beginning of November saw the release of a new movie about Cajun music and culture. ‘Roots of […]
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Cajun Corner – Moon Mullican Tribute Album coming

November 10, 2022 Rick Bayles 1
Musicians pay tribute to the King of the Hillbilly Piano Players. Louisiana Swamp Blues queen, Marcia Ball, said of Moon Mullican “Moon Mullican was the link between the down-home Louisiana music I grew up with and […]
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Cajun Corner – BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet to stop touring

August 19, 2022 Rick Bayles 0
International ambassadors for Cajun music announce an end to touring. News has leaked out from Southern Louisiana that one of the region’s premier Cajun bands, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, have announced their retirement from touring and […]
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Cajun Corner  – Valcour Records

July 8, 2022 Rick Bayles 0
It can be hard to keep in touch with what’s happening in the world of Cajun music when you’re on the other side of the Atlantic and can’t keep your ear to the ground as much […]

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Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

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The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]
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Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

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The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]
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Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

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Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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Video Interview: Aaron Lee Tasjan on “Get Over It, Underdog” and Todd Snider

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Nashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the […]
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Video Interview: American Aquarium’s BJ Barham finds “New Ways To Lose”

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American Aquarium appear to be on a creative roll with their latest album, New Ways To Lose, getting great reviews even though it is their twentieth album in as many years. Added to this is the […]
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Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

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“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

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How did bluegrass become the new sound of political protest across the US?

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The Delines Set Up new album for March

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The Delines have announced their new album “The Set Up,” due out 6th March via Decor Records, available to preorder here. The acclaimed Portland, Oregon band are also pleased to announce March and October UK tour […]
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Danni Nicholls & Caleb Caudle announce January dates

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UK singer-songwriter Danni Nicholls has announced that she’ll be joining forces with one of her US counterparts Caleb Caudle and performing a short double-header tour together in January, either side of the AmericanaFest 2019 where Caleb will […]

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