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For the Sake of the Song: Sunny Sweeney “From a Table Away”

February 26, 2024 Helen Jones 1
In the world of americana and country, there are some themes that come up time and time again: drinking, touring, love and then, somewhat inevitably, infidelity. While the majority of these songs are about either being […]
Features

For The Sake Of The Song: Justin Townes Earle “Lone Pine Hill”

February 19, 2024 Andy Short 0
Justin Townes Earle gave us his first full length album in 2008 “The Good Life” after a teasing six track EP “Yuma” the previous year. Following the relative success of “Yuma” Earle signed for Chicago label […]
David Olney
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For The Sake Of The Song: David Olney “Jerusalem Tomorrow”

February 13, 2024 Graeme Tait 6
There can be few among us who, whilst revelling in our preferred pastime of listening to and dissecting the songs of our favourite artists. haven’t occasionally thought, “given a fair wind and a wet sail I […]
Gretchen Peters
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For The Sake Of The Song: Gretchen Peters “Five Minutes”

February 8, 2024 Richard Parkinson 2
It’s not often you remember where you were when you heard a song for the first time.  In June 2011, I was at the Stables in Wavendon, Milton Keynes, seeing Wine, Women & Song (Gretchen Peters, […]
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For the Sake of the Song: Frank Turner “A Wave Across a Bay”

January 29, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0
At its best, music has the power to convey the deepest feelings, to transmit them from the artist into your own soul, to move you in unexpected ways.  ‘A Wave Across a Bay’ by Frank Turner […]

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Ismay “Half Truth”

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Ismay “Half Truth”

July 14, 2026 0
Quietly adventurous songs that reward patient listening with emotional depth and subtle musical invention. For listeners drawn to the quietly adventurous music of Aldous Harding, Cate Le Bon or Jessica Pratt, Half Truth, by California songwriter […]
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Jenny Gillespie Mason “Medicine Of Light” – a healing balm

July 14, 2026 0
On her new album In the Safety of the Light, Jenny Gillespie Mason is turning back to her musical roots. After a decade pursuing psychedelic pop, jazz, and electronic textures through her project Sis (and most […]
Videos

Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in

July 14, 2026 0
Vancouver-born, Toronto-based singer-songwriter Alex Southey has released an absorbing new single. Green Sunday opens with gently insistent guitar before lush layers are introduced and, halfway through, percussion is ushered in, giving the song a greater urgency. […]

  • Ismay “Half Truth”
  • Jenny Gillespie Mason “Medicine Of Light” – a healing balm
  • Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in
  • For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”
  • Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”
  • Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers
  • Mary Gauthier announces new album “Reckoning”
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]
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Interview: Dietmar Leibecke on the ethos of Germany’s Static Roots Music Festival

July 6, 2026 3
Americana UK’s Rick Bayles’ monthly column, Vox Continental, shines a light on what is happening on the americana front in Europe. In his most recent column, Rick gave the nod to the Static Roots Festival, which […]

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Atmospheric playing, dusty guitar and some compelling songs. An early year highlight. There’s no sound more Americana than a Dobro guitar played with a slide. The opening of ‘Cold Rain’ the first song on KB Bayley’s […]
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On a cold but dry autumn evening in Glasgow, a Thursday if I recall correctly, a few hardy souls gathered in a tiny bar basement in Glasgow to see a show billed as The Sons Of […]

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