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For the Sake of the Song: Dawes “Time Spent in Los Angeles”

July 21, 2025 Jonny Brick 0
In 2012, Dawes released their second album, “Nothing Is Wrong”. The opening track began with a four-beat count-in from an electric guitar, which was followed by a riff with the unusual chord progression of I-iii-vii-IV, played […]
Features

For the Sake of the Song: Bill Fay “Filled With Wonder Once Again”

July 7, 2025 John Lee 0
Some voices arrive like a hand on your shoulder. Bill Fay’s is one of them. “I had near/forgotten everything”, Fay sings, opening the song not with a confession, but with a kind of quiet exhale. ‘Filled […]
For the Sake of the Song: Judy Collins 'Someday Soon'
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For The Sake Of The Song: Judy Collins “Someday Soon”

June 30, 2025 Chas Lacey 1
This much-loved and frequently covered song was written by Ian Tyson, one-half of Canadian folk duo Ian and Sylvia. Their early albums spawned several songs that have become classics, probably the best-known being ‘Four Strong Winds’, […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: The Dillards “I’ve Just Seen A Face”

June 23, 2025 Martin Johnson 6
With Ringo’s new country album, “Look Up”, grabbing plaudits from all and sundry, it seems timely to look at a Beatles’ track that came to be a bluegrass standard and helped in the development of country […]
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For The Sake Of The Song: Richard Thompson “When The Spell Is Broken”

June 16, 2025 Rick Bayles 0
Back in 2022, I wrote an article in the Essentials series on Ten Richard Thompson Albums for americana fans. Now, personally, I still consider the great Richard Thompson to be a singer-songwriter firmly fixed in the […]

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Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

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Ismay “Half Truth”

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Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour

July 14, 2026 0
Hollow Hand, the project of Brighton’s Max Kinghorn-Mills, steps out of the bedroom on Wish Road South, recorded live as a trio after touring with MJ Lenderman and Caitlin Rose. The album comes out on the […]
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Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn

July 14, 2026 0
Babehoven, the Hudson, NY-based project of singer/songwriter Maya Bon and producer and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Albert, have announced their new album, I See Them, I See Me, due 18th September 2026 via Double Double Whammy. I See […]
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Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”

July 14, 2026 0
Majestic debut from Virginia songwriter with a fascinating true backstory. When it comes to musical inspiration, a musician’s life is integral to what music he or she makes. For Brennan Gilmore, that inspiration comes from a […]

  • Hollow Hand announces new album for September and UK Tour
  • Hudson NY duo Babehoven to release third album in the autumn
  • Brennan Gilmore “My Name Is Daniel Leek”
  • More People Really Should Know About: James Hodder
  • 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
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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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Video: Tui Mamaki “Follow”

June 4, 2018 0
This is  rather beautiful from New Zealander Tui Mamaki, and has a rather beautiful video to accompany it.  It’s taken from her new EP, out now on Beating Drum Records. Think Beth Orton, Joni Mitchell, that […]
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Benedicte Brænden “The Last Place That Satan Ever Slept” – This really is the end

October 10, 2022 0
It seems like an age since we last featured a Nordicana artist on the Track feature, so it’s good to have this new song from Benedicte Brænden to begin the Track week with.  It’s taken from […]
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Palomino Kings “Fall Into Your Loving Arms” – Listen

January 6, 2021 0
The first Track of the year was actually the last release of 2020 from the Palomino Kings – sneaking out just a couple of days before Christmas.  As the Palomino Kings are both Americana and from […]

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